Traffic resumes from Amritsar railway station

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 21

After the successful trial run of empty goods and passenger trains, the railway traffic resumed from the Amritsar station today.

Officiating Director of the local railway station Amrit Singh said trials were successfully conducted on the Amritsar-Jalandhar line in the afternoon (goods train) and evening (passenger train). “After evaluating results of both runs and securing nod of the Government Railway Police and the government, it was decided to resume rail traffic,” he said.

Trial runs were conducted to gauge the mood of people following the recent mowing down of 57 persons by a train.

The Amritsar-Gorakhpur Express was the first train to chug out from here at 7 pm, followed by the Howrah Mail.