Eastern Railway cancels 30 pairs of local trains daily till Feb 1

Kolkata: Passengers will have a tough time commuting in the Eastern Railway's Howrah division as it announced cancellation of 30 pairs of suburban trains daily from Saturday to February 1 next year for the construction of a flyover.

The cancellations, diversions and rescheduling of services will be due to construction of a state-of-the-art bow string girder bridge, replacing the old Benaras Road



overbridge between Howrah and Liluah stations, a senior ER official said.

The cancellations will include 15 pairs of Howrah-Bandel-Howrah locals, 11 pairs of Howrah-Sheoraphuli-Howrah locals, two pairs of Howrah-Belur Math-Howrah locals and two pairs of Howrah-Shrirampur-Howrah locals, divisional railway manager (DRM), Howrah division, Sanjeev Kumar said.