This Article is From May 21, 2010

Cyclone Laila disrupts train movements on north-south route

Nagpur: The cyclonic storm Laila has thrown out of gear the movement of trains on the north-south route passing through Nagpur and a number of trains were running behind schedule upto 30 hours.

Train number 2512 Thiruvananathpuram-Gorakhpur Rapti Sagar Express scheduled to depart Nagpur yesterday at 4:45 pm was running 30 hours late while 2625 Thiruvananthpuram-New Delhi Kerala Express departing here last night at 8:20 pm was 23 hours behind schedule.

Today's 2641 Kanyakumari-Nizamuddin Express scheduled to depart at 2 am was 13 hours late, 6031 Chennai-Jammu Tawi Anandman Express scheduled to depart at 2:35 am was running 17 hours late, 2687 Chennai-Chandigarh Dehradoon Express schedule to depart at 3:40 am was 15 hours late, Gorakhpur- Thiruvananthpuram Rapti Sagar scheduled to depart at 4:10 am was four hours late.

Similarly, 4259 Rameshwaram-Varanasi Benaras Express scheduled to depart at 8:20 am was 12 hours late and 2621 Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express scheduled to depart at 2:10 pm today was indefinite late, a release from Nagpur division of Central Railway said.

Buses are reaching their destinations very late due to inundated roads owing to overflowing rivulets and streams after incessant rains lashed coastal regions in Andhra Pradesh, throwing normal life out of gear.

Jet Airways has cancelled all its services to Rajahmundry due to the inclement weather. Kingfisher flights from Hyderabad to Rajahmundhry were flying behind schedule while a few were cancelled, sources said.
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