Bad weather haunts travellers, 10 trains stand cancelled

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, December 16

Rail traffic in the region remains disturbed due to adverse weather conditions. The erratic run of trains has made rail travel an ordeal for long-distance travelers.

The Railways had to cancel 10 trains, some of these due to operational constraints and the others due to bad weather. To make the matters worse, half a dozen trains were rescheduled and many others were running behind schedule.

According to the Railways, 10 long-route trains, including a pair of intercity express trains, were cancelled for the day. Among the trains which did not make their scheduled run were 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 12241/42 Amritsar-Chandigarh-Amritsar Intercity Express, 13308 Ferozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express, 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 19614 Amritsar-Ajmer Express and 22424 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express. Passengers travelling between Amritsar/Ludhiana and New Delhi were also harassed as 14682 Jalandhar City-New Delhi and 12459 New Delhi-Amritsar Intercity Express trains were delayed by 2.30 to 3 hrs.

Trains rescheduled for late departure were 01708 Attari-Jabalpur Special Express (6.15 hrs), 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath (3 hrs), 12491 Barauni-Jammu Tawi Maur Dhwaj Express (2.30 hrs), 14682 Jalandhar City-New Delhi Intercity Express (1.20 hrs), 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Express (2.30 hrs) and 22552 Jalandhar City-Darbhanga Antyodaya Express.

Trains running late: (More than 8 hrs): 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express; (3 to 6 hrs): 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 22552 Jalandhar City-Darbhanga Antyodaya Express, 01708 Attari-Jabalpur Special Express, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express; (1 to 3 hrs): 22432 Udhampur-Allahabad Superfast Express, 14682 Jalandhar City-New Delhi Intercity Express, etc.