Title - Derailment hits train movement

LUCKNOW: The train movement got severely affected due to derailment of goods train on Gaya- Mughalsarai route of East Central Railway, on Friday, resulting into blockage of Gaya-Mughalsarai route. Lot of long-distance trains which pass through Lucknow, like 12353 Howrah-Lal Kuan Express, were diverted from their original route.The trains which were cancelled were train nos. 13040 Delhi Jn-Howrah Janata Express, 13112 Delhi Jn-Kolkata Lal Quila Express, 13039 Howrah-Delhi Jn Janata Express, 13111 Kolkata-Delhi Jn Lal Quila Express, 53522/53221 Varanas-Asansol, 53362/53361 Varanasi-Barka Kana passenger trains.Due to the blockage of the route, lot of long-distance trains, which had started their movement on Thursday (July 12), were diverted on Friday. The train nos. 12301 Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, 22823 Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, 12313 Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Mail were diverted to run via Gaya-Patna-Mughalsarai.The other long-distance trains which were diverted were 12815 Puri-New Delhi Express, 12311 Howrah-Kalka Mail, 18631 Ranchi-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, 12801 Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express, 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozpur Ganga Sutlej Express and 12259 Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express. Many of these trains pass through Lucknow stations.

The derailment also affected the movement of trains which were scheduled to run on Friday.tnn

The 12353 Howrah-Lal Kuan Express was diverted to run via Jhajha-Patna-Mughalsarai and 12358 Amritsar-Kolkata Superfast was diverted to run via Varanasi-Chunar-Chopan.

Railways has started several helpline numbers to help passengers. The helpline numbers are: Delhi Jn.- 011-23962389, 011-23962332, New Delhi - 011-23341074, 011-23342954, Varanasi - 0542-2504658 and Lucknow - 0522-2635844, 09794830973, 09794830975.