Eight trains cancelled, fog to blame

Our Correspondent

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Ludhiana, December 25

With the weather condition taking a turn for the worse and the mercury dipping further, the hardships being suffered by rail travelers in the region have been further compounded. The Railways had to cancel eight trains and reschedule as many for late departure. More than 24 long-route trains were running behind schedule.

Travellers to and from the national capital also bore the brunt of disturbed rail traffic as 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express commenced its journey from Ludhiana some 1.20 hrs behind schedule (remained cancelled between Jalandhar City and Ludhiana) and three other trains – 12014 Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi and 12497 New Delhi-Amritsar Shan-e-Punjab Express were delayed by 30 minutes to 1.40 hrs.

It was officially stated that 12241/42 Chandigarh-Ferozepur-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express and 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Further, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express (1.30 hrs), 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express (1.30 hrs), 12318 Amritsar-Kolkata Akal Takht Express (4.35 hrs), 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi Archana Express, 12477 Jamnagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express (1.45 hrs), 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express (1 hr), 19612 Amritsar-Ajmer Express (1.05 hrs) and 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express (1.55 hrs) were rescheduled for late departure.

Trains running late

• (10-13 hrs): 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 12332 Jammu Tawi-Howrah Himgiri Express.
• (7-10 hrs): 15655 Kamakhya-Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express.
• (3-6 hrs): 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Weekly Superfast Express, 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 19613 Ajmer-Amritsar Express, 12318 Amritsar-Kolkata Akal Takht Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express.
• (1 to 3 hrs): 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Express, 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express, 16031 Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express, 12471 Bandra Terminus-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express, 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 22317 Sealdah-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express, 22429 Delhi-Pathankot Superfast Express, 13050 Amritsar Howrah Express.