Kolkata: A seven-hour traffic block between Kalyani and Kanchrapara under Sealdah division of Eastern Railway will lead to cancellations, short terminations and diversions of several trains between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Railway officials said the traffic block from 10.30 pm on Saturday to 5.30 am on Sunday was sanctioned to undertake slewing of the tracks on the down main line along with overhead electrification work. Cancelled services include trains to Ranaghat, Shantipur, Krishnagore, Gede, Lalgola and Duttapukur. On Saturday, the down Sealdah-Lalgola train will be short-terminated at Ranaghat while the up Sealdah-Kalyani Simanta local will ply till Naihati.“The work has been scheduled during the late-night and early-morning hours of the weekend so that the impact on passengers can be kept to a minimum,” said a senior railway official.
