6 trains cancelled, 5 rescheduled

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, February 20

There seems to be no end to the woes of passengers as the rail traffic in the region remains erratic due to operational and other constraints.

The Railways said six trains were cancelled today and five were rescheduled for late departure. Around a dozen long-route trains were running late. Two pairs of intercity express trains (12459/60 and 14681/82) on the New Delhi-Amritsar/Jalandhar section and one pair of the 13049/50 Howrah-Amritsar-Howrah Express were cancelled for the day.

The trains rescheduled for late departure were 11449 Jabalpur-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (1.10 hrs), 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express (2 hrs), 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express (2.35 hrs), 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express and 22446 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express (1.25 hrs).

Trains running late

6 to 9 hrs: 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Muri Epress, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Begumpura Express, 22423 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Jansadharan Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express.

3 to 5 hrs: 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Express, 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu Amarnath Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express.

1 to 3 hrs: 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Express, 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Dvi Katra Malwa Express, 11057 CST(Mumbai)-Amritsar Express, 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, 12715 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkahnd Express, 12238 Jammu-Varanasi Begumpura Express, 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express.