ASSAM TIMES POST
Guwahati: Due to breach of railway track owing to heavy rise in water level in between Bokajan and Chongajan stations in Lumding-Furketing single line section under Lumding division of Northeast Frontier Railway, many trains have either been diverted, cancelled or short terminated from Monday.
The situation affected train running since Sunday evening resulting in many trains being either diverted, cancelled or short terminated from Monday. As per data, received from NFR, the trains cancelled on Monday are Dibrugarh-Guwahati Shatabdi Express, Dibrugarh-Rangiya Intercity Express, Mariani-Dimapur passenger, Tinsukia-Lumding passenger, Guwahati-Naharlagun Shatabdi Express, Dimapur-Mariani passenger, while Lumding-Tinsukia passenger will remain cancelled on Tuesday.
The diverted trains on Monday are Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express via New Sisiborgaon–Rangapara–Rangiya instead of normal route of New Tinsukia–Dimapur–Lumding–Guwahati, while Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express diverted via New Sisiborgaon–Rangapara–Rangiya instead of normal route via New Tinsukia–Dimapur–Lumding–Guwahati. The short terminated/partially cancelled trains are Guwahati-Mariani Intercity Express of yesterday will be short terminated at Bokajan and will remain partially cancelled between Bokajan and Mariani; Mariani-Guwahati Intercity Express of yesterday will start from Dimapur and will remain partially cancelled between Marianai and Dimapur.
Again, Amritsar-Dibrugarh Express which started from Amritsar on October 25 will be short terminated at Dimapur and will remain partially cancelled between Dimapur and Dibrugarh; Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express will start from Guwahati on Tuesday as per Time Table timings and will remain partially cancelled between Dibrugarh and Guwahati; Lalgarh–Dibrugarh Avadh Assam Expess which started on October 25 will be short terminated at Dimapur and will remain partially cancelled between Dimapur and Dibrugarh; while the Avadh Assam Express will start from Guwahati on Tuesday as per Time Table timings and will remain partially cancelled between Dibrugarh and Guwahati.
