12 trains cancelled, others running late

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, February 10

Rail and air travellers had to bear the vagaries of bad weather, as 12 trains were cancelled for the day and many more were running late by two to nine hours.

Those travelling by air between Delhi and Ludhiana were also harassed as the lone Air India flight was delayed by around three hours. According to railway officials, 12241/42 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity 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, 12925 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar Pashchim Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynanagar Shaheed Express, 19614 Amritsar-Ajmer Express, 19804 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kota Weekly Express and 22424 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Jansadhdran Express trains were cancelled for the day.

The lone Air India flight 9337/9338 between Delhi and Ludhiana was delayed by nearly three hours. The Delhi-Ludhiana flight took off with 43 passengers on board from Delhi at 9.45 am (2.45 hours behind schedule) and landed here at 10.55 am (scheduled time 8.15 am). The return flight departed at 11.20 am (scheduled time 8.45 am) with 49 passengers.

As many as seven trains – 01708 Attari-Jabalpur Special Express (5.15 hours), 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express (1.45 hours), 12491 Barauni-Jammu Tawi Maur Dhwaj Express (1.50 hours), 12903 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Golden Temple Mail (2.45 hours), 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express (3.40 hours), 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Express and 22552 Jalandhar City-Darbhanga Antyodaya Express (1.30 hours) – were rescheduled for late departure.

Trains running late

• 8 to 10 hours: 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express, 12903 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Golden Temple Mail
• 5 to 8 hours: 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 12925 Bandra-Terminus-Amritsar Pashchim Express, 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express
• 3 to 5 hours: 18507 Vishakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express, 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi Archana Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express, 22431 Allahabad-Udhampur Superfast Express, 01708 Attari-Jabalpur Special Express
• 1 to 3 hours: 14603 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express, 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Sealdah Express, 12903 Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andamand Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express,12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 22552 Jalandhar-Darbhanga Antyodaya Express, 12473 Gandhidham-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Sarvodaya Express, 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Express, 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express