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Western Railway Cancels 23 More Trains In View Of Cyclone; 99 Cancelled So Far

The severe cyclonic storm made landfall on Gujarat's Kutch coast on Thursday evening.

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The Western Railway on Thursday announced cancellation of a few more trains as a precautionary measure in view of cyclone Biparjoy over the next three days.

The severe cyclonic storm made landfall on Gujarat's Kutch coast on Thursday evening.

A release from the WR said it has cancelled  23 more trains, `short-terminated' (terminated before the usual destination) three trains and `short-originated' (where trains start their journey from a station farther from the usual starting point) seven trains as a precautionary measure. 

So far, 99 trains have been cancelled, 39 short-terminated while 38 trains have been short-originated due to the cyclone, the WR said.