PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Aug 28: The South Eastern Railway on Saturday notified cancellation of several trains in September due to pre non-interlocking related to the new third line between Rajkharswan and Dangoaposi section of South Eastern Railway’s Chakradharpur division.
According to a circular issued by Garden Reach, headquarters of South Eastern Railway, the 58103 Tatanagar-Barbil Passenger will remain cancelled from September 1 to September 11.
The 58104 Barbil-Tatanagar Passenger leaving Barbil will remain cancelled from September 2 to September 12.
The 08572 Visakhapatnam-Tatanagar Special leaving Visakhapatnam on September 5 will remain cancelled.
The 08571 Tatanagar-Visakhapatnam Special leaving Tatanagar on September 6 will also remain cancelled.
In a separate circular the South Eastern Railway notified cancellation of 08862 Jharsuguda-Gondia MEMU Special leaving Jharsuguda on August 28 and 29.
The 08861 Gondia-Jharsuguda MEMU Special leaving Gondia will also remain cancelled from August 28 to August 30.
A spokesperson of South Eastern Railway said that third line development work includes laying of new tracks and installation of signalling system.
The third line project was initiated in 2019 and is expected to complete in 2022.
The third line would help in increasing train traffic in Chakradharpur and Kharagpur divisions of the South Eastern Railway.