Vizianagaram Derailment Disrupts Odisha-Bound Trains

Bhubaneswar: Train services under the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway (ECoR) were disrupted on Friday after a goods train derailed at Vizianagaram Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh.

Following the incident, nine trains passing through Odisha were regulated at different stations. The affected trains include:

• 20841 Bhubaneswar–Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express
• 12863 Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Express
• 18463 Bhubaneswar–KSR Bengaluru Prashanti Express
• 18047 Shalimar–Vasco-da-Gama Express
• 18117 Rourkela–Gunupur Rajyarani Express
• 22644 Patna–Ernakulam Express
• 12839 Howrah–Chennai Mail
• 22819 Bhubaneswar–Visakhapatnam Intercity Express
• 17015 Bhubaneswar–Secunderabad Visakha Express

Restoration work is currently underway, and efforts are being made to resume normal train operations at the earliest, the ECoR informed.