Irregular train schedule inconveniences travellers

Our Correspondent

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Ludhiana, November 1

Rail passengers continue to face harassment as cancellation and late running of most long-route trains persists without any signs of improvement.

Railways said two trains were cancelled, half a dozen were rescheduled and many others were running late. Passengers travelling on the Amritsar-Jalandhar-New Delhi section also had to bear the brunt of erratic rail traffic as Intercity Express, Shatabdi Express and Shane-Punjab trains were also running behind the schedule.

It was officially stated that the 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu-Yamuna Express and 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express were cancelled for the day. Six other trains — 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express (9.25 hrs), 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express (6.45 hrs), 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express (5.25 hrs), 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express (2.15 hrs), 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express (1.15 hrs) and 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express (1.10 hrs) — were rescheduled.

The rail traffic on the Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi route remained disturbed due to the delay of Intercity Express (14681/82 and 12459/60), Shane Punjab Express (12497/98) and morning Shatabdi Express (12029) trains by 50 minutes to two hours.

Trains running behind schedule

12355 Rajendranagar-Jammu Archna Express (12.40 hrs), 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express (7.30 hrs), 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express (6.45 hrs), 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail (6.15 hrs), 22431 Allahabad-Udhampur Express (5.55 hrs), 15651 Guwahati-Jammu Lohit Express (5.40 hrs), 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express (5.25 hrs), 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannayak Express (5.10 hrs), 12053 Haridwar-Amritstar Janshatabdi Express (4.40 hrs), 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Express (4.30 hrs), 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express (4.20 hrs), 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express (3.05 hrs), 12549 Durg-Jammu Express (2.45 hrs), 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express (2.45 hrs), 12919 Indore-Jammu Malwa Express (2.30 hrs), 12472 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Bandra Terminus Swaraj Express (2.30 hrs).