Title - Train services affected

GUWAHATI – Passenger train services in sections of lower Assam were affected today due to the ‘rail roko’ agitation by some outfits over the separate State issue, with the North-east Frontier Railway (NFR) cancelling some local trains and diverting some long-distance trains via Goalpara.NFR PRO Nripen Bhattacharya said that passenger trains services in the New Bongaigaon, Rangia and Kamakhya sections were affected due to the ‘rail roko’ organized by the outfits between 6 am and 2 pm.Five local trains were cancelled during the day, including the 55801/55802 New Bongaigaon-Guwahati-New Bongaigaon Manas Rhino, the 55809/55810 New Bongaigaon-Guwahati-New Bongaigaon Passenger, the 15471/15472 Alipurduar Junction-Kamakhya-Alipurduar Junction Intercity Express, the 55753/55754 Alipurduar Junction-Guwahati-Alipurduar Junction Siphung Passenger and the 15469/15470 Alipurduar Junction-Lumding-Alipurduar Junction Intercity Express.

Five long-distance outbound (Down) trains were diverted via Goalpara. They are the 12435 Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Lucknow), the 12423 Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Kanpur), the 15960 Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express, the 12505 Guwahati-Delhi North East Express and the 12510 Guwahati-Bangalore Express.

Three other trains were temporarily halted at various stations for a few hours and later the resumed their journey.