SWR divert, reschedule and cancel trains due to derailment

Bangalore, June 29 (UNI) The South Western Railway (SWR) has rescheduled or diverted some trains due to derailment of a freight train yesterday morning on the Gooty-Dharmavaram Section in the Guntakal Division of South Central Railway.

Some other trains have been rescheduled today due to late running of its pairing trains, according to a South Western Railways press release.

Train No 1014 Coimbatore-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Express is rescheduled to leave Coimbatore at 1800 hrs today, instead of 0800 hrs and it would be diverted to run via Jolarpettai, Renigunta, Guntakal and Wadi.

Train No 6530 Bangalore City-Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus Udyan Express would be re-scheduled to leave Banglore City at 2330 hrs instead of 2020 hrs.

Train No 6513 Yesvantpur-Bagalkot Basava Express would be leaving Yesvantpur at 2200 hrs instead of 1645 hrs. Train No 8564 Bangalore City-Bhubaneswar Prasanthi Express would be re-scheduled to leave the City at 1900 hrs instead of 1400 hrs.

The SWR press release said that five trains have been diverted through different routes due to the derailment. Train No 2976 Jaipur-Mysore Express, which left Jaipur and the Karnataka Express which left Delhi on June 27 would be diverted to run via Guntakal and Bellary.

The train No 2650 Nizammuddin-Yesvantpur Sampark Kranti Express which left Nizamuddin on June 28 would be diverted via Gooty, Renigunta, Arakkonam and Jolarpettai. Train No 2785 Kacheguda -Bangalore City Express which left Kacheguda on June 28 would be diverted via Guntakal, Bellary, Rayadurg and Arsikere.

Trains Nos 7603 and 7604 Kacheguda-Yesvantpur-Kacheguda Express trains had been cancelled today.

UNI