Smog: 7 trains cancelled, 16 rescheduled

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 8

Poor visibility due to thick blanket of smog all over the region wreaked havoc on the rail traffic and passengers were made to suffer after seven trains were cancelled, 16 rescheduled. Most of the long-route trains missed their schedule. Railway platforms witnessed heavy rush of passengers, especially during the morning hours as one New Delhi-bound Intercity Express and another New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express trains were cancelled and most of other trains, including elite Shatabdi Express, were running late from one to five hours.

Rail traffic on the trunk route of Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi was worst affected as in addition to cancellation of two intercity express trains, most other trains, including 12030 Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (3.40 hrs), 12037 New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express (1 hr), 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi Express (5.55 hrs), 12459 New Delhi-Amritsar Intercity Express (4.35 hrs), 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express (4.50 hrs) and 12014 Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (3.15 hrs), were running way behind schedule.

It was officially stated by railways that 12407 Newjalpaiguri-Amritsar Karambhoomi Express, 12414 Jammu-Ajmer Pooja Express, 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express, 14631 Dehradun-Amritsar Express, 14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Saryu-Yamuna Express, 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express and 15708 Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express trains would remain cancelled for the day.

As many as 16 trains were rescheduled for late departure. These trains were 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi Express (4.30 hrs), 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (5.15 hrs), 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express (9.40 hrs), 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express (5.30 hrs), 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Pooja Express (6 hrs), 12459 New Delhi-Amritsar Intercity Express (4.35 hrs), 13152 Jammu-Kolkata Sealdah Express (6.35 hrs), 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express (10 hrs), 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express (3.05 hrs), 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express (9.25 hrs), 115656 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya (13.20 hrs), 18104 Amritsar-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Express (4.10 hrs) and 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express (3.20 hrs).

Trains running late

By over 10 hrs 

Vaishno Devi-Kamakhya, Ajmer-Jammu Pooja Exp, Varanasi-Jammu Begumpura Express, Rajendranagar (Patna)-Jammu Archana Exp, Guwahati-Jammu Lohit Exp, Asr-Saharsa Jansewa Exp, Asr-Haridwar Janshatabdi Exp.

5 to 10 hrs late

Saharsa-Asr Jansewa Exp, Howrah-Asr Exp, Indore-Jammu Malwa Exp, Jamnagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Sindhu Exp, Tatanagar-Jammu Exp, Howrah-Asr Mail, Jabalpur-Attari Exp, Shri Mata Viashno Devi Katra-Chennai Andaman Exp, Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Exp, Allahabad-Udhampur Exp, Jabalpur-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Durgawati Exp, Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Exp, Jammu-Kolkata Sealdah Exp, Bilaspur-Asr Chhattisgarh Exp, Pune-Jammu Jhelum Exp, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Sealdah Exp, 18104 Asr-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Exp, 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Exp, 14649 Jaynanagr-Asr Saryu-Yamuna Exp.

3 to 5 hours late

12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Exp, 15211 Darbhanga-Asr Jannayak Exp, 22429 Delhi-Pathankot Exp, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Asr Express, 12549 Durg-Jammu Exp, 18238 Asr-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Exp, 12053 Haridwar-Asr Janshatabdi Exp, 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Exp.