Several trains came to a standstill after the collapse of three grids took a toll over the North and Eastern region of the country on Tuesday. More than 40 trains were stranded in Northern Railway (NR), while the movement of 32 trains was affected in North Central Railway (NCR). Five trains were running late in the North Eastern Railway while 10 trains were stranded between Gaya and Mughalsarai in the East Central Railway (ECR).
The railway services on the affected electrified routes were restored by 4:30pm in the Lucknow and Allahabad divisions, under emergency services.
On the Lucknow-Kanpur route, which is the only electrified stretch of NR's Lucknow division, Neelanchal Express, Okha-Guwahati Express and three Lucknow-Kanpur MEMU trains were held up. Lucknow-New Delhi Shatabdi Express was made to run on a diesel engine. "We did not want to delay the train," said a station official. The other trains were also made to operate on diesel engines like Neelanchal Express which was stranded near Kanpur as per a report in TOI.
"The trains which were stranded near major stations were brought to Allahabad using diesel engines but the ones stranded at minor stations had to wait," said NCR chief public relation officer Sandip Mathur. The trains like Moori Express, Kalka Mail and Jodhpur-Howrah Express too were stranded.
NCR set up several helplines at Allahabad, Aligarh, Mirzapur and Kanpur for the kin of passengers stranded at odd stations. "We also ensured the presence of vendors at the smaller stations so that passengers can buy drinks and food," said Mathur. The entire stretch from Mughalsarai to Ghaziabad in NCR was hit by the grids' collapse.
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