A sombre atmosphere prevailed at Vijayawada Railway Station and other railway stations in the division on Saturday as people, with tension writ large on their faces, queued up at the help desks to enquire about the well-being of their loved ones who had booked tickets on the ill-fated Coromandel Express and the Yesvantpur-Howrah Express, which derailed in Balasore, Odisha on June 2 (Friday).
Railway officials were busy collecting details of the passengers travelling on the 12841 Coromandel Shalimar Express and the 12864 Yesvantpur-Howrah Express.
Relatives of the passengers who were unable to contact them over phone were seen enquiring with railway authorities about any information on their well-being since dawn on Saturday. Many said they were anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones since they learnt of the accident on Friday evening.
