Rail traffic remains erratic, eight trains cancelled

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 27

Though two intercity express trains between New Delhi and Amritsar, which remained off the track on Tuesday, were restored today, the rail traffic on this trunk route was far from normal.

Both pairs of intercity express trains, one pair each of Shatabdi Express and Shan-e-Punjab, along with Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, were running behind schedule by an hour to two and half hours. On other long routes, eight trains were cancelled, nine rescheduled, while most other main and express trains were running late.

Railway officials said the 12407 Newjalpaiguri-Amritsar Karambhoomi Express, the 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Mail, the 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Sealdah Express, the 14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Saryu-Yamuna Express, the 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, the 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express, the 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jasewa Express and the 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Due to the operational constraints, nine trains had to be rescheduled for late departure. These were the 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (1.45 hrs), the 12238 Jammu-Varansai Begumpura Express (2 hrs), the 12425 New Delhi-Jammu Rajdhani Express (1 hr), the 12498 Amritsar-New Delhi Shane-Punjab Express (1 hr), the 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express (1.10 hrs), the 15656 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Express (2.10 hrs), the 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express (4.20 hrs) and the 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Biweekly Express (4.45 hrs).

Trains running late

• 8 to 10 hrs: 12355 Rajenndranagar (Patna)-Jammu Archana Express, 18237 Bilaspur-Amrittsar Chhattisgarh Express, 22431 Allahabd-Udhampur Biwweekly Suprfast Express18103 Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallinwala Bagh Express.
• 5 to 7 hrs: 12207 Kathgodam-Jammu Garib Rath, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Express, 15651 Guwahati-Jammu Lohit Express, 18104 Amritsar-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express.
• 3 to 5 hrs: 18237 Varanasi-Jammu Begumpura Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 15656 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Express, 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Express, 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Express, 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Biweekly Superfast Express.
• 1 to 3 hrs: 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express, 22942 Jammu-Indore Express, 12477 Jamnagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Sindhu Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Ammritsar Jannayak Express, 22429 Delhi-Pathankot Express, 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatbdi Express, 12549 Durg-Jammu Superfast Express, 18507 Vishakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakund Express.