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Visakhapatnam: East Coast Railway has canceled 43 trains in view of cyclone ‘Montha’, which is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast on Tuesday.
East Coast Railway has announced cancellation of various trains originating from or passing through Coastal Andhra.
These trains were scheduled to depart on October 27, October 28 or October 29. It said that trains have been canceled for the safety of passengers.
Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express (train number 18515) departing on Monday has been cancelled. Kirandul Express-Visakhapatnam (18516) running on Tuesday has also been cancelled.
Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Passenger (58501) and Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Passenger (58502) have been cancelled.
East Coast Railway has also canceled Visakhapatnam-Koraput Passenger (58538) and Visakhapatnam-Koraput Express (18512) and their pair trains.
The canceled trains also include Rajahmundry-Visakhapatnam MEMU (67285) and its pair train, Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Port Express (17268) and its pair train, Visakhapatnam-Tirupati (08583) and its pair train.
Visakhapatnam-Guntur double decker (22875), Visakhapatnam-Tirupati double decker (22707), Visakhapatnam-Brahmapur (18526) and their pair trains have also been cancelled.
Other trains canceled are 17243 Guntur-Rayagada Express/17244 Rayagada-Guntur, 67289 Visakhapatnam-Palasa/67290 Palasa-Visakhapatnam, 67288 Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam/67287 Visakhapatnam-Vizianagaram, 58531 Brahmapur-Visakhapatnam. Passenger/58532 Visakhapatnam-Brahmapur, 58506 Visakhapatnam-Gunpur/58505 Gunpur-Vishakhapatnam, 17220 Visakhapatnam-Machilipatnam Express, 12727 Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad, 12861 Visakhapatnam-Mahabubnagar Superfast Express/12862 Mahabubnagar-Visakhapatnam Superfast Express, 22869 Visakhapatnam-Chennai Central Superfast Weekly/22870-Chennai Central-Visakhapatnam Superfast Weekly, 12739 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad, 20805 Visakhapatnam-New Delhi AP Superfast Express, 20806 New Delhi-Vishakhapatnam AP Superfast Express, 22707 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Weekly Double Decker, 18519 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus/18520 Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Vishakhapatnam.
South Central Railways is also likely to cancel or reschedule some trains operating to Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the cyclone.
The state administration is already on high alert in view of the severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’.
The cyclone is expected to make landfall near Kakinada on Tuesday night with winds of 90-110 kmph and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in many districts.
The government has appealed to people to stay indoors until all clear instructions are issued.
–IANS