Electrification of railway line, many trains cancelled, woes for commuters
More woes for train travellers as between September 10 and 22, the South East Central Railway’s Bilaspur Division will be undertaking work to connect Bhupdevpur Railway Station with the fourth line and electrify the third and fourth lines in the Kharsia-Raigarh section.
This will affect the operation of 28 trains during this period, potentially causing inconvenience to passengers. The Bilaspur Railway Division has provided details of the trains that will be affected:
From September 11 to 28:
- Train No. 08737 Raigarh-Bilaspur MEMU Special
- Train No. 08738 Bilaspur-Raigarh MEMU Special
- Train No. 08735 Raigarh-Bilaspur MEMU Special
From September 10 to 27:
- Train No. 08736 Bilaspur-Raigarh MEMU Special
- Train No. 18113 Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express
From September 11 to 28:
- Train No. 18114 Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express
- Train No. 18109 Tata-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (Itwari) Express
- Train No. 18110 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (Itwari)-Tata Express
On September 10, 13, 17, and 20:
- Train No. 17008 Darbhanga-Secunderabad Express
On September 10, 14, 17, and 21:
- Train No. 17007 Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express
On September 11:
- Train No. 20828 Santragachi-Jabalpur Express
On September 12:
- Train No. 20827 Jabalpur-Santragachi Express
On September 14 and 21:
- Train No. 20822 Santragachi-Pune Express
On September 16 and 23:
- Train No. 20821 Pune-Santragachi Express
On September 13 and 20:
- Train No. 22843 Bilaspur-Patna Express
On September 15 and 22:
- Train No. 22844 Patna-Bilaspur Express
On September 13 and 20:
- Train No. 12870 Howrah-Mumbai Express
On September 15 and 22:
- Train No. 12869 Mumbai-Howrah Express
Additionally, between September 10 and 22:
- Train No. 12810 Howrah-Mumbai Mail Express
- Train No. 12809 Mumbai-Howrah Mail Express
- Train No. 12130 Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express
- Train No. 12129 Pune-Howrah Azad Hind Express
- Train No. 12880 Bhubaneswar-LTT Express
- Train No. 12879 LTT-Bhubaneswar Express
These trains will operate on a changed route via Jharsuguda-Titlagarh-Raipur.
From September 11 to 28:
- Train No. 08861 Gondia-Jharsuguda MEMU Passenger will terminate at Bilaspur
- Train No. 08862 Jharsuguda-Gondia MEMU Passenger will start from Bilaspur
From September 10 to 21:
- Train No. 12410 Nizamuddin-Raigarh Godavari Express will terminate at Bilaspur
From September 12 to 23:
- Train No. 12409 Raigarh-Nizamuddin Godavari Express will start from Bilaspur.