Several trains were cancelled or partially cancelled or diverted owing to the heavy rain that battered Chennai over the past two days, leading to water-logging at the Chennai Central Railway Station.
Train Nos.12077 / 12078 Chennai Central –Vijayawada-Chennai Central Janshatabdi Express, no. 17643 Chennai Central-Kakinada Port Circar Express, no. 12669 Chennai Central-Chapra Ganga Kaveri Express and no. 22860 Chennai Central-Puri Express were cancelled on November 16, while 12711/12712 Vijayawada-Chennai Centre-Vijayawada Pinakini Express and 57240/57239 Bitragunta-Chennai Central-Bitragunta Passenger were partially cancelled between Gudur and Chennai Centre on Monday.
No. 16864 Manargudi-Bagat Ki Kothi Express was diverted to run via Chennai Egmore, Perambur and Reniguta and No. 15902 Dibrugarh-Bangalore Express and no. 12851 Trivandrum Central-Guwahsati were diverted to run via Renigunta and Melpakkam.
No. 12851 Bilaspur-Chennai Central Express, No. 12269 Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Chennai Central Andaman Express, No. 12269 Chennai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto and No. 12842 Chennai Central-Howrah Coromandel Express. were diverted via Renigunta and Gudur.
