No respite for passengers

Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, February 14

With the weather taking a turn for the worse, the rail traffic in the region remained erratic with the Railways having to cancel 17 trains for the day. Two other trains were rescheduled and another was diverted via an alternative route. Many more long-route trains were running late causing more inconvenience to the travelling public. The lone Air India flight between Delhi and Ludhiana was also delayed by an hour and a half.

According to the Railways, 12241/42 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 12903/04 Mumbai Central-Amritsar-Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail, 12925/26 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar-Bandra Terminus Paschim Express, 14673/74 Jaynagar-Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 15707/08 Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express, 12471 Bandra Terminus-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express, 12474 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Gandhidham Sarvodaya Express, 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express, 13307 Dhanbad-Fsrozepur Ganga Sutlej Express, 14501 Bathinda-Jammu Tawi Express, 19611 Ajmer-Amritsar Express and 19806 Udhampur-Kota Express trains were cancelled on Thursday.

12904 Amritsar-Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail was diverted via an alternative route between the Hazrat Nizamuddin and Sawai  Madhopur stations.

Trains running late

• (5 to 8 hrs): 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Express, 12903 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Golden Temple Mail, 12925 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar Paschim Express, 12407 Newjalpaiguri-Amritsar Karambhoomi Express
•  (3 to 5 hrs): 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 18237 Gevra Road-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express, 18507 Vishakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express, 15933 Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express
• (1 to 3 hrs): 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express