BHOPAL: Due to fire at route relay interlocking (RRI) cabin at Itarsi recently, more than 500 express and passenger trains would remain cancelled from June 29 to July 3. Of these, 142 express trains pass through Bhopal or Habibganj stations.

On June 29, 59 passenger and express trains would remain cancelled due to the disruption of signal system. Of these, 20 express trains would pass through Bhopal station.

Besides, six trains would remain diverted through Bhopal-Bina-Katni till June 30. These trains are 11463/11464 Rajkot Express, 11471/11472 Jabalpur-Indore Overnight Express and 12853/12854 Amarkantak Express.

Alter route relay interlocking (RRI) cabin caught fire at Itarsi railway station on June 17, railway traffic though West Central Railway (WCR) including Jabalpur, Bhopal and Kota divisions continued to remain affected even on the twelfth day since.

Railways has maintained that passengers can get updates of their trains by dialling 139 or logging onto enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes. It has also increased helpline numbers and has started one at Itarsi and Jabalpur stations besides the one in Bhopal.

Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) is a system used at junctions and busy stations that have to handle a high volume of train movement. With it, an entire route through station can be selected and all associated points and signals along route can be set at once by a switch for receiving, holding, blocking or dispatching trains.

Trains cancelled on June 29 (via Bhopal)

18237/18238 – Chhattisgarh

18233/18234 – Narmada

59385/59386 – Penchvalley

12616/12616 – GT

11058 – Amritsar-CSTM

12808 – Samta

14010 – Patalkot

15018 – Gorakhpur –LTT

16094 – Lucknow-Chennai

16318 – Himsagar

22645 – Ahilyanagri

12137 – Punjab Mail

12707 – AP Sampark Kranti

12410 – Gondwana

12650 – Karnataka Sampark Kranti

12485 – Nanded-Sriganganagar

Helpline numbers

Bhopal Control Office – 0755-4001602 Itarsi Station – 07572-240444 Jabalpur Control Office – 0761-2677751 Phone number (IRCTC) – 139

Websites

http://www.wcr.indianrailways.gov.in http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in www.facebook.com/pages/West-Central-Railway/402600566495843