The West Central Railway has announced the cancellation of several trains due to ongoing development work. The cancellations will affect trains passing through Tatanagar and will take place in different periods between August 24th and September 28th. The affected trains include Rani Kamalapati-Santragachi Express (22169/22170), Santragachi-Ajmer Express (18009/18010), Shalimar-Bhuj Express (22830/22829),...
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Udaipur City-Shalimar Express (20971/20972), and several MEMU trains operating between Tatanagar and various destinations. These cancellations will likely cause inconvenience to passengers traveling from Tatanagar, requiring them to adjust their travel plans and find alternative transport options. The railway administration has appealed for passenger cooperation and has attempted to arrange suitable alternative routes.

The South Eastern Railway's Chakradharpur division will have a five-hour mega block on various dates in August and September, leading to the cancellation of several passenger trains. The affected routes include Chakradharpur-Rourkela, Dhutra-Rourkela, and Rajkharsawa-Dangoaposi. A mega block will be implemented every Saturday on the Chakradharpur-Rourkela up line, Dhutra-Rourkela down line,...
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and Rajkharsawa-Dangoaposi rail sections, and every Sunday on the Rajkharsawa-Dangoaposi up line. A five-hour mega block will be implemented on the Chakradharpur-Rourkela up line section from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM on August 17, 24, and 31, and on September 7, 14, 21, and 28. On the Rajkharsawa-Dangoaposi up line, a five-hour mega block will be implemented from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM on August 18 and 25 and on September 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. On the Chakradharpur-Rourkela up line, a five-hour mega block will be implemented from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM on August 21 and 28 and on September 4, 11, 18, and 25. The following passenger trains have been canceled on various dates in August and September due to the mega block: Train numbers 18109/18110 (Tata-Itwari Tata Express) on August 17, 24, 31, and September 7, 14, 21, and 28; 08167/08168 (Rourkela-Jharsuguda Rourkela MEMU Special) on August 17, 24, 31, and September 7, 14, 21, and 28; 18175/18176 (Hatia-Jharsuguda Hatia MEMU Express) on August 17, 24, 31, and September 7, 14, 21, and 28; 18113/18114 (Tata-Bilaspur Tata Express) on August 17, 24, 31, and September 7, 14, 21, and 28; 18125/18126 (Rourkela-Puri Rourkela Express) on August 17, 24, 31, and September 7, 14, 21, and 28; 08133/08134 (Tata-GX Tata MEMU Special) on August 18 and 25 and September 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29; 08163/08164 (Chakradharpur-Rourkela Chakradharpur MEMU Special) on August 21 and 28 and September 4, 11, 18, and 25; 08145/08146 (Tata-Rourkela Tata MEMU Special) on August 21 and 28 and September 4, 11, 18, and 25; and 08147/08148 (Tata-Badampahar Tata MEMU Special) on August 21 and 28 and September 4, 11, 18, and 25.

Due to the derailment of the Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Mail at Barabambo station under the Chakradharpur Railway Division of South Eastern Railway, the Bilaspur-Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express remains disrupted. As a result of restoration and safety work on the derailed line, train number 18114/18113 Bilaspur-Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express, scheduled to depart from Bilaspur and Tatanagar on...
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August 6th, 2024, has been cancelled. Passengers are facing increasing difficulties due to the disruptions, including delays and cancellations. They are expressing dissatisfaction with the lack of adequate facilities and are facing hardships due to the train cancellations.

Following a train accident near Potobeda village between Rajkharsawan and Barabambo railway stations in the Chakradharpur Railway Division on July 30th, railway operations resumed on Thursday with speed control on all three tracks. While long-distance trains have resumed services, the railway continues to cancel short-distance and passenger trains, causing inconvenience to...
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locals, particularly daily wage earners traveling from Chakradharpur, Sonuwa, Goilkeera, Manoharpur, and surrounding areas to Adityapur. Locals have demanded the resumption of passenger and short-distance train services. Several trains, including 08161/08162 Tatanagar-Chakradharpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special, 08145/08146 Tatanagar-Rourkela-Tatanagar MEMU Special, 18115/18116 NSCB Gomo-Chakradharpur-NSCB Gomo MEMU Express, 18113 Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express, 18109/18110 Tatanagar-Itwari-Tatanagar Express, 18114 Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express, 18011/18012 Howrah-Chakradharpur-Howrah Express, 08697/08698 Jhargram-Purulia-Jhargram MEMU Special, and 08697 Jhargram-Purulia MEMU Special, have been canceled on August 3rd and 4th. The 18011/18012 Howrah-Chakradharpur-Howrah Express has been short-terminated at Adra, and the 18109/18110 Tatanagar-NSCB Itwari-Tatanagar Express has been short-terminated at Bilaspur. These trains are canceled between Adra and Chakradharpur and Bilaspur and Tatanagar. The 12949 Porbandar-Santragachi Express, which departed on August 2nd, will travel via Rourkela-Nuagaon-Ranchi-Kotshila-Bokaro Steel City-Bhojudih-Adra instead of Chakradharpur. The 12152 Shalimar-LTT Mumbai Express will also follow an altered route via Adra-Bhojudih-Bokaro Steel City-Kotshila-Ranchi-Nuagaon-Rourkela. Additionally, the 12950 Santragachi-Porbandar Express, scheduled to depart on August 4th, will follow a modified route via Adra-Bhojudih-Bokaro Steel City-Kotshila-Ranchi-Nuagaon-Rourkela.

On July 30th, a Howrah-Mumbai Mail train was involved in an accident near Potobeda village between Rajkharsawan and Barabambo stations in the Chakradharpur Railway Division. The accident resulted in the derailment of a goods train, which collided with the passenger train, causing the deaths of two passengers and injuries to over...
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22. All three railway lines were damaged in the incident. Railway authorities initiated repair work immediately and restored operations on the third line on Wednesday evening. By Thursday morning, all three lines were declared fit for operation, with speed restrictions of 10-20 kilometers per hour near the accident site. However, several trains have been canceled on August 2nd and 3rd, including the Tatanagar-Chakradharpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special (08161/08162), Tatanagar-Rourkela-Tatanagar MEMU Special (08145/08146), NSCB Gomo-Chakradharpur-NSCB Gomoh MEMU Express (18115/18116), Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express (18113), Tatanagar-Itwari-Tatanagar Express (18109/18110), Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express (18114), Howrah-Chakradharpur-Howrah Express (18011/18012). The Utkal Express (18478/18477) will take an alternate route via IB-Jharsuguda Road-Sambalpur City. The Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express (18189) was initially canceled for August 2nd but has now been restored and will run as scheduled. Several other trains have also been rescheduled.