Western Railways on Wednesday announced the cancellation of 40 trains and short termination of 28 trains as cyclone Vayu is expected to make landfall on the Western coast of Gujarat on Thursday. "Considering the alertness for Cyclone Vayu over Gujarat, the Western Railway has decided to fully cancel operation of 40 mainline trains, while 28 other mainline trains will be short terminated with partial cancellation as a precautionary measure in the cyclone prone areas. 40 TRAINS FULLY CANCELLED & 28 TRAINS WILL BE SHORT –TERMINATED WITH PARTIAL CANCELLATION ON MAINLINE IN VIEW OF #VayuCyclone. The 3rd special train will run from Veraval at 20.00 hours on 12/06/2019 for Ahmedabad with 11 coaches", the press release by the Western Railways stated. A total of 68 trains have been affected due to precautionary measures taken by the western railways to ensure safety of the passengers.

Source: dna June 12, 2019 16:41 UTC