South Eastern Railway has cancelled and truncated several trains in view of a complete lockdown in West Bengal on September 7, 11 and 12.

In a circular issued on Saturday, SER said that both the Up and Dn Howrah-Barbil Janshatabdi Special, which travels via Tatanagar, will remain cancelled on all the three days of the lockdown.

The Bhubaneswar-Howrah Special and the return train will also remain cancelled on September 7, 11 and 12.

As per the notification, both the Up and Dn Shalimar-Patna Special will remain cancelled on September 7 and 11.

The circular also announced the withdrawal of stoppages of a few trains. The Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani (which goes via Tatanagar) leaving Bhubaneswar on September 6, 10 and 11 will not stop at Hijli and Purulia stations.

The return train, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani, leaving New Delhi on those three days (September 6, 10 and 11), will not stop at Purulia and Hijli.

The Howrah-Ahmedabad Special, scheduled to leave Howrah on September 11, will originate from Rourkela at 6.35am on September 12. Hence, the train service will not be available between Howrah and Rourkela.

Examination specials

South Eastern Railway also notified two pairs of special trains for candidates appearing in the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy examinations.

The first, Balasore-Bhubaneswar Special, will leave Balasore at 5pm on September 6 and reach Bhubaneswar at 9.30pm the same day.

While on its way back, the Bhubaneswar-Balasore Special will leave Bhubaneswar at 9.50pm on September 6 and will arrive at Balasore at 1.30 am, the next day.

The special train will have 16 sleeper class and four general second class coaches.

The other, Rourkela-Sambalpur MEMU Special, will leave Rourkela at 5pm on September 6 and will reach Sambalpur at 7.40 pm, the same day.

On its return journey, the Sambalpur-Rourkela MEMU Special will leave Sambalpur at 9pm on September 6 and arrive at Rourkela at 11.45pm, the same day.

The special train will stop at Rajgangpur, Bamra, Jharsuguda and Rengali stations between Rourkela and Sambalpur.