SCR running special trains for passengers stranded in Chennai

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Press Trust of India Rajahmundry (AP)
Last Updated : Dec 04 2015 | 10:57 PM IST
The South Central Railway (SCR) is running special trains from Hyderabad and Kakinada Port to Chennai for the benefit of passengers stranded in the rain-ravaged Tamil Nadu capital.
Train No 07644 left Kakinada Port at 21:00 hrs today and will arrive in Chennai Beach at 09:50 hrs tomorrow.
Another train (No. 02760) departed from Hyderabad at 21:00 today and will arrive at Chennai Beach at 12:15 hrs tomorrow, a SCR release said.
Meanwhile, the SCR today cancelled half a dozen trains (Up and Down directions) due to submergence of Railway bridges on the Chennai-Gudur section.
These trains are: Tirupati-Chennai Central Saptagiri Express, Tirupati-Chennai Central Express and Vijayawada-Chennai Central Janshatabdi Express (all three in both directions), the release said.
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First Published: Dec 04 2015 | 10:57 PM IST

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