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Bhubaneswar: In view of severe cyclonic storm Phethai, the East Coast Railway regulated the train services temporarily for the safety of passengers.
Cyclone Phethai makes landfall near Katrenikona in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh;
Many trains from Vijayawada to various destinations in coastal Andhra Pradesh were suspended as a precautionary measure.
The Visakhapatnam-Guntur Simhadri Express, Guntur-Visakhapatnam Simhadri Express, Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada Ratnachalam Express, Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam Ratnachalam Express, Narsapur-Nidadavolu Link Express and Nidadavolu-Narsapu Link Express were among the trains cancelled.
Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) passenger trains between Vijayawada and destinations like Rajahmundry, Kakinada Port, Tenali, Bhimavaram, Guntur and Machilipatnam, MEMU trains between Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam and Kakinada Port, Tenali and Guntur, Visakhapatnam and Rajahmundry, Rajahmundry and Bhimavaram, Bhimavaram and Nidadavolu, Rajahmundry and Narasapur and Narasapur and Guntur were also cancelled.
The other cancelled trains include Kakinada Port-Kotipalli Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) passenger, Kotipalli-Kakinada Port DMU passenger, Machilipatnam-Gudivada, Bhimavaram-Rajahmundry, Nidadavolu-Bhimavaram, Ongole-Guntur passenger trains.
Vinod Kumar Yadav, General Manager, South Central Railway directed officials of divisions likely to be affected to be prepared to handle any emergency situation.
Helplines were opened at Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal station for round-the-clock monitoring of the situation.
.@RailMinIndia Cyclone Pethai - Re-scheduling of trains - 22833 Bhubaneswar-Krishnarajpuram Humsafar Express has been re-scheduled to leave Bhubaneswar at 1600hrs instead of 1200hrs @DRMKhurdaroad @drmwat_ecor
— EAST COAST Railway (@eastcoastrail) December 17, 2018
.@RailMinIndia Cyclone Pethai - 17479 Puri-Tirupati Exp re-scheduled to leave Puri at 1715hrs instead of 1315hrs and 11020 Konark Express with scheduled departure time of 1525 hrs (3.25 pm) is likely to be re-scheduled on 17-12-2018 @drmwat_ecor @DRMKhurdaroad @drmsambalpur
— EAST COAST Railway (@eastcoastrail) December 17, 2018
.@RailMinIndia 12863 Howrah-Yesvantpur Exp controlled at Visakhapatnam, 18463 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Exp to be controlled at Visakhapatnam & 17015 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Exp likely to be controlled before Palasa @drmwat_ecor @DRMKhurdaroad
— EAST COAST Railway (@eastcoastrail) December 17, 2018
.@RailMinIndia In view of the cyclone Pethai train services are likely to be affected. as follows - 12839 Howrah-Chennai Mail - Departed from Naupada junction and will be controlled at Vizianagram @drmwat_ecor @DRMKhurdaroad
— EAST COAST Railway (@eastcoastrail) December 17, 2018
