Track doubling: trains cancelled, rerouted

KOCHI: All passenger trains except one on the Ernakulam-Kottayam route were cancelled and 22 pairs of express trains diverted through Alappuzha on Friday because of the final phase of track doubling works on the 18-km Ernakulam-Mulanthuruthy route.

This follows Thursday nights chaotic situation in the Ernakulam Junction railway station and at Ponnurunni here when trains had to be detained for long hours following uncertainty over the doubling works getting over.