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The ongoing agitation in Gujarat by the Patel community, which took a violent turn Wednesday, has prompted the railways to cancel or divert several trains heading from Mumbai to Gujarat.
The Western Railway (WR) has cancelled 12 express trains scheduled to depart on August 26 and 27 while terminating 17 trains en route Porbander, Ahmedabad and Bhuj.
To add to commuters’ woes, five trains from Bandra and Dadar have been diverted via other zones, which will increase travel time from Mumbai.
The trains that have been cancelled include (19707) Bandra Terminus-Jaipur Aravali Express, (22936) Palitana-Bandra Terminus Express, (12957) Ahmedabad-New Delhi Swarnajayanti Rajdhani Express, (12915) Ahmedabad-Delhi Ashram Express, (19223) Ahmedabad-Jammu Tawi Express, (14322) Bhuj-Bareilly Express, (69131) Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Capital MEMU, (52912) Ahmedabad MG)-Ranuj Passenger, (54804) Ahmedabad-Jodhpur Passenger, (79490) Ambliyasan-Vijapur Rail Bus, (79406) Mahesana-Taranga Hill DMU, (19222) Veraval-Ahmedabad Somnath Express, (12972) Bhavnagar-Bandra (T) Express, (19216) Porbander-Mumbai Central Saurashtra Express, 19453 Gandhidham-Puri Express, (19132) Bhuj-Bandra(T) Kutch Express, (19116) Bhuj-Bandra(T) Sayaji Nagari Express, (19221) and Ahmedabad-Veraval Somnath Express.
The trains, which had their routes diverted on August 26, include (12216) Bandra(T)-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Garib Rath.
It took the Vadodara-Ratlam-Nagda-Sawai-Madhopur-Jaipur route. The (14708) Bandra (T)-Jodhpur Surya Nagri Express and the (19029) Bandra (T)- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express and (19029) Bandra(T)- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express were diverted via Vadodara-Ratlam-Chanderia.
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