In anticipation of Cyclone Michaung, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken precautionary measures by canceling 54 trains, including express, mail, passenger, and special trains. These cancellations, affecting trains originating from, terminating at, or passing through East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction, will be in effect from December 2 to December 7, 2023.
Notable cancellations include Train No. 03357 Barauni-Coimbatore Weekly Express Special (via Ranchi) on December 2 and Train No. 13351 Dhanbad-Allapuzha Express on December 3 and 4, among others.
List of cancelled trains:
1. 03357 Barauni-Coimbatore Spl Express on 02.12.2023.
2. 03358 Coimbatore-Barauni Spl Express on 06.12.2023.
3. 12245 Howrah-SMVB Express on December 3, 2023.
4. 12246 SMVB-Howrah Express on December 5, 2023.
5. 12510 Guwahti-SMVB Express on 03.12.2023 and 04.12.2023.
6. 12509 SMVB-Guwahati Express on 05.12.2023 and 06.12.2023.
7. 12659 Nagercoil-Shalimar Express on December 3, 2023.
8. 12660 Shalimar-Nagercoil Express on December 6, 2023.
9. 12835 Hatia-SMVB Express on 03.12.2023.
10. 12836 SMVB-Hatia Express on December 5, 2023.
11. 12839 Howrah-Chennai Express on 02.12.2023, 03.12.2023, and December 4.
12. 12840 Chennai-Howrah Express on 04.12.2023, 05.12.2023, and 06.12.2023.
13. 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandal Express on 03.12.2023, 04.12.2023, and December 5
14. 12842 Chennai-Shalimar Coromandal Express on 04.12.2023, 05.12.2023, and 06.12.2023.
15. 12845 Bhubaneswar-SMVB Express on 03.12.2023.
16. 12846 SMVB-Bhubaneswar Express on 04.12.2023.
17. 12863 Howrah-SMVB Express on 02.12.2023, 03.12.2023 and 04.12.2023.
18. 12864 SMVB-Howrah Express on 04.12.2023, 05.12.2023 and 06.12.2023.
19. 12867 Howrah-Puducherry Express on 03.12.2023.
20. 12868 Puducherry-Howrah Express on 06.12.2023.
21. 13351 Dhanbad-Allepy Express on 03.12.2023 and 04.12.2023.
22. 13352 Allepy-Dhanbad Express on 06.12.2023 and 07.12.2023.
23. 15228 Muzaffarpur-SMVB Express on 04.12.2023.
24. 15227 SMVB-Muzaffarpur Express on 07.12.2023.
25. 15629 Tambaram-Silghat Town Express on 04.12.2023.
26. 15630 Silghat Town-Tambaram Express on 08.12.2023.
27. 17488 Visakhapatnam-Kadapa Tirumala Express on 03.12.2023, 04.12.2023, and 05.12.2023.
28. 17487 Kadapa-Visakhapatnam Tirumala Express on 04.12.2023, 05.12.2023 & 06.12.2023.
29. 18189 Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express on 03.12.2023.
30. 18190 Ernakulam-Tatanagar Express on 05.12.2023.
31. 18637 Hatia-SMVB Express on 02.12.2023.
32. 18638 SMVB-Hatia Express on December 5, 2023.
33. 22504 Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express on 02.12.2023 and 03.12.2023.
34. 22503 Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express on 06.12.2023 and 07.12.2023.
35. 22604 Villupuram-Kharagpur Express on 05.12.2023.
36. 22603 Kharagpur-Villupuram Express on December 7, 2023
37. 22643 Ernakulam-Patna Express on 04.12.2023.
38. 22644 Patna-Ernakulam Express on 07.12.2023.
39. 22708 Tirupati-Visakhapatnam Express on 03.12.2023.
40. 22707 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Express on 04.12.2023.
41. 22837 Hatia-Ernakulam Express on 04.12.2023.
42. 22838 Ernakulam-Hatial Express on 06.12.2023.
43. 22841 Santragachi-Tambram Express on 04.12.2023.
44. 22842 Tambram-Santragachi Express on 06.12.2023.
45. 22855 Santragachi-Tirupati Express on 03.12.2023.
46. 22856 Tirupati-Santragachi Express on 04.12.2023.
47. 22859 Puri-Chennai Express on 03.12.2023.
48. 22860 Chennai-Puri Express on 04.12.2023.
49. 22863 Howrah-SMVB Express on 04.12.2023.
50. 22864 SMVB-Howrah Express on 06.12.2023.
51. 22869 Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express on 04.12.2023.
52. 22870 Chennai-Visakhapatnam Express on December 5, 2023.
53. 22871 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express on 03.12.2023.
54. 22872 Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Express on 04.12.2023.
Cyclone Michaung update
Cyclone ‘Michaung’ is anticipated to make landfall in the west-central Bay of Bengal, off the coasts of south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu by the forenoon of December 4. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has mobilized 21 teams for conducting rescue and relief operations, as conveyed by the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Sunday.
“The cyclonic storm over the southwest Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of nine kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 4.30 pm on Sunday over the same region near latitude 11.8 degrees North and longitude 82.2 degrees East, about 260 km east-southeast of Puducherry, 250 km southeast of Chennai, 380 km south-southeast of Nellore, 490 km south-southeast of Bapatla and 500 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam,” IMD Director General informed the NCMC.