Six trains cancelled, 14 rescheduled, 24 delayed

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 7

Thick cover of smog caused by stubble burning and fire crackers, coupled with operational constraints, threw the rail traffic in the region completely out of gear as six trains were cancelled, 14 rescheduled (for late departure) and 24-odd long-route trains running way behind schedule. 

Passengers to and from the national capital had a harrowing time as almost all trains running on the Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi section were rescheduled or delayed. The 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express train (via Ludhiana) was short-terminated at Saharanpur and the corresponding train, 14681ran from Saharanpur to Jalandhar only.

According to railway officials, the 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Mail, 15098 Jammu-Bhagalpur Amarnath Express, 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 15708 Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express, 14631 Dehradun-Amritsar Express, 14632 Amritsar-Dehradun Express were cancelled for the day.

While the pair of 14681/82 between New Delhi and Jalandhar was short-terminated at Saharanpur, trains on the Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi section, including 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express (2.25 hrs), 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi Express (3.20 hrs), 12037 New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express (1.40 hrs), 12497 New Delhi-Amritsar Shan-e-Punjab Express (3.15 hrs), 12459 New Delhi-Amritsar Intercity Express (6.05 hrs), 12498 Amritsar-New Delhi Shan-e-Punjab (3.05 hrs) and 12030 Amritsar-New Delhi Swarn Shatabdi Express (2.10 hrs) were running late.

The rescheduled trains were 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express (7.40 hrs), 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express (2.30 hrs), 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Archana Express (2.30 hrs), 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Pooja Express (2 hrs), 12459 New Delhi-Amritsar Intercity Express (6.05 hrs), 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express (1.30 hrs), 12472 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Bandra Terminus Swaraj Express (2.20 hrs), 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express (2.20 hrs), 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu-Yamuna Express (1 hrs), 14674 Amritsar-Jaynanagr Shaheed Express 6.05 hrs), 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express (6.20 hrs), 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express (2.30 hrs), 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Weekly Express (4 hrs).

Trains running late

22423 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Jansadharan Express (15.10 hrs), 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express (13.15 hrs), 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Sealdah Express (11.15 hrs), 12332 Howrah-Jammu Himgiri Express (12.55 hrs), 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Express (9.20 hrs), 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail (7.50 hrs), 12054 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (7.55 hrs), 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (7.15 hrs), 14035 Delhi-Pathankot Dhauladhar Express (6.40 hrs), 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Superfast Express (6.10 hrs), 16031 Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express (6.10 hrs), 04401 AVT (New Delhi- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express (5.55 hrs), 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express (5.50 hrs),14673 Jaynagar - Amritsar Shaheed Express  (5.45 hrs), 14674 Amritsar-Jaynanagr Shaheed Express (5.40 hrs), 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express (5.25 hrs), 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Begumpura Express (5.05 hrs), 12929 Indore-Jammu Malwa Express (6.05 hrs), 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath (4.45 hrs), 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express (4.27 hrs), 19613 Ajmer-Amritsar Express (4.20 hrs), 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express (4.55 hrs), 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express (4.05) hrs, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express (4 hrs), 12472 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Bandra Terminus Swaraj Express (3.40 hrs), 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Express (3.35 hrs), 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannayak Express (3.15 hrs) and 09021 Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)-Jammu AC Superfast Express (3 hrs).