Back on track: 10 trains chug out of Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 25

Restoration of train services gave fresh lease of life to the Amritsar railway station. Vendors, hawkers and porters who were sitting idle for the last couple of days were seen selling articles and negotiating with passengers. A queue of passengers was witnessed outside the enquiry window and tickets booking counters.

On August 24, the protesting farmers had lifted their blocklade, from the Amritsar-Delhi railway track. As a result, the Railways restored movement of trains to some extent today.

As many as 10 pairs of trains plied today, but six trains remained cancelled. Officials said it would take a couple of days to normalise the entire operation.

Trains which headed for their respective destinations include 04688 ASR-SHC Garib Rath, 04666 ASR-New Delhi Inter City, 02053 ASR-Howrah Jan Shatabdi, 01058 ASR- Dadar Mail, 04650 ASR-JYG Express, 04562 ASR- Chandigarh Express, 03006 ASR-Howrah Mail, 02904 ASR-MMCT Golden Temple Mail, 04664 ASR-Dehradun Express and 02030 Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi.

It’s pertinent to mention that the agitating farmers had lifted their protest from the railway line at 7.30 pm on August 24 and the Railways received the security clearance at 7.50 pm.

Divisional Railway Manager inspects railway station

During her maiden visit to the city after taking over as the Divisional Railway Manager of the Ferozepur division, Seema Sharma, inspected the Amritsar railway station and railway yard on Wednesday.

She stayed for nearly four hours at the railway station and observed working at reservation and booking windows, power cabin, signals, waiting hall, parcel office and other set ups. She interacted with officials at the station and asked for ideas to run the services.