Bhubaneswar, July 17: Train services between Howrah and Bhubaneswar were disrupted following the dawn to dusk bandh called by the Congress in West Bengal today to protest the attack on three of their leaders allegedly by CPI(M) workers in Burdwan district on July 15.
Some trains were cancelled, diverted, rescheduled, short- terminated and others controlled at important stations in view of the bandh, East Coast Railway (ECOR) sources said here.
ECOR took measures to ensure controlling of trains to stations where food, local transport and medical facilities for the passengers were available, they said.
The Howrah-Titlagarh Ispat Express, Howrah-Secunderabad Faluknuma Express, Howrah-Chennai Coromandal Express and Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express scheduled to leave Howrah were cancelled.
The Howrah-Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express was cancelled from both directions as also the Bhubaneswar-Howrah Dhauli Express from here.
–PTI