Hyderabad: Amid heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the South Central Railway has cancelled and diverted many trains due to waterlogging over tracks at several locations. Among 21 trains, services of two Kerala trains have been fully cancelled.

South Central Railway has advised the following changes in the pattern of train services following heavy rain in the zone and due to heavy water flow /water logging at Rayanapadu Station in Vijayawada – Kazipet section of South Central Railway 

Train no 22648 Kochuveli-Korba Express scheduled to leave at 6:15 hrs on September 2 is fully cancelled. 

Train no 22815 Bilaspur-Ernakulam Express scheduled to leave at 8:15 hrs on September 2 is fully cancelled. 

Train no 22816 Ernakulam-Bilaspur Express scheduled to leave at 8:30 hrs on September 4 is fully cancelled. 

Othet trains cancelled included 12669 MGR Chennai Central to Chhapra, 12670 Chhapra-MGR Chennai Central, 12615 MGR Chennai Central-New Delhi, 12616 New Delhi-MGR Chennai Central, the South Central Railway (SCR) said in a bulletin on Sunday.

While, 12763 Tirupati-Secunderabad, 22352 SMVT Bengaluru-Patliputra, 22674 Mannargudi-Bhagat Ki Kothi, 20805 Vishakhapatnam-New Delhi, and six other trains were diverted, the SCR bulletin said.

Due to heavy water flow at the Rayanapadu, the Southern Central Railway also diverted two trains, SMVB Bengaluru-Danapur and Danapur-SMVB Bengaluru, the SCR bulletin added.

The passengers of the above-mentioned trains were moved to the Kazipet Junction by road. Stranded passengers were transhipped by two 'scratch rakes' formed at the Kazipet Junction, as per the bulletin.

Additionally, the railways set up helpline numbers to ensure the safety and convenience of people.

The helpline numbers are:

  • Hyderabad-27781500
  • Warangal-2782751
  • Kazipet-27782660
  • Khamman-2782885