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Kuldip Bhatia
Ludhiana, December 11
With a blanket of fog engulfing the region, the Railways have announced cancellation and frequency reduction of several trains, including the Chandigarh-Amritsar Intercity Express, from December 13 to February 15.
Many other long-route trains are running behind schedule, much to the inconvenience of passengers.
Railways officials said several trains were rescheduled for the day, which included the 01707 Jabalpur-Attari Special Express (5 hours), 12355 Rajendra Nagar (Patna)-Jammu Tawi Archana Express (3.45 hours), 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express (2.10 hours), 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express (1.15 hours) and 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express (1.10 hours).
The trains which have been cancelled are 14501/02 Bathinda-Jammu-Bathinda Express, 22423/24 Amritsar-Gorakhpur-Amritsar Jansadharan Express, 12241/42 Chandigarh-Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 14615/16 Lal Kuan-Amritsar-Lal Kuan Express, 14673/74 Jaynagar-Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express, 15209/10 Saharsa-Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 19611/12 and 19613/14 Ajmer-Amritsar-Ajmer Express.
The trains whose frequency has been reduced are 13307/08 Dhanbad-Firozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express-(daily) by one day, 15211/12 Darbhanga-Amritsar-Darbhanga Jannayak Express-(daily) by one day, 12331/32 Howrah-Jammu Tawi-Howrah Himgiri Express-(thrice a week), cancelled on Tuesday, Thursday; 13005/06 Howrah-Amritsar-Howrah Mail (daily), cancelled on Monday, Wednesday; 13151/52 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Sealdah Express (daily), cancelled on Wednesday, Friday; 13049/50 Howrah-Amritsar-Howrah Express (daily), cancelled on Tuesday, Thursday.
The trains running late are 12332 Jammu Tawi-Howrah Himgiri Express, 22423 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Jansadharan Express, 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Express, 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, 15209 Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express, 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Sealdah Express, 13307 Firozepur-Dhanbad Ganga Sutlej Express, 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Mail, 16031 Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Andaman Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jamu Tawi Begumpura Express, 13049 Howrah-Amritsar Express, 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express, 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Superfast Express, 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Jansewa Express, 12919 Indore-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, 11057 CST (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Express,12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express and 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express.
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