Mega block throws rail traffic out of gear

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, November 18

Mega traffic-cum-power block on the Ambala Cantt-Saharanpur section coupled with other operational constraints threw the rail traffic out of gear with several trains remaining cancelled, partially cancelled, rescheduled while many more were running late.

It was officially stated by the Northern Railways that the 12265 Delhi-Jammu Tawi Duronto Express, 22429/30 Delhi Junction-Pathankot-Delhi Junction Superfast Express, 04612 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Varanasi Special Express, 12413/14 Ajmer-Jammu Tawi-Ajmer Pooja Express, 14609 Rishikesh-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Hemkunt Express, 14695 Delhi-Jammu Tawi Shalimar Express and 22402 Udhampur-Delhi AC Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Among the trains that were partially cancelled were 01172 Jammu Tawi-CST (Mumbai) one-way Special Express, 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express (between Jammu and Ludhiana), 11078 Jammu Tawi-Pune Jhelum Express (Jammu-Ambala Cantt), 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (Haridwar-Ambala Cantt), 12054 Amritsar-Haridwar Janshatabdi Express (Ambala Cantt-Haridwar), 12356 Rajendranagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi Archana Express, 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Express (Jammu-Jalandhar City), 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express (Amritsar-Jalandhar), 19804 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kota Express (Katra-Jalandhar City) and 22423 Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Express (Udhampur-Ludhiana).

Further, 12752 Jammu-Nanded Express (1.20 hours), 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express (7 hours), 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express (1 hour) and 22424 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express (1.55 hours) trains were rescheduled for late departure.

Trains running late

• 9 to 12 hours: 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express, 13307 Dhanbad-Firozepur Ganga Sutlej Express.
• 6 to 9 hours: 12588 Jammu Tawi-Gorakhpur Amarnath Express, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express.
• 3 to 6 hours: 22431 Allahabad-Udhampur Superfast Express, 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Express.
• 1 to 3 hours: 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 12920 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Indore Malwa Express, 22424 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express, 12752 Jammu Tawi-Nanded Express