Railways again cancels 13 trains

Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, February 12

There seems to be no relief in sight for rail passengers who keep suffering from disturbed traffic in the region due to bad weather and now due to disruption on rail tracks in Rajasthan in the course of Gujjar agitation.

The Railways cancelled 13 trains on Tuesday, four were rescheduled and over one dozen long-route trains were running behind schedule.

It was officially stated that 12241/42 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 12925/26 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar-Bandra Terminus Pashchim Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 15707/08 Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express, 12331 Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express, 12472 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Bandra Terminus Swaraj Express, 12477 Jamnagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express and 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Four other trains – 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi (4.45 hours), 12549 Durg-Jammu Tawi Express (1 hours), 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express (1.35 hours) and 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur-Superfast Express (1 hour) were rescheduled.

The 12904 Amritsar-Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail was diverted via alternate route between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Sawai Madhopur.

Trains running late

Around four to six hours: 18237 Bilaspur-Amritsar Chhattisgarh Express, 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express, 12471 Bandra Terminus-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express.

Around two to four hours: 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express, 11077 Pune-Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express, 12925 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar Pashchim Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Express and 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express.

Up to two hours: 13307 Dhanbad-Ferozepur Ganga Sutlej Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express.