Travel woes continue: No respite for rail passengers

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 1

There was no respite for rail passengers suffering from erratic run of most of the long-route trains for the last more than two months.

Railways said four trains remained cancelled for the day, nine were rescheduled for late departure while 20 odd long route trains were running way behind schedule.

According to railway officials, two pairs of intercity express trains (12459/60 and 14681/82) on New Delhi-Amritsar/Jalandhar section remained non-operational causing inconvenience to those travelling between the national capital and various destination in Punjab.

As many as 9 trains rescheduled for late departure due to operational reasons were 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Pooja Superfast Express (7.25 hrs), 12550 Jammu-Durg Superfast Express (2.30 hrs), 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express (3.10 hrs), 13006 Howrah-Amritsar Mail (4.05 hrs), 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express (9.30 hrs), 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express (10.05 hrs), 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express (7.40 hrs), 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express (7.40 hrs) and 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannayak Express (7.55 hrs).

Trains running late

• (7 to 10 hrs) : 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansea Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannanayk Express.
• (4 to 7 hrs) : 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Muri Express, 13307 Dhanbad-Firozepur Ganga Sutlej Express, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Himgiri Express
• (1 to 4 hrs) : 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express, 12550 Jammu-Durg Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Mail, 18215 Durg-Jammu Express, 22705 Tirupati-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Humsafar Express.