Farmers’ stir: 13 trains cancelled from Amritsar Railway station

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 22

In the wake of the ongoing ‘rail roko’ agitation near Jalandhar by the farmer unions, the Railways cancelled 13 trains scheduled to be operating on Monday. These trains are 02014 Amritsar to New Delhi, 02026 Amritsar to Nagpur, 02029 New Delhi to Amritsar, 02030 Amritsar to New Delhi, 02053 Howrah to Amritsar, 02054 Amritsar to Howrah, 04068 Amritsar to New Delhi, 04537 Amritsar to Nangal Dam railway station (NLDM), 04538 NLDM to Amritsar, 04561 Chandigarh Railway station (CDG) to Amritsar, 04665 New Delhi to Amritsar, 04666 Amritsar to New Delhi and 04692 Amritsar to Nanded Railway station (NED).

Many trains stood cancelled and passengers were a harassed lot in the wake of the railway line blockade.

The movement of trains came down to a fraction as only four trains arrived from outside and an equal number of them diverted from the local railway station.

Four trains, namely Amritsar to Bandra Terminal, Amritsar to Chhattarpati Shivaji Terminus, Amritsar to Howrah and Amritsar to Mumbai Central were today operated via diverted route from Nakodar. The 09614 Amritsar to Ajmer was short originated from Ludhiana, instead of Amritsar.

Those trains which arrived at the Amritsar Railway station were Chhattarpati Shivaji Terminus to Amritsar, Mumbai to Amritsar Golden Temple Mail and Howrah to Amritsar Mail. The 09611 Ajmer to Amritsar was short terminated at the Ludhiana Railway station.

Before this railway blockade, the Amritsar Railway station was handling between 30 to 35 pairs of trains daily. This number used to be 65 pairs of trains before March 2020, when the lockdown was imposed in the wake of Covid-19.