Passengers suffer as 10 trains cancelled

Kuldip Bhatia
Ludhiana, February 8

With weather gods continuing with their fury, rail passengers keep suffering from weather-hit rail traffic in the region.

The Railways cancelled 10 trains on Friday, three were rescheduled and many others were running behind schedule.

According to railway officials, 12241/42 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 15707/08 Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express, 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Sealdah Express, 14502 Jammu Tawi-Bathinda Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express and 19614 Amritsar-Ajmer Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Further, 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Tawi Pooja Express (2.15 hours), 14611 Ghazipur City-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express (1.15 hours) and 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express (3 hours) were rescheduled for late departure.

Trains running late

Around 3 to 6 hours: 12471 Bandra Terminus-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express.

Around 1 to 3 hours: 12414 Jammu Tawi-Ajmer Pooja Express, 14645 Delhi-Jammu Tawi Shalimar Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Malwa Express, 12497 New Delhi-Amritsar Shane-Punjab Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express, 18103 Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express, 15653 Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express, 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express.