Train services disrupted in Punjab: 122 trains affected, read to know why

Jalandhar (The Uttam Hindu): Due to the ongoing construction and development work at Chahedu station, train operations will start getting affected from November 16, which will continue till November 29. Due to this, 122 trains will be mainly affected. Out of these, 58 trains will remain cancelled, 16 trains will be short terminated and short organised, 48 trains will be rescheduled. Similarly, 20 local trains will be affected which will remain affected till December. Among these, Shatabdi 12029-12031 going from New Delhi to Amritsar from November 15 to 27 will be sent back from Phagwara, while 12497-12498 Shan-e-Punjab will be run only till Ludhiana.

Similarly, Amritsar Shatabdi 12031-12031 will come only till Phagwara, due to which passengers going to Jalandhar and Amritsar will have to travel from stations like Ludhiana and Phagwara respectively. The trains which will remain cancelled are 22429-22430 Pathankot-Delhi, 14505-14506 Amritsar to Nangal Dam, 04652-04651 Amritsar to Jaynagar, 12460-12459 Amritsar-Old Delhi, 14681-14682 Jalandhar to Old Delhi, 12053-12054 Amritsar to Haridwar, 04653-04654 Amritsar to Jalpaiguri, 14604-14605 Amritsar to Saharsa, 22424-22423 Amritsar to Gorakhpur, 14618-14617 Purniakot to Amritsar, 14661-14662 Jammu Tawi to Barmer, 04624-04623 Mata Vaishno Devi to Varanasi, 09321-09322 Mata Vaishno Devi to Dr. 05193-05194 Captain Tushar Mahajan to Chhapra, 05734 to 05736 Amritsar to Kathihar, 04075-04076 New Delhi to Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, 05161-05162 Amritsar to Chhapra, 04591-04592 Cheharta to Ludhiana, 06978-04399 Jalandhar to Nawanshahr, 04400-069079 Jalandhar to Nawanshahr, 04689-04690 Jalandhar to Ambala Cantt, 06971 to 06974 Jalandhar to Nakodar, 04630-06983 & 06984-06985 Phillaur to Lohian Khas, 04634-06965-04170-04504 Trains like Jalandhar to Firozpur, 04503-04582 Ambala Cantt to Ludhiana etc. are included. Similarly, due to delay in various trains, passengers had to face a lot of trouble and had to face problems due to crowd in trains. In the same sequence, trains coming in the middle of fog today had to be operated with speed control. At the same time, senior railway officials said that due to development work, passengers should leave their homes only after getting information about their trains.

Trains will return due to short termination

The trains that have been short terminated include Shatabdi 12029-12031 New Delhi to Amritsar, 12497 New Delhi to Amritsar, 15531 Saharsa to Amritsar, 18103 Tata Nagar to Amritsar, 22445 Kanpur Central to Amritsar, 22551 Darbhanga to Jalandhar City, 05005 Gorakhpur to Amritsar, 05049 Kanpur Central to Amritsar. Among these trains, Shatabdi will be sent back from Phagwara and Shan-e-Punjab from Ludhiana, the rest of the trains will be short terminated from Ambala Cantt while 15531 will return from Chandigarh. Among these, short organised Amritsar Shatabdi 12030-12032 Amritsar-New Delhi, 12498 Amritsar-New Delhi, 15532 Amritsar-Saharsa, 18104 Amritsar-Tata Nagar, 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Central, 22552 Jalandhar City-Darbhanga, 05006 Amritsar-Gorakhpur, 05050 Amritsar-Chhapra etc.

Trains will be rescheduled due to delay

48 trains are being rescheduled by the department, due to which there will be changes in the timings of different trains till 27 November. These include many main trains including 14617 Purnia Court-Amritsar, 12317 Kolkata-Amritsar, 11057 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj-Amritsar. Some trains will be run via other routes, including 22479 New Delhi-Lohian Khas will be operated from Ludhiana, Phillaur, Nakodar, 22480 Lohian Khas-New Delhi will be sent from Lohian Khas, Nakodar, Phillaur and Ludhiana. Apart from this, trains like 15707, 12919, 12471, 12477, 12473, 12475, 12483 etc. will be diverted.