Several passenger trains will remain cancelled due to signalling work in connection with the commissioning of a  railway siding in Bilaspur Division of South East Central Railway. The South Eastern Railway notified cancellation of  Tatanagar-Bilaspur Passenger from March 5 till March 7 while the Bilaspur-Tatanagar Passenger will remain cancelled from  March 6 to 8. The  Hatia-LTT Express remained on March 6 while LTT-Hatia Express will remain cancelled on  March 8.

Tatanagar station director H K Balmuch said that they are spreading the message for the passengers so that they are aware about the decisions. The block was undertaken for modernisation work of railway tracks and signalling system.

With Holi round the corner, passengers are facing harrowing times. Due to cancellation of trains they have no choice left to travel to other places. Due to this, the rush in other trains has increased so much so that the authorities have issued a no-room for trains.

An official of South Eastern Railway, Sanjay Ghosh said they have already informed the authorities concerned. After the modernisation gets completed, speed of mail and express trains travelling in Bilaspur would be augmented.

Tatanagar  railway station, located on the Howrah-Mumbai main line,  witnesses 45 pairs of express, mail and passenger trains, serving as many as 60,000 passengers daily.

Most of the long distance and high profile trains including Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express and Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Superfast Express  usually halt in platform no. 2,3 4 and 5.