Passengers suffer as 9 trains cancelled

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, February 6

With cancellation of nine trains by the railway authorities on Wednesday and many more long-route trains running behind schedule, the rail passengers continued to suffer. Four more trains were rescheduled for late departure.

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, 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Dealdah Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express and 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Among the trains rescheduled for late departure were 12356 Jammu Tawi-Rajendra Nagar Patna (4.20 hours), 12413 Ajmer-Jammu Tawi Pooja Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express (4 hours) and 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express (2.20 hours).

Trains running late

More than 15 hours: 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi.

Around 9 to 11 hours: 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express.

Around 6 to 8 hours: 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express, 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express.

Around 3 to 5 hours: 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 15651 Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express,12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express, 12356 Jammu Tawi-Rajendra Nagar (Patna), 01708 Attari-Jabalpur Special Express, 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express.

Around 1 to 3 hours: 14609 Rishikesh-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Hemkunt Express, 12414 Jammu Tawi-Ajmer Pooja Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 13307 Dhanbad-Firozepur Ganga Sutlej Express, 22431 Allahabad-Udhampur Superfast Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiana Express, 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express, 18507 Vishakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express, 12925 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar Pashchim Express, 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Begumpura Express.