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Railway minister orders resumption of train stoppages in two halt stations

Kannur, May 29 (UNI) Railways Minister Ashini Vaishnav, has directed the Palakkad Railway Division to strike out their May 27 order cancelling the stoppages of two trains at Chirakkal and Vellarakkad in Kannur district.A railway release said here, "The following train services will resume their stoppages at the Chirakkal (CQL) halt station between Kannur and Valapattanam and Vellarakkad (VEK) halt station between Quilandy and Tikkotti in the Palakkad Division, as per their earlier scheduled timings, with immediate effect.
On May 27, the Palakkad Railway Division said in a press release that two halt stations, Chirakkal and Vellarakkad will be closed for passenger traffic from May 27 in view of the loss of income from the said stations according to the commercial section reports.
Today, the railway release said "The earlier issued Press Release is withdrawn".
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