Five trains cancelled, commuters harried

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, December 13

Travellers received a shock as the railway authorities announced the cancellation of five long-route trains — three of them bound for various destinations in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, due to adverse weather conditions.

Daily passengers of the Chandigarh-Ludhiana and Ludhiana-Jalandhar/Amritsar route were harassed as the Chandigarh-Amritsar Intercity Express was among the trains cancelled.

A large number of passengers were left with no other option than to postpone their travel plans or seek accommodation in alternate trains.

According to the Railways, 13307 Dhanbad-Firozepur Ganga Sutlej Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express, 14501 Bathinda-Jammu Tawi Express and 12241 Chandigarh-Amritsar Intercity Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Two other trains — 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath (4.30 hrs) and 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express (2.10 hrs) —were rescheduled for late departure.

Trains running late

• More than 10 hrs): 12331 Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express.
• 4 to 7 hrs): 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express, 12407 Newjalpaiguru-Amritsar Karambhoomi Express.
• 1 to 4 hrs: 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 18215 Durg-Jammu Tawi Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express, 22705 Tirupati-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express, 12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express, 15937 Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, 12317 Kolkata-Amritsar Akaltakht Express.