Non-interlocking work at Ballabhgarh: Mega rail block from Aug 30

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, August 25

Northern Railway would take appropriate traffic block for execution of non-interlocking work at Ballabhgarh station in connection with the 4th line on the Tughlaqabad-Palwal section from August 30 to September 11. As a result, several trains would remain cancelled, diverted or regulated during this period.

Railway officials said 18 trains (passing through Ludhiana) would remain cancelled on different dates, four others would be diverted, seven would be regulated en route and two others would have a new stoppage in place of Ballabhgarh.

Trains to be diverted

12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express via Agra Cantt-Mitawali-Khurja- Chipyana Buzurg-New Delhi (on Sep 2, 4, 5), 12926 Amritsar-Bandra Terminus Pashchim Express via New Delhi-Chipyana Buzurg-Khurja-Mitawali-Agra Cantt (Sep 6, 7), 12903 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Golden Temple Mail via Agra Cantt-Mitawali-Khurja-Meerut City-Tapri (Sep 5), 18237 Gevra Road-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express via Agra Cantt-Mitawali-Khurja-Meerut City-Tapri (Sep 5).

Trains to be regulated

12920 Vaishno Devi Katra-Indore Malwa Express for 45 minutes (Sep 6), 11077 Pune-Jammu Tawi Jhleum Express for 60 minutes (Sep 6), 11078 Jammu Tawi-Oune Jhelum Express for 120 minutes (Sep 5), 1284 Amritsar-Kochuveli Express for 30 minutes (Sep 8), 12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express for 180 minutes (Sep 7), 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express for 120 minutes (Sep 7, 8), 16032 Vaishno Devi Katra-Chennai Central Andaman Express for 120 minutes (Sep 6).

Alternative stoppage

12919 Indore-Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express (on Sep 1 to 7) and 18237 Gevra Road-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express (on Sep 1, 4, 6, 7) would stop at Faridabad New Town station in place of Ballabhgarh.

Trains to remain cancelled

22125 Nagpur-Amritsar AC Superfast Express (Sept 7), 22126 Amritsar-Nagpur AC Superfast Express (Sept 9), 22941 Indore-Jammu Tawi Superfast Express (Sept 2), 22942 Jammu Tawi-Indore Superfast Express (Sept 4), 12421 Nanded-Amritsar Superfast Express (Sept 4), 12422 Amritsar-Nanded Superfast Express (Sept 2), 11449 Jabalpur-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express (Sep 3), 11450 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Jabalpur Express (Sep 4), 12549 Durg-Jammu Tawi Superfast Express (Sep 3), 12550 Jammu Tawi-Durg Superfast Express (Sep 5), 22705 Tirupati-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express (Sep 3), 22706 Jammu Tawi-Tirupati Humsafar Express (Sep 6), 18215 Durg-Jammu Tawi Express (Sep 4), 18216 Jammu Tawi-Durg Express (Sep 6), 18507 Vishakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express (Sep 5 and 6), 18508 Amritsar-Vishakhapatnam Hiraku Express (Sep 8 and 11), 11077 Pune-Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express (Sep 6), 11078 Jammu Tawi-Pune Jhelum Express (Sep 8).