As extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani advances to Odisha coast, the East Coast Railways (ECoR) as a safety and security of passengers today cancelled 74 trains in first phase.
A release from ECoR said, train services between Bhadrak-vizianagaram to be stopped from evening of May 2 and the train passengers advised to plan their journey accordingly.
All inward train services towards Bhubaneswar/Puri will be restricted from late evening of May 2.
The East Coast express and Coromondal express will not run from Howrah on May 2 and trains for Puri from Howrah on May 2 night will be cancelled.
Similarly trains towards Bangalore, Chennai and Secunderabad from Howrah will be also cancelled on May 2 evening.
All trains from Puri and Bhubaneswar on May 3 also cancelled and all incoming trains touching Puri/Bhubaneswar on May 3 were also cancelled, the ECoR release said.
