Weather woes: No respite for passengers, 10 trains cancelled

Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, February 3

Weather woes of rail passengers continued as the Railways announced cancellation of 10 trains due to bad weather today. Four trains were partially cancelled and three rescheduled.

Many long-route trains maintained their erratic run while passengers on New Delhi-Ludhiana-Amritsar sections had to suffer inconvenience as several trains on this section were running behind schedule due to operational reasons.

According to railway officials, 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Mail, 13151/52 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Sealdah Express, 14605 Haridwar-Jammu Tawi Express, 14617/18 Jansewa Express, 14631/32 Dehradun-Amritsar-Dehradun Express, 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express and 22423 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Jansadhdran Express trains were cancelled for the day.

Two pairs of 12053/54 Haridwar-Amritsar-Haridwar (between Saharanpur and Haridwar) and 14609/10 Rishikesh-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Rishikesh Hemkunt Sahib Express (between Haridwar and Rishikesh) were partially cancelled. Three other trains 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express (2.30 hrs), 12716 Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express (5 hrs) and 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express (2.45 hrs) were rescheduled for late departure.

Passengers travelling on the trunk route of Amritsar-Ludhiana-New Delhi were in for another difficult day as two trains 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi and 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar were rescheduled for late departure and three other trains on this section – the pair of 12497/98 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Shane-Punjab, along with elite 22439 New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (via Ludhiana) were running late by 45 minutes to an hour each.

Trains running late

• 3 to 5 hrs: Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Exp, Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Muri Exp.
• 2 to 3 hrs: Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express, New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity Express, Darbhanga-Amritsar-Jannayak Express.
• Up to 2 hrs: Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, Pune-Jamu Tawi Jhelum Express, Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath, 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Saryu Yamuna Express.