6 trains cancelled, four rescheduled

Ludhiana, February 22

There seems to be no respite for rail passengers, who are facing persistent harassment due to cancellation, rescheduling and late running of most long-route trains in the region.

Passengers travelling between Delhi and various destinations in Punjab also suffered inconvenience due to two pairs of intercity express trains remaining non-operational and one pair of 12497/98 New Delhi-Aritsr-New Delhi Shane-Punjab running behind schedule by an hour or so.

Railway officials said 12332 Jammu-Howrah Express, 12459/60 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express, 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express and 14681/82 New Delhi-Jalandhar-New Delhi Express were cancelled.

Four trains rescheduled for late departure were Saharsa-Amtritsar Grib Rath (1 hr), Jammu-Durg Suerfast Express (3.30 hrs), Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express (2.15 hrs) and 15210 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express.

Trains running late

(11 to 14 hrs) : 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Muri Express, 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express.

(5 to 7 hrs) : 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Pooja Superfast Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express.

(3 to 5 hrs): 12550 Jammu-Durg Superfast Express, 12407 Newjalpaiguri-Amritsar Karambhoomi Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, 12317 Kolkata-Amritsar Akaltakht Express, 12414 Jammu-Ajmer Pooja Superfast Express.

(1 to 3 hrs) : 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 12925 Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)-Amritsar Pashchim Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Express, 18215 Durg-Jammu Express, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express.