Train services in Kolkata still hit due to waterlogging

KOLKATA: Train services in the Eastern and South-Eastern Railway’s Howrah and Sealdah divisions continued to be affected today thanks to water-logging on tracks following Monday's heavy downpour. Making things worse, the DVC and Durgapur barrage released water.
Heavy downpour on Monday disrupted train services of both ER and SER and left many people stranded for hours through Tuesday.The ordeal continued till Wednesday morning though the rain fury had long abated.
Some mail and express trains of South-Eastern Railway (SER) which terminate at and originate from Howrah station were short-terminated at Santragachi station because of waterlogging on at Howrah and Tikiapara stations. The termination and departure of mail express trains at Santragachi would continue till further notice. Eight long-distance trains from Howrah, including Howrah-Digha Express, Howrah-Purulia have been cancelled.
In all, more than 45 pairs of trains from Seladah and Howrah stood cancelled. Several trains like Howrah-Barbil Janshatabdi Express is running late.
Several trains are running late. Kalika Express is running 4 hours late, Mithila Express 6 hours, Saraghat Express 6 hours, Kamrup also running 6 hours late, Duranto is 7 hours and Bibhuti Express is running 7 hours late.
Train services on Eastern Railway were also affected due to water-logging at different places in both its Howrah and Sealdah divisions owing to the rains. “Water-logging at different places of Howrah division including Howrah Station area and car-shed area has led to late running of both Up and Down train movement by 15 to 20 minutes,” Eastern Railway spokesperson R N Mahapatra said.
He said that in Sealdah Division there was some water logging at Sealdah South station’s platform 10 area and to some extent in the Chitpur yard area. Train services in Sealdah South Section were almost normal though there was some late running of EMU services.
On rest of the sections of Sealdah Division, train services were totally normal, Mahapatra said.