Passengers wait in adverse weather conditions at railway station with most long-route trains running late. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, December 18
Passengers remain at the receiving end with five trains being cancelled for the day, four others rescheduled for late departure and many long-route ones running behind schedule.
As a result of cancellation and late running of trains, minor fights with shoving, pushing and jostling between passengers to board the alternative trains have become a routine affair at the railway platforms here. The affected passengers hold the railway authorities responsible for the erratic run of the trains, saying the failure of the Railways to install adequate number of anti-fog devices on long-route trains brings misery to passengers during such weather conditions every year.
Railway officials said 12241/42 Amritsar-Chandigarh-Amritsar Intercity Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express and 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express trains remained cancelled. Four trains – 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express (1.30 hrs), 12355 Rajendra Nagar-Jammu Tawi Archana Express (3.30 hrs), 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express (2.20 hrs) and 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Weekly Superfast Express (2.10 hrs) were rescheduled.
In addition, two morning trains on trunk route of New Delhi-Ludhiana-Amritsar (12029 Swarn Shatabdi Express and 12497 Shan-e-Punjab) were also delayed by half an hour to 45 minutes.
Trains running late due to inclement weather
- (Over 10 hrs): 12332 Jammu Tawi-Howrah Himgiri Express
- (4 to 7 hrs): 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express, 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express and 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Express.
- (1 to 4 hrs): 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Weekly Superfast Express, 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express, 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express, 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express and 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath.
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