70 trains cancelled in Andhra Pradesh tomorrow

The railways is cancelling 70 passenger / short-distance express trains and MMTS (a local service) tomorrow due to large-scale damage to tracks, signalling equipment and other installations during the bandh in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.

"The large-scale damage to tracks, vital signalling equipment and other installations during yesterday's bandh in Telangana has resulted in disruption of services, and hence 70 trains have been cancelled for tomorrow," a South Central Railways (SCR) official said here today.

The Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) trains between Secunderabad and Falaknuma here apart from passenger / short distance express trains plying under Secunderabad-Kazipet, Kazipet-Dornakal, Kazipet-Ballarshah, Secunderabad-Mudkhed and Secunderabad-Mahabubnagar sections will not be operated.

"It has been decided not to run these trains as a precautionary measure. Damage to a single signalling panel causes a loss of more than Rs1 crore. We cannot afford to suffer such losses. Besides, repair works are underway," SCR chief PRO Chandrima Roy said.