The heavy rainfall has taken over a toll in Tamil Nadu. What has been called the worst rains in a century; it has crippled Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu and has largely affected the daily routines and transportation of the city.
With even the railway tracks inundated, services of many long distances and passenger trains has been disrupted along the Chennai – Gudur section with water over-flowing above danger levels at its railway bridges. Cancelled trains as on 03.12.2015 are:
Trains cancelled from Chennai Central are:
• 56001 Chennai-Arakkonam-Passenger
• 16053 Chennai-Tirupathi Express
• 57239 Chennai-Gudur/Bitragunta-Chennai Passenger
• 22826 Chennai-Shalimar (Weekly) Express
• 12603 Chennai-Hyderabad Express
• 12685 Chennai-Mangalore Express
• 12759 Chennai-Hyderabad Charminar Express
• 12615-Chennai-Delhi-Sarai Rohilla Grand Trunk Exp
• 22639 Chennai –Alappuzha Express
• 12623 Chennai –Thiruvananthapuram Mail
• 16021 Chennai-Mysore Kaveri Express
• 22631 Chennai- Bikaner (Weekly) AC Express
• 22651 Chennai – Palani Express
• 12621 Chennai- New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express
• 16203 Chennai-Tirupati Express
Cancellation of trains leaving from Chennai Egmore station:
- • 16106-Tiruchendur – Chennai Egmore Chendur Express
• 22652-Chennai-Palani Express
• 15119-Rameswaram – Manduadih (Weekly) Express
• 17651-Chennai Egmore – Kacheguda Express
• 17643-Chennai Egmore-Kakinada Circar Express
• 15929- Chennai Egmore- Dibrugarh Weekly Express
56037-Chennai Egmore – Puducherry Fast Passenger
• 56860-Villupuram – Tambaram Passenger
• 66043/66045-Madras Beach – Melmaruvathur – Villupuram Passenger
• 16853- Chennai Egmore -Tiruchchirappalli Express
• 12635- Chennai Egmore – Madurai Vaigai Exp
• 12605- Chennai Egmore-Karaikkudi Pallavan Express
• 16105- Chennai Egmore-Tiruchendur Chendur Exp
• 16713- Chennai Egmore -Rameswaram Express
• 16115- Chennai Egmore-Puducherry Express
• 12693- Chennai Egmore-Tuticorin Pearl City Express
• 12661- Chennai Egmore-Sengottai Pothigai Express
• 16101- Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Express
• 16179- Chennai Egmore-Mannargudi Mannai Express
• 16177- Chennai Egmore-Tiruchchirappalli Rockfort Express
• 11063- Chennai Egmore-Salem Express
• 16175/16185- Chennai Egmore-Karaikal/VelanganniExpress
• 16183- Chennai Egmore- Thanjavur Uzhavan Exp
• 12633- Chennai Egmore-Kanniyakumari Express
• 12667- Chennai Egmore -Nagercoil(Weekly)Express
• 16723- Chennai Egmore-Thiruvananthapuram Ananthapuri Exp
• 12637- Chennai Egmore-Madurai Pandyan Express
• 16859- Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Express
• 12631- Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli Nellai Express
Major cancellations across other stations include:
• 12839 Howrah-Chennai Mail leaving Howrah .
• 12841 Howrah-Chennai Coromandal Express leaving Howrah on 04.12.15 (tomorrow).
• 22807 Santragachi-Chennai Central AC Express leaving Santragachi on 04.12.15
• 12663 Howrah-Tiruchchirapalli Express leaving Howrah .
• 13351 Dhanbad-Alappuzha Express leaving Dhanbad .
• 18189 Tatanagar-Rourkela-Alappuzha Link Express leaving Tatanagar.
Other Re-schedules/short-terminations and Diversions include:
• 15930 Dibrugarh – Chennai Egmore Weekly Express scheduled to arrive Chennai Egmore at 20.15 hrs of today will be terminated at Gummidipundi.
• 12641 Kanniyakumari-Nizamuddin Thirukkural(Bi-weekly) Exp scheduled to leave Kanniyakumari at 19.15 hrs today is Rescheduled to leave Kanniyakumari at 23.00 hrs today and is diverted via Dindigul, Karur, Salem,Katpadi, Melpakam, Renigunta&Gudur
• 12687 Madurai – Dehradun Superfast Express scheduled to leave Madurai at 23.45 hrs today will leave Madurai at 05.00 hrs today and diverted via Katpadi, Melpakam, Renigunta &Gudur.
With possibly more disruptions to follow due to predicted heavy showers in the coming days, kindly plan your trips and accordingly.