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2 special trains for Vaishno Devi

LUDHIANA: Even as the rail traffic remains upset in the region due to foggy weather, the railways have announced to run two special trains for pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi till mid-Janaury next year.

2 special trains for Vaishno Devi

With most trains running late and several cancelled, Ludhiana railway station witnesses unprecedented rush of passengers. Photo: Inderjeet Verma



Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, December 26

Even as the rail traffic remains upset in the region due to foggy weather, the railways have announced to run two special trains for pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi till mid-Janaury next year.

Nine trains — 12241/42 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express and 18508 Amritsar-Vishakhapatnam Hirakud Express — were cancelled by the railways for the day.

Four other trains — 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express (2.30 hrs), 12356 Jammu Tawi-Rajendra Nagar Patna (8.50 hrs), 18104 Amritsar-Tatanagar Jallianwala Bagh Express (1.55 hrs) and 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Express (1.45 hrs) — were rescheduled for late departure.

Passengers travelling on the Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi trunk route remained on the receiving end as most trains on this section, including the pair of morning Shatabdi Express (12029 New Delhi-Amritsar and 12014 Amritsar-New Delhi), 12497 New Delhi-Amritsar and 12498 Amritsar-New Delhi Shane-Punjab Express, 12459 New Delhi-Amritsar Intercity Express and 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express, were running late by an hour to more than two hours.

Due to operational reasons, 15656 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Express, 22318 Jammu Tawi-Sealdah Humsafar Express and 22430 Pathankot-Delhi Jn Superfast Express were diverted via alternative route between Ludhiana and Ambala Cantt.

Special trains for pilgrims

The 04610 Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra-Delhi Jn Weekly Express (special train) will depart from Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra at 9 om on every Sunday from December 23, 2018, to January 13, 2019 (four trips) to reach Delhi Jn at 11.20 am the next day. In the return direction, the 04609 Delhi Jn-Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra Weekly Express special train will depart from Delhi Jn at 6.25 pm on every Monday from December 24, 2018, to January 14, 2019, (four trips) to reach Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra at 9.05 am the next day.

Consisting of AC-2 Tier and AC-3 Tier, sleeper class, besides second class and luggage van coaches, the special train will stop at Udhampur, Jammu Tawi, Pathankot Cantt, Jalandhar Cantt, Ludhiana, Ambala Cantt and Panipat stations enroute in both directions.

Similarly, the 04402 Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra-Anand Vihar (AC bi-weekly) Express will depart from Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra at 11.30 pm on every Tuesday and Friday from December 24, 2018, to January 14, 2019, (seven trips) to reach Anand Vihar at 2.20 pm the next day. In the return direction, the 04401 Anand Vihar-Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra (AC bi-weekly) Express will depart from Anand Vihar at 11 pm on every Monday and Thursday from December 25, 2018, to Janaury 15, 2019, (seven trips) to reach Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra at 2 pm the next day.

Consisting of First AC, AC-2 Tier and AC-3 Tier coaches, the special train will stop at Udhampur, Jammu Tawi, Pathankot Cantt, Jalandhar Cantt, Ludhiana, Ambala Cantt, Yamuna Nagar Jagadhari, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut City and Ghaziabad stations enroute in both directions.

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