CAB protests: Northeast Frontier Railway cancels, reschedules several trains
In view of the massive protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam, the Northeast Frontier Railway on Wednesday cancelled many trains and rescheduled a few that originate from the state.
At least 14 trains have either been cancelled, short terminated or diverted anticipating “disruptions in train movement”, NF Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said in a statement.
Out of these, eight trains have been “completely” cancelled, while the rest have been short terminated, the statement said.
The Avadh Assam Express is rescheduled to originate from New Tinsukia and will remain cancelled between Dibrugarh and New Tinsukia. The Ledo-Guwahati Intercity Express, Dibrugarh-Furketing-Guwahati Intercity Express, Naharlagun-Tinsukia Intercity Express and Dekargaon-Dibrugarh Intercity Express have been fully cancelled.
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In view of indefinite rail roko by various organisations in Tripura and disruption in train movement due to 11 hr northeast Bandh, following passenger carrying trains have been short terminated / originated as given under:
15909 Dibrugarh – Lalgarh express of 10.12.19 will remain cancelled.
12526 Dibrugarh – Kolkata express of 10.12.19 will remain cancelled.
12086 Dibrugarh – Guwahati Shatabdi express of 11.12.19 will remain cancelled.
12085 Guwahati – Naharlagun Shatabdi express of 11.12.19 will remain cancelled.
15960 Dibrugarh – Howrah Kamrup express of 10.12.19 will remain cancelled.
15603 / 15605 Guwahati – Ledo / Dibrugarh Intercity express of 10.12.19 is cancelled.
15928 New Tinsukia – Rangiya Intercity Express of 11.12.19 will remain cancelled.
15967 Rangiya – Dibrugarh Intercity Express of 11.12.19 will remain cancelled.
07682/07689 Agartala – Sabroom – Dharmanagar DEMU of 11th December will remain cancel.
07690/07681 Dharmanagar – Sabroom – Agartala DEMU of 11th December will remain cancel.
07684/07683 Agartala – Sabroom – Agartala DEMU of 11th December will remain cancel.
07688/07687 Agartala – Sabroom – Agartala DEMU of 11th December will remain cancel.
55679/55680 Agartala – Dharmanagar – Agartala DEMU of 1th December will remain cancel.
55676/55675 Dharmanagar – Agartala – Dharmanagar DEMU of 11th December will remain cancel.
55663 / 55664 Agartala – Silchar – Agartala passenger of 11th December will remain cancel.
15907 Tinsukia – Naharlagun express of 10.12.19 will remain cancel.
05819 Dibrugarh – Dekargaon spl of 10.12.19 will remain cancel.
Apart from the above the following train will also be cancelled partially:
1.15625 Deoghar Express of 09.12.19 will remain partially cancelled between Agartala and Dharmanagar.
2. 12424 New Delhi – Dibrugarh Rajdhani express of 09.12.19 will be short terminated at Guwahati and will remain partially cancelled between Guwahati and Dibrugarh.
3. 12423 Dibrugarh – New Delhi Rajdhani express of 10.12.19 will remain partially cancelled between Dibrugarh and Guwahati and will originate from Guwahati on 11.12.19.
4. 14056 Delhi – Dibrugarh Brahmaputra mail of 08.12.19 will be short terminated at Lumding and will remain partially cancelled between Lumding and Dibrugarh.
5. 15955 Dibrugarh –Delhi Brahmaputra mail of 10.12.19 will remain partially cancelled between Dibrugarh and Guwahati and will originate from Guwahati on 11.12.19.
6. 15959 Howrah – Dibrugarh Kamrup express of 09.12.19 will be short terminated at Mariani.
7. 15960 Kamrup express will originate from Guwahati on 12.12.19.
8. 15904 Chandigarh – Dibrugarh express of 08.12.19 will be short terminated at Mariani.
9. 15910 Lalgarh – Dibrugarh Avadh Assam express of 08.12.19 will be short terminated at Dimapur.
10. 15908 Naharlagun – Tinsukia express of 10.12.19 is short terminated at Tangani.
11. 05820 Dekargaon – Dibrugarh spl of 10.12.19 is short terminated at Dhamalgaon.
Protests erupted across the State since early morning against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday.
On Tuesday, normal life across Assam came to a standstill due to an 11-hour northeast bandh called by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), an umbrella body of all the student bodies of the northeast, and a 12-hour Assam bandh by the Left-Democratic organisations.
Inputs from The Hindu