Travel woes: 11 trains remain off track, eight rescheduled

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 12

Though the weather conditions in the region have improved a little, there is no relief for rail passengers. Railways announced cancellation of 11 trains, while eight others were rescheduled for late departure.

Among the 11 trains cancelled today, there were two pairs of intercity express trains operating on the New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi and the New Delhi-Jalandhar-New Delhi sections.

Railway officials said in addition to two pairs of intercity express trains on Amritsar/Jalandhar-New Delhi section, the 12408 Amritsar-Newjalpaiguri Karambhoomi Express, the 13152 Jammu-Kolkata Sealdah Express, the 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express, the 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, a pair of the 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express and the 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannayak Express were cancelled.

Eight trains rescheduled for the day were the 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (1 hrs), the 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express (3 hrs), the 12379 Sealdah-Amritsar Jallinwala Bagh Express (2.30 hrs), the 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express (2.30 hrs), the 14611 Ghazipur City-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express (5 hrs), the 15654 Jammu-Guwahati Amarnath Express, the 16317 Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express (12.15 hrs) and the 18104 Amritsar-Tatanaga Jallinwala Bagh Express (2.25 hrs).

Train running late

• More than 13 hrs: 13307 Dhanbad-Firozepur Ganga Sutlej Express.
• 7 to 11 hrs: 18103 Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallinwala Bagh Express, 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 15653 Guwahati-Jammu Amarnath Express, 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath.
• 2 to 6 hrs: 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 16031 Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andamand Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Begumpura Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express, 13308 Firozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express, 12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express, 13050 Amritsar-Howrah Express, 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express.