Railways has canceled 123 trains, diverted 56, short-terminated 10 and rescheduled 14 trains in the wake of the Odisha derailment, in which 275 people were killed. These trains include trains starting from June 3 till June 7.
Trains canceled include Sealdah-Puri Duronto, Howrah-Chennai Mail, Kanyakumari-Howrah Express, Shalimar Express, Tirupati Weekly Superfast Express, SMVT-Bengaluru Superfast Express, Santragachi AC Superfast, Purulia-Vilupuram.
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Trains diverted include Tambaram-New Tinsukhia Express, New Delhi-Puri Express, Purushottam Express and Digha to Visakhapatnam Superfast Express.
The trains which were short-terminated include Falaknuma Express, Baghajatin Express, Balasore-Bhubaneshwar Express and Jaleshwar-Puri MEMU. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that normal train services are likely to be restored by Wednesday.
The accident between the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train took place around 7 pm on Friday near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore, 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar. About 275 people died in this accident and about 1,175 people were injured.