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At least 20 express trains and 115 locals leaving Howrah and Shalimar stations between 10pm on Friday and 6am on Monday have been cancelled to install a new route relay interlocking (RRI) system at Santragachhi station.
The RRI system at Santragachhi has served its 30-year lifespan. The number of routes through Santragachhi would increase from 218 to 447 after the new system is installed.
“We planned this work five months ago and had stopped reservations on several trains to and from Howrah,” said Soumitra Majumder, a South Eastern Railway spokesperson.
Trains cancelled on Saturday
Short distance (Up and Down): Howrah-Adra -Chakradharpur/Bokaro Steel City Passenger; Howrah-Purulia Lalmati Express; Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express; Howrah- Digha Tamralipta Express; Howrah-Digha Kandari Express; Howrah-Digha Duronto Express; Howrah-Purulia Express; Howrah-Ranchi Intercity Express; Shalimar-Bankura Rajya Rani Express; Shalimar-Baripada Simlipal City Express; Shalimar-Bhojudih Aranyak Express.
Long distance (Up and Down): Howrah-Tiruchirapalli Express; Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express; Howrah-Chennai Mail; Howrah-Puri Express; Howrah-Mumbai CST Mail; Howrah-Yeshvantpur Express; Howrah-Chennai Coromandal Express; Howrah-Vellore Puducherry Express; Shalimar-Udaipur Express
Trains to leave from Shalimar: Howrah-Porbandar Express on Saturday; Howrah-Vasco da Gama Amaravati Express on Saturday; Howrah-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Jnaneswari Express on Sunday
To be short-terminated: Barbil-Howrah Jan Shatabdi at Tatanagar; Puri-Santragachhi Passenger at Kharagpur; Adra-Howrah Passenger at Uluberia; Bhadrak-Howrah Passenger at Kharagpur; Titlagarh-Howrah Ispat Express at Chakradharpur; Purulia-Howrah Rupasi Bangla Express at Kharagpur; Jagdalpur-Koraput-Howrah Express at Kharagpur; Ahmedabad-Howrah Express at Andul.
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