Phailin effect!! BZA WAG-5A 18 hours late Vasco- Howrah Amaravati Express accelerates past Sankrail
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Due to cyclone effect Phailin on the Eastern coast of India, and subsequent floods on Andhra Pradesh coastline, all trains running on the Bhubaneshwar- Vishakapatnam route were either cancelled, route diverted, short terminate/ originate, or rescheduled numerous times throughout the October- November 2013 period. And subsequently, seen...
more... here is 18 hours late running 18048 Vasco-da-Gama (VSG)- Howrah (HWH) AMARAVATI Express skipping Sankrail (SEL) station on SER's Kharagpur- Howrah stretch after changing tracks from down main to the reversible track. The loco in charge is an offlink 23768 WAG- 5A of Vijayawada (BZA) shed in lead. The regular link of this train is a BZA WAM- 4. It was a rare capture in SER territory, considering the fact that the arrival and departure time of this train at Howrah is deep into the night.
AMARAVATI follows the Howrah- Kharagpur- Bhubaneshwar- Brahmapore- Vizinagaram- Duvvada- Vijayawada- Guntur- Nandyal- Dhone- Guntakal- Hospet- Gadag- Hubli- Londa- Castle Rock- Kulem- Madgaon- Vasco route. The slip portion from Hyderabad Kacheguda gets attached at Guntakal.