Kalaburagi, 24 Sept

Heavy rains submerged a bridge between Pakini-Mundewadi railway stations in Solapur district of Maharashtra on the Karnataka border, disrupting train movement from Kalaburagi to Pune and Mumbai.

The flooding disrupted the service of two trains: The Chennai-Mumbai bound train (12164) and the Bengaluru-Mumbai bound Udyan Express train (11302).

The Udyan Express train was supposed to leave Kalaburagi railway station at 8am, while the Chennai-Mumbai bound train was supposed to leave at 6.15am.  However, they were set to be operated via Bidar, Latur and Kurdwadi after 3pm, Kalaburagi Railway Station Manager PJ Jijimon said.

The Karnataka Express train (1227) going from Bengaluru to Delhi, which had left Kalaburagi railway station in the morning, reportedly halted between Kalaburagi and Solapur railway stations.

Additionally, the Kolhapur Express going from Kalaburagi to Kolhapur and the demo train going from Kalaburagi to Bidar have been cancelled, the station master informed.

Inter-State passengers protested the sudden disruptions off trains in Kalaburagi railway station.