Indian Railways announces more train cancellations; see list here

More special trains cancelled! On Monday, Indian Railways’ North Western railway zone suspended 10 more trains due to the lockdown triggered by the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. A North Western Railway spokesperson was quoted in a PTI report saying that due to low passenger load, 10 special train services were cancelled. These cancelled train services include the Jodhpur – Indore special train, the Jodhpur – Delhi Sarai Rohilla special train, the Jodhpur – Bilada special train, the Jodhpur – Barmer special train as well as the Sriganga nagar – Ambala special train. These train services will remain cancelled from 19 May 2021 until further orders.

Apart from these cancellations, the number of trips of four trains has been reduced as well. From May 19, the special train running between Ajmer and Amritsar will now only operate on Wednesday, instead of two days a week, till further orders.

Meanwhile, in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae, the Western Railways has cancelled several train services due to the cyclonic stormfrom May 17 onwards. 

Here’s a full list of Western Railways’ cancelled trains:

Trains cancelled for 17 May:

• Train Number 09115 Dadar – Bhuj
• Train Number 09455 Bandra Terminus – Bhuj
• Train Number 02971 Bandra Terminus – Bhavnagar Terminus
• Train Number 02972 Bhavnagar – Bandra Terminus
• Train Number 02945 Mumbai Central – Okha
• Train Number 01465 Somnath – Jabalpur
• Train Number 04322 Bhuj – Bareily
• Train Number 02755 Rajkot – Secunderbad
• Train Number 02756 Secunderbad – Rajkot
• Train Number 09456 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus
• Train Number 09004 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus
• Train Number 09116 Bhuj – Dadar
• Train Number 04321 Bareily – Bhuj
• Train Number 01466 Jabalpur – Somnath
• Train Number 04678 Mata Vaishno Devi – Hapa
• Train Number 01192 Pune – Bhuj
• Train Number 09238 Rewa – Rajkot
• Train Number 09240 Bilaspur – Hapa
• Train Number 09572 Bhavnagar – Surendra nagar
• Train Number 09513 Rajkot – Veraval
• Train Number 09503 Surendra nagar – Bhavnagar
• Train Number 09514 Veraval – Rajkot

Trains cancelled for 18 May:

• Train Number 09116 Bhuj – Dadar
• Train Number 09456 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus
• Train Number 02946 Okha – Mumbai Central
• Train Number 01463 Somnath – Jabalpur
• Train Number 04312 Bhuj – Bareily
• Train Number 09204 Porbandar – Secunderabad
• Train Number 02941 Bhavnagar – Asansol
• Train Number 06505 Gandhidham – Ksr Bengaluru
• Train Number 04677 Hapa – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
• Train Number 09572 Bhavnagar – Surendranagar
• Train Number 09513 Rajkot – Veraval
• Train Number 09503 Surendranagar – Bhavnagar
• Train Number 09514 Veraval – Rajkot

Trains cancelled for 19 May:

• Train Number 08402 Okha – Puri
• Train Number 01191 Bhuj – Pune
• Train Number 09203 Secunderabad – Porbandar
• Train Number 04679 Jamnagar – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
• Train Number 02946 Okha – Mumbai Central

Trains cancelled for 20 May:

• Train Number 02942 Asansol – Bhavnagar

Trains cancelled for 21 May:

• Train Number 09565 Okha – Dehradun

Meanwhile, South Western Railway has also cancelled some trains to avoid accidents in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae. The cancelled services are 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, according to a release from the Divisional Railway Manager, Hubballi.