Tatanagar: 3 trains cancelled, Duronto, Rajdhani Express, Gitanjali to run on diverted route, Ispat short terminated due to protest at Bisra Railway Station

Jamshedpur: Villagers in large number blocked the railway track at Bisra station under the Chakradharpur division on the Howrah-Mumbai main railway route, from 6:45 am on Monday.

Protests by villagers on both up and down railway tracks have halted the operation of trains along this route, compounding the challenges faced by railway passengers and administrators alike.

Notably, passenger trains at Bisra station had been discontinued since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting off the local population, including residents of remote rural areas, from connectivity to other cities.

Even prior to the pandemic, express and passenger trains halted at Bisra station. Villagers are demanding the reinstatement of these services. This has generated significant dissatisfaction among villagers towards the railway administration.

The protesting villagers, who have blocked the railway track, are vocal in their discontent with the railway administration’s approach. They are demanding stoppages of express and passenger train services at Bisra station as they were before.

Meanwhile, the rail chakka jam has severely disrupted the movement of passenger trains along the Howrah-Mumbai route.

As a result of the protests, several trains have been halted at Chakradharpur, Manoharpur, and Rourkela stations under the Chakradharpur Railway Division.

Railway passengers are experiencing significant disruptions, and railway security forces have been deployed by the administration to address the rail traffic jam.

Meanwhile, South Eastern Railway has decided to regulate several trains in view of public agitation at Bisra Station from 6.45 hours in Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway.

Cancellation of Trains on 30.10.2023

1. 08107/08108 Rourkela -Chakradharpur-Rourkela Special
2. 08163/08164 Chakradharpur -Rourkela-Chakradharpur Special
3. 18109 Tatanagar-Itwari Express

Diversion of Trains

1. 12833 Ahmedabad-Howrah Express, journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Rourkela-Nuagaon-Hatia-Muri-Kotshila-Purulia-Chandil-Tatanagar
2. 12859 Mumbai CSMT-Howrah Gitanjali Express, journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Rourkela-Nuagaon-Hatia-Muri-Kotshila-Purulia-Chandil-Tatanagar
3. 12262 Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Duronto Express, journey commencing on 30.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Tatanagar-Chandil-Muri-Hatia-Nuagaon-Rourkela
4. 13288 Rajendranagar-Durg Express, journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Tatanagar-Chandil-Muri-Hatia-Nuagaon-Rourkela.
5. 20818 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Chandil-Purulia-Kotshila-Muri-Hatia- Nuagaon-Rourkela
6. 18477 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express, journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Chakradharpur-Rajkharswan-Jaroli/Nayagarh-Jharsuguda Road
7. 12869 Mumbai CSMT-Howrah Express, journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Rourkela-Nuagaon-Hatia-Muri-Kotshila-Purulia-Bokaro Steel City-Bhojudih-Adra-Midnapur-Kharagpur
8. 18478 Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Puri Express journey commencing on 29.10.2023 will run on diverted route via Rourkela-Nuagaon-Hatia-Muri-Chandil-Tatanagar

Short Termination & Short Origination of Trains

1. 22862 Kantabanji-Howrah Express, journey commencing on 30.10.2023 will be short terminated at Rourkela and the train will run as passenger Special from Rourkela to Titlagarh
2. 12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Express, journey commencing on 30.10.2023 will be short terminated at Chakradharpur and the train will run as 22862 from Chakradharpur to Howrah