Most long-route trains late, 7 cancelled

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 13

Adverse weather conditions have once again affected the rail traffic which was limping back to near normalcy after an erratic run of more than month now. Due to poor visibility caused by fog, most of the long-route trains were running late. Cancellation of seven trains compounded the situation.

The 12460 Asr-New Delhi Intercity Express (3.15 hrs), 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express (2.25 hrs), 12459 New Delhi-Asr Intercity Express (1.50 hrs), 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express (1.25 hrs), 12498 Asr-New Delhi Shan-e-Punjab Express (1.30 hrs) along with 12014 Asr-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, 12029 New Delhi-Asr Swarn Shatabdi Express, 12497 New Delhi-Asr Shan-e-Punjab Express, 12037 New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express (all 0.30 to 1 hr) were behind schedule.

Railway officials said seven trains cancelled for the day were 12407 New Jalpaiguri-Asr Karambhoomi Express, 13006 Asr-Howrah Mail, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Sealdah Express, 14650 Asr-Jaynagar Saryu-Yamuna Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Asr Shaheed Express, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express and 15210 Asr-Saharsa Jansewa Express.

As many as 14 trains - 12053 Haridwar-Asr Janshatabdi Express (1.30 hrs), 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express (3.30 hrs), 12356 Jammu-Rajendra Nagar Patna (1.50 hrs), 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Pooja Express (2 hrs), 12414 Jammu-Ajmer Pooja Express (3.05 hrs), 12460 Asr-New Delhi Intercity Express (2.30 hrs), 12475 Hapa-Jammu Express (1 hr), 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express (2.20 hrs), 13152 Jammu-Kolkata Sealdah Express (3.35 hrs), 14604 Asr-Saharsa Jansadharan Express (1.50 hrs), 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express (2.35 hrs), 15652 Jammu-Guwahati Lohit Express (3.45 hrs), 18104 Asr-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Express (1.55 hrs) and 18238 Asr-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express (1.50 hrs) were rescheduled.

Trains running late

7 to 12 hrs: Guwahati-Jammu Lohit Express, Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Exp

3 to 7 hrs: Tatanagar-Jammu Exp, Rajendranagar (Patna)-Jammu Archana Exp, Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Exp, Allahabad-Udhampur Superfast Exp, Howrah-Asr Mail, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Exp, Jammu-Varansai Begumpura Exp, Katihar-Asr Amrapali Exp, Indore-Shri Mata Vaihno Devi Katra Malwa Exp, Darbhanga-Asr Jannayak Exp, Asr-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Exp, Kolkata-Asr Durgiana Exp.

1 to 3 hrs: Chandigarh-Asr Intercity Exp, Jabalpur-Attari Special Exp, Asr-Haridwar Janshatabdi Exp, Jamnagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Exp, Pathankot-Delhi Superfast Exp, CST (Mumbai)-Asr Exp, Asr-Saharsa Weekly Exp, Asr-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Exp, Jaynagar-Asr Saryu-Yamuna Exp, Asr-Howrah Mail, Delhi-Pathankot Superfast Exp, Durg-Jammu Exp, Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Exp, Jammu-Ajmer Pooja Exp, Bandra Terminus-Asr Pashchim Exp, Nanded-Asr Sachkhand Exp, Attari-Jabalpur Special Exp, Haridwar-Asr Janshatabdi Exp, Viashakpatnam-Asr Hirakud Exp.