At least 22 express and passenger train services have been cancelled or suspended between October 27 and November 5 because of Cyclone Arnab, the Railways said on Wednesday, as the storm disrupted travel across the Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh corridor after making landfall on the Andhra coast.

Source: ANI via Latestly

Among the services hit are the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul and Rourkela-Jagdalpur trains, most of which stand cancelled between October 29 and November 4, while the departure dates of the Howrah-Jagdalpur Samaleswari Express have also been changed, ANI reported from Rayagada in Odisha.

Which trains are affected

The published list includes train 18515, the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Night Express, and its return service 18516, both cancelled from October 29 to November 4; the Visakhapatnam-Koraput passenger services 58538 (October 27 to 30) and 58537 (October 28 to 31); the Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity services 18512 on October 30 and 18511 on October 31; and the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger services 58501 and 58502 from October 27 to 30.

Source: Jagran Josh train list

The Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express will terminate short at Rayagada from October 27 to October 30, and the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express will originate from Rayagada instead of Jagdalpur from October 28 to October 31, the Railways said.

The cancellations add to wider disruption in the region, where railway zones had already cancelled dozens of services, including long-distance trains, as Arnab approached the coast earlier this week.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Inspector General Narendra Singh Bundela said the cyclone had weakened after entering land and had been downgraded from a very severe cyclonic storm to a severe cyclonic storm, and was expected to lose more intensity by Wednesday evening. Four additional NDRF teams were deployed to Andhra Pradesh as part of the disaster response, he said.

Source: ANI via Latestly