Due to the lockdown announced in many states in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19, the Indian Railways North Western railway zone has suspended 10 more special trains. An official from the Northern Railway said that due to low passenger load, 10 special train services were cancelled. The cancelled train services are- Jodhpur – Indore special train, the Jodhpur – Delhi Sarai Rohilla special train, the Jodhpur – Bilada special train, the Jodhpur – Barmer special train as well as the Sriganga nagar – Ambala special train. These train services will remain cancelled from 19 May 2021 until further orders.
Apart from these cancellations, the number of trips of four trains has been reduced as well. From May 19, the special train running between Ajmer and Amritsar will now only operate on Wednesday, instead of two days a week, till further orders.
Meanwhile, in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae, the Western Railways has cancelled several train services due to the cyclonic stormfrom May 17 onwards. Here's a look:
Train Number 09115 Dadar – Bhuj
Train Number 09455 Bandra Terminus – Bhuj
Train Number 02971 Bandra Terminus – Bhavnagar Terminus
Train Number 02972 Bhavnagar – Bandra Terminus
Train Number 02945 Mumbai Central – Okha
Train Number 01465 Somnath – Jabalpur
Train Number 04322 Bhuj – Bareily
Train Number 02755 Rajkot – Secunderbad
Train Number 02756 Secunderbad – Rajkot
Train Number 09456 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus
Train Number 09004 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus
Train Number 09116 Bhuj – Dadar
Train Number 04321 Bareily – Bhuj
Train Number 01466 Jabalpur – Somnath
Train Number 04678 Mata Vaishno Devi – Hapa
Train Number 01192 Pune – Bhuj
Train Number 09238 Rewa – Rajkot
Train Number 09240 Bilaspur – Hapa
Train Number 09572 Bhavnagar – Surendra nagar
Train Number 09513 Rajkot – Veraval
Train Number 09503 Surendra nagar – Bhavnagar
Train Number 09514 Veraval – Rajkot
Trains cancelled for 18 May 2021
Train Number 09116 Bhuj – Dadar
Train Number 09456 Bhuj – Bandra Terminus
Train Number 02946 Okha – Mumbai Central
Train Number 01463 Somnath – Jabalpur
Train Number 04312 Bhuj – Bareily
Train Number 09204 Porbandar – Secunderabad
Train Number 02941 Bhavnagar – Asansol
Train Number 06505 Gandhidham – Ksr Bengaluru
Train Number 04677 Hapa – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
Train Number 09572 Bhavnagar – Surendranagar
Train Number 09513 Rajkot – Veraval
Train Number 09503 Surendranagar – Bhavnagar
Train Number 09514 Veraval – Rajkot
Trains cancelled for 19 May 2021
Train Number 08402 Okha – Puri
Train Number 01191 Bhuj – Pune
Train Number 09203 Secunderabad – Porbandar
Train Number 04679 Jamnagar – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra
Train Number 02946 Okha – Mumbai Central
Trains cancelled for 20 May 2021
Train Number 02942 Asansol – Bhavnagar
Trains cancelled for 21 May 2021
Train Number 09565 Okha – Dehradun
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