SCR running special trains for passengers stranded in Chennai

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.