20 trains cancelled, 16 diverted
Kuldip Bhatia
Ludhiana, March 6
Rail passengers continued to undergo an ordeal due to a blockade on the railway tracks by farmers at Manawala near Amritsar for the second day in succession.
The Railways had to cancel 20 trains, a dozen odd were partially cancelled (short-terminated and short-originated), 16 were diverted via alternate route while more than a dozen long-route trains were running late.
Passengers travelling to and from Delhi seemed to be the worst sufferers because trains on this section were cancelled, short-terminated, short-originated or diverted via alternate routes.
While two pairs of intercity trains – 12459/60 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi and 14682/82 New Delhi-Jalandhar-New Delhi – were cancelled for the day, a pair each of 12029/30 Shatabdi Express and 12497/98 Shane-Punjab on New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi route were short-terminated at and short-originated from Beas.
Further, one pair of 12013/14 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express was diverted via alternate route between Beas and Amritsar and the 22429/30 Delhi-Pathankot-Delhi Superfast Express was diverted via alternate route between Pathankot and Ludhiana.
Railway officials said 18103 Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express and 19325 Indore-Amritsar Express were short-terminated at Ludhiana and the corresponding trains (18104 Amritsar-Tatanagar and 19326 Amritsar-Indore) commenced their return journey from Ludhiana.
Trains cancelled
12053/53 Haridwar-Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express, 12241/42 and 12411/12 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Express, 12459/60 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express, 14505/06 Amritsar-Nanagal Dam-Amritsar Express, 14681/82 New Delhi-Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 15707/08 Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express, 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Mail, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express and 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express.
Partially cancelled (short-terminated/short-originated)
13049/50 Howrah-Amritsar-Howrah (at Ambala Cantt), 12029/30 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (in Jalandhar), 12497/98 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Shane-Punjab (at Beas), 15211/12 Darbhanga-Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannayak Express (in Jalandhar), 18103/04 Tatanagar-Amritsar-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Express (in Ludhiana) and 19325/26 Indore-Amritsar-Indore Express (in Ludhiana).
Diverted
Between Amritsar-Beas: 11057/58 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar-CST (Mumbai) Dadar Express, 12013/14 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath, 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express, 12904 Amritsar-Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail, 12926 Amritsar-Bandra Terminus Pashchim Express, 14604 Amritsar-Saharsa Express, 14642 Amritsar-Dehradun Express, 14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Saryu Yamuna Express and 18508 Amritsar-Vishakhapatna Hirakud Express.
Between Pathankot-Jalandhar: 18102 Jammu Tawi-Tatanagar Sealdah Express.
Between Pathankot-Ludhiana: 22429/30 Delhi-Pathankot-Delhi Superfast Express.
Trains running late
More than 11 hours: 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath
More than eight hours: 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi Archana Express
Around three to five hours: 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Mail, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express, 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express and 12549 Durg-Jammu Express.
Around one to three hours: 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 12926 Amritsar-Bandra Terminus Pashchim Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 11058 Amritsar-CST (Mumbai) Dadar Express, 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express, 22431 Allahabad-Udhampur Superfast Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express, 14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Saryu Yamuna Express, 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Express and 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express.
