{"id":2549,"date":"2025-10-27T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:07:05","slug":"cancellation-and-diversion-of-trains-due-to-cyclone-montha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?p=2549","title":{"rendered":"CANCELLATION AND DIVERSION OF TRAINS DUE TO CYCLONE MONTHA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In view of the imminent Cyclone MONTHA and in the interest of passenger safety, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has announced the cancellation, diversion, and short termination of several coaching trains operating in the Waltair region and connected routes.<br>These measures are purely precautionary, based on alerts and forecasts issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br>Cancelled Trains<br>The following trains have been cancelled to ensure the safety and convenience of passengers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18515 Visakhapatnam\u2013Kirandul Night Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 27.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18516 Kirandul\u2013Visakhapatnam Night Express leaving Kirandul on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58501 Visakhapatnam\u2013Kirandul Passenger leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58502 Kirandul\u2013Visakhapatnam Passenger leaving Kirandul on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58538 Visakhapatnam\u2013Koraput Passenger leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58537 Koraput\u2013Visakhapatnam Passenger leaving Koraput on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18512 Visakhapatnam\u2013Koraput Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 27.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18511 Koraput\u2013Visakhapatnam Express leaving Koraput on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67285 Rajahmundry\u2013Visakhapatnam MEMU leaving Rajahmundry on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67286 Visakhapatnam\u2013Rajahmundry MEMU leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>17268 Visakhapatnam\u2013Kakinada Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>17267 Kakinada\u2013Visakhapatnam Express leaving Kakinada on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>08584 Tirupati\u2013Visakhapatnam Special Express leaving Tirupati on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22875 Visakhapatnam\u2013Guntur Double Decker Uday Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22876 Guntur\u2013Visakhapatnam Double Decker Uday Express leaving Guntur on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18526 Visakhapatnam\u2013Brahmapur Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 27.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18525 Brahmapur\u2013Visakhapatnam Express leaving Brahmapur on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67289 Visakhapatnam\u2013Palasa MEMU leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67290 Palasa\u2013Visakhapatnam MEMU leaving Palasa on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67287 Visakhapatnam\u2013Vizianagaram MEMU leaving Visakhapatnam on 27.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>67288 Vizianagaram\u2013Visakhapatnam MEMU leaving Vizianagaram on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>68433 Cuttack\u2013Gunupur MEMU leaving Cuttack on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>68434 Gunupur\u2013Cuttack MEMU leaving Gunupur on 29.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58531 Brahmapur\u2013Visakhapatnam Passenger leaving Brahmapur on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58532 Visakhapatnam\u2013Brahmapur Passenger leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58506 Visakhapatnam\u2013Gunupur Passenger leaving Visakhapatnam on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58505 Gunupur\u2013Visakhapatnam Passenger leaving Gunupur on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12862 Mahabubnagar\u2013Visakhapatnam Express leaving Mahabubnagar on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22870 MGR Chennai Central\u2013Visakhapatnam Weekly Express leaving MGR Chennai Central on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18463 Bhubaneswar\u2013Bengaluru Express leaving Bhubaneswar on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>17015 Bhubaneswar\u2013Secunderabad Express leaving Bhubaneswar on 28.10.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20851 Bhubaneswar\u2013Puducherry Weekly Express leaving Bhubaneswar on 28.10.2025<br>Diversion of Train:<br>\u2022 Train No. 18189 Tatanagar\u2013Ernakulam Express, leaving Tatanagar on 28.10.2025, will be diverted via Titlagarh Jn.\u2013Lakholi\u2013Raipur\u2013Nagpur\u2013Balharshah stations.<br>Short Termination of Trains:<br>\u2022 Train No. 18447 Bhubaneswar\u2013Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express leaving Bhubaneswar on 27.10.2025 will be short terminated at Rayagada.<br>\u2022 Train No. 18107 Rourkela\u2013Jagdalpur Intecity Express leaving Rourkela on 27.10.2025 will be short terminated at Rayagada.<br>Precautionary and Safety Measures Taken by ECoR<br>To manage the situation efficiently and ensure passenger safety, the following measures have been put in place:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round-the-clock monitoring and activation of Emergency Control at all Divisional Headquarters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuous coordination with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for real-time updates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restoration teams ready at important stations for immediate response. Relief materials kept ready at vulnerable locations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional staff deployed at key locations for operational and passenger support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food, water, and shelters arranged at major stations for stranded passengers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional counters are opened for refund and Help desk are also operated at important locations.<br>Passengers are advised to check the latest train running updates through the National Train Enquiry System (NTES), IRCTC website\/app, or contact the nearest Railway Helpline before starting their journey.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In view of the imminent Cyclone MONTHA and in the interest of passenger safety, East Coast Railway (ECoR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","reviewnews-large":"","reviewnews-medium":""},"author_info":{"info":["Pramad News Papaer"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?cat=5\" rel=\"category\">\u0b30\u0b3e\u0b1c\u0b4d\u0b5f<\/a>","tag_info":"\u0b30\u0b3e\u0b1c\u0b4d\u0b5f","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2550,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions\/2550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}