# Railways cancel trains on key routes through Diwali week 2026-10-30T00:24:00+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Indian Railways has cancelled several trains from 29 October to 5 November, disrupting travel plans during the Diwali festival period. The Jagdalpur-Howrah Express (train number 18006) is cancelled from 28 to 31 October, while the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express (18512) will not run on 30 and 31 October. The Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Passenger (58538) is also cancelled on various dates through 31 October. The railways attributed the cancellations to bad weather and said timings and routes of some other trains may also be changed. Passengers are advised to check the status of their booked trains before travelling. The cancellations affect routes linking Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, a key corridor for festival travellers. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The cancellations hit the Jagdalpur-Howrah and Visakhapatnam-Kirandul routes, which serve passengers in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The peak of the Diwali travel period, from 29 October to 5 November, now overlaps with disrupted services on these lines. Indian Railways has not said whether replacement buses or alternate trains will run, leaving travellers on these routes to arrange their own alternatives. The decision to cancel, attributed by the railway to bad weather, may still be revised if conditions change before 5 November. ## Coverage - amarujala.com Leads with a consumer alert, lists cancelled trains without government commentary This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Howrah, Indian Railways, Jagdalpur, Kirandul, Visakhapatnam Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/railways-cancel-trains-on-key-routes-through-diwali-week/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/railways-cancel-trains-on-key-routes-through-diwali-week/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/