Amidst the COVID-19 lockdown added with cyclone Tauktae, the North-Western railways have decided to suspend more trains. Due to the low passenger load, ten special trains were also cancelled from May 19 until further orders.
The cancelled train services include the Jodhpur-Indore special train, the Jodhpur to Delhi Sarai Rohilla Special Train, the Jodhpur to Bilada Special Train, the Jodhpur to Barmer Special Train as well, as the Sriganga Nagar to Ambala Special Train.
Other than these special train services, the number of weekly trips of four trains were reduced. This includes a special train between Ajmer and Amritsar that will operate only on Wednesdays instead of running two days a week.
According to a release from the Divisional Railway Manager, Hubballi, South Western Railways has also cancelled trains to avoid any accidents in the wake of the cyclone. These cancelled services include train no. 07342 Vasco da Gama-Kulem Passenger Special, train no. 07343 Vasco da Gama-Kulem Passenger Special, train no. 07344 Kulem-Vasco da Gama Passenger Special, train no. 07340 Vasco da Gama-Yesvantpur Express Special, train no. 07339 Yesvantpur-Vasco da Gama Express Special.
Apart from that, the Western Railways have cancelled 56 trains from May 15 to May 21, either originating or terminating from the Gujarat-Saurashtra region.
Some trains were also short-terminated which means that their journey will end before the final destination. Out of the 56 trains that were cancelled, three trains were cancelled on May 15, 11 trains were cancelled on May 16, 22 trains were cancelled on May 17, 13 trains were cancelled on May 18, five on May 19 and one each on May 20 and May 21.
Here is the complete list of trains cancelled or short terminated
Trains cancelled for May 15
> Train No 09070 Varanasi &ndash Okha
> Train No 09206 Howrah &ndash Porbandar
> Train No 06506 Ksr Bengaluru &ndash Gandhidham
Trains cancelled for May 16
> Train No 09115 Dadar - Bhuj
> Train No 09455 Bandra Terminus - Bhuj
> Train No 09003 Bandra Terminus - Bhuj
> Train No 02945 Mumbai Central &ndash Okha
> Train No 04321 Bareily &ndash Bhuj
> Train No 01464 Jabalpur &ndash Somnath
> Train No 04680 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - Jamnagar
> Train No 09566 Dehradun &ndash Okha
> Train No 08401 Puri -Okha
> Train No 09270 Muzaffarpur &ndash Porbandar
> Train No 09094 Santragachi &ndash Porbandar
Trains cancelled for May 17
> Train No 09115 Dadar - Bhuj
> Train No 09455 Bandra Terminus - Bhuj
> Train No 02971 Bandra Terminus &ndash Bhavnagar Terminus
> Train No 02972 Bhavnagar - Bandra Terminus
> Train No 02945 Mumbai Central &ndash Okha
> Train No 01465 Somnath - Jabalpur
> Train No 04322 Bhuj - Bareily
> Train No 02755 Rajkot &ndash Secunderbad
> Train No 02756 Secunderbad - Rajkot
> Train No 09456 Bhuj - Bandra Terminus
> Train No 09004 Bhuj - Bandra Terminus
> Train No 09116 Bhuj - Dadar
> Train No 04321 Bareily &ndash Bhuj
> Train No 01466 Jabalpur &ndash Somnath
> Train No 04678 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - Hapa
> Train No 01192 Pune &ndash Bhuj
> Train No 09238 Rewa &ndash Rajkot
> Train No 09240 Bilaspur &ndash Hapa
> Train No 09572 Bhavnagar &ndash Surendranagar
> Train No 09513 Rajkot &ndash Veraval
> Train No 09503 Surendranagar - Bhavnagar
> Train No 09514 Veraval - Rajkot
Trains cancelled for May 18
> Train No 09116 Bhuj &ndash Dadar
> Train No 09456 Bhuj - Bandra Terminus
> Train No 02946 Okha - Mumbai Central
> Train No 01463 Somnath - Jabalpur
> Train No 04312 Bhuj - Bareily
> Train No 09204 Porbandar &ndash Secunderabad
> Train No 02941 Bhavnagar &ndash Asansol
> Train No 06505 Gandhidham -Ksr Bengaluru
> Train No 04677 Hapa - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
> Train No 09572 Bhavnagar - Surendranagar
> Train No 09513 Rajkot - Veraval
> Train No 09503 Surendranagar - Bhavnagar
> Train No 09514 Veraval - Rajkot
Trains cancelled for May 19
> Train No 08402 Okha &ndash Puri
> Train No 01191 Bhuj &ndash Pune
> Train No 09203 Secunderabad &ndash Porbandar
> Train No 04679 Jamnagar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
> Train No 02946 Okha - Mumbai Central
Trains cancelled for May 20
> Train No 02942 Asansol - Bhavnagar
Trains cancelled for May 21
> Train No 09565 Okha &ndash Dehradun
Short termination/short origination of trains
> Train No 02974 Puri &ndash Gandhidham of 15.05.2021 will be short terminated at Ahmedabad
> Train No 06733 Rameswaram &ndash Okha of 14.05.2021 will be short terminated at Ahmedabad
> Train No 06734 Okha -Rameswaram of 18.05.2021 will short originate from Ahmedabad
> Train No 06338 Ernakulam &ndash Okha of 14.05.2021 will be short terminated at Ahmedabad
> Train No 06337 Okha - Ernakulam of 17.05.2021 will short originate from Ahmedabad
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) report, the cyclonic storm Tauktae is supposed to intensify and hit the coasts of Gujarat by May 18. The cyclone is also believed to cause heavy rainfall in different locations of Gujarat like Kutch and Diu, namely Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagadh, Porbandar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Amreli, Rajkot, Jamnagar.
