Doon accident: 3 trains cancelled, routes of over a dozen diverted

LUCKNOW: Due to derailment of train number 13009 Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express between Mihrawan-Khetasarai stations of Lucknow Division of Northern Railway, the following trains have been either been cancelled, diverted or short-terminated.

The trains cancelled include train number 14213 Varanasi-Gonda Intercity Express leaving Varanasi at 2.15 pm on Thursday. Consequently, 14214 will remain cancelled on Friday between Gonda and Varanasi. Train 54109 Mughalsarai-Faizabad Passenger has been cancelled between Mughalsarai and Faizabad. As a result, 54110 will remain cancelled on Friday between Faizabad-Mughalsarai. The 54372 Faizabad-Prayag Passenger has also been cancelled.

The trains passing through Lucknow, which were diverted on Thursday were train numbers 13010 Dehradun-Howrah Doon Express, which was diverted to run via Shahganj, Mau, Varanasi and Mughalsarai, 13308 Ferozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express, 14236 Bareilly-Varanasi Express, 14854 Jodhpur-Varanasi Marudhar Express and 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Sealdah Express has been diverted to run via Sultanpur, Zafrabad and Varanasi.

The 13238 Mathura-Patna Express and 13484 Delhi-Malda Town Farakka Express passing through Lucknow on Friday will be diverted to run via Sultanpur, Zafrabad, Varanasi and Mughalsarai. The 13010 Dehradun-Howrah Doon Express passing through Lucknow on Friday will be diverted to run via Faizabad, Sultanpur, Zafrabad, Varanasi and Mughalsarai. The 11055 Lokmanya Tilak Terminal-Gorakhpur Godan Express passing through Sahaganj on Thursday has been diverted to run via Zafrabad and Varanasi.

The trains passing through Varanasi are also affected. The 19168 Varanasi-Ahmedabad Sabarmati Express and 14235 Varanasi-Bareilly Express have been diverted to run via Zafrabad, Sultanpur, and Lucknow. The 13483 Malda Town-Delhi Jn. Farakka Express is diverted to run via Varanasi, Pratapgarh and Lucknow.

The 13151 Kolkatta-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express to pass through Varanasi on Friday will be diverted to run via Varanasi, Sultanpur and Lucknow. Similarly, the 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Express passing through Varanasi on Friday will be diverted to run via Sultanpur, Faizabad and Lucknow. The 15668 Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express passing through Varanasi on Friday will be diverted to run via Varanasi, Pratapgarh and Lucknow.

The 54334 Faizabad-Varanasi Passenger was short terminated at Faizabad and remained cancelled between Faizabad and Varanasi.

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