Three services cancelled as goods train derails on KK Line
The Railway authorities from the Waltair division and East Coast Railway (ECoR) deployed personnel and resources for relief and restoration operations.
'The restoration efforts are ongoing on a war footing. Three trains were cancelled and one train was diverted,' said the release.
Train 18516 Kirandul– Visakhapatnam Night Express leaving Kirandul on May 28 is running on a diverted route via Koraput, Rayagada and Vizianagaram.
The cancelled trains are 58501 Visakhapatnam – Kirandul Passenger, scheduled to leave from Visakhapatnam on May 29; 58502 Kirandul - Visakhapatnam Passenger, scheduled to depart from Kirandul on May 29; and 18515 Visakhapatnam – Kirandul Express, leaving from Visakhapatnam on May 28.
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