9 trains cancelled, 7 rescheduled

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, January 23

Erratic rail service in the region continued to haunt passengers as nine trains were cancelled and seven rescheduled by the Railways due to operational constraints. Late running of several other long-route trains added to the misery of the travelling public who had to wait at the platforms to board their trains in adverse weather conditions.

Travellers on the Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi route also remained a harassed lot as the two pairs of intercity express trains between New Delhi and Amritsar/Jalandhar still remained off the track while the morning Shatabdi (12029) and Shan-e-Punjab (12497) from New Delhi to Amritsar were running late by half an hour to an hour.

According to the Railways, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Himgiri Express, 12459/60 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 14674 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, 14681/82 New Delhi-Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express trains were cancelled today.

Further, 11449 Jabalpur-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 12549 Durg-Jammu Express, 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express, 13308 Ferozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express, 15098 Jammu-Bhagalpur Amarnath Express and 22446 Kanpur-Amritsar Superfast Express trains were rescheduled for late departure by one to four hours.

Trains running late

(11 to 14 hrs): 22423 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Jansadharan Express, 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu Amarnath Express, 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 16318 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kanyakumari Himsagar Express, 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Express.

(6 to 8 hrs): 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Superfast Express, 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express.

(2 to 5 hrs): 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Begumpura Express, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express, 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express, 13308 Ferozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express.