Tension at Bamra Station; Rail Traffic Stalled; Know the Cancelled Trains

Sambalpur: Agitators locked up the signal room and ticket counter at Bamra railway station in Sambalpur district disrupting the railway traffic in the route on Thursday. These agitators of Kriyanusthan Committee are demanding express trains to stop at this station. As they locked up the signal room of the station, Azad Hind Express was stranded due to their protest.

On Wednesday, South Eastern Railway (SER) train services were also hit due to public agitation at Bamra Station in Chakradharpur Division. The agitators are demanding stoppages of Mail/Express Trains at Bamra.

The agitation is being staged inspite of the fact that four Mail/Express Trains viz. 13288/13287 Rajendranagar-Durg-Rajendranagar Express, 22839/22840 Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Express, 12833/12834 Ahmedabad-Howrah-Ahmedabad Express and 18477/18478 Puri – Yog Nagari Rishikesh – Puri Express have already been provided stoppage at Bamra  Station with effect from February 17 and 18, 2023.

As a result of this agitation, the train services of SER were affected. It led to cancellation of several Trains on February 22 that included: 18125 Rourkela-Puri Express, 18109 Tatanagar-Itwari Express, 22839 Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Intercity Express, 18311 Sambalpur-Banaras Express, 22840 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Intercity Express.

Cancellation of Trains on February 23: 18126 Puri-Rourkela Express, Short Termination/Short Origination of Trains: 12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Express journey commencing on February 22 will be short terminated at Rourkela and service between Rourkela-Titlagarh will remain cancelled. The empty rake will run as Passenger Special from Rourkela to Howrah.

22862 Kantabanji-Titlagarh-Howrah Express journey commencing on February 22 will be short terminated at Jharsuguda and service between Jharsuguda-Howrah will remain cancelled. The empty rake will run as Passenger Special from Jharsuguda to Kantabanji.

18118 Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express journey commencing on February 21 will be short terminated at Jharsuguda Road. 18452 Puri-Hatia Express journey commencing on February 21 will be short terminated at Jharsuguda .

18005 Howrah-Jagdalpur Express journey commencing on February 21 will be short terminated at Rajgangpur and service between Rajgangpur-Jagdalpur will remain cancelled. 13288 Rajendranagar-Durg Express journey commencing on February 21 will be short terminated at Tatanagar and service between Tatanagar-Durg will remain cancelled. 18110 Itwari-Tatanagar Express journey commencing on February 21 will be short terminated at Durg.

13287 Durg-Rajendranagar Express journey commencing on February 22 will be short terminated at Bilaspur. 18451 Hatia-Puri Express journey commencing on February 22 will short originate from Jharsuguda and service between Hatia-Jharsuguda will remain cancelled. Apart from this, some trains are running on diverted routes.