Incessant rains are becoming a problem in Uttarakhand. After the closure of the highway after heavy rains, now the train has also been affected. Passengers coming to Uttarakhand from other states of the country including UP, Delhi-NCR, Haryana, MP are facing problems. Due to debris coming on the railway track, many trains have been canceled and some trains have been routed.
The Haridwar-Dehradun rail track was disrupted for five-and-a-half hours on Wednesday due to another debris coming near the Bhimgoda Kali Mandir tunnel. This affected the operation of 24 trains. Of these, six trains were cancelled, while the timings of eight trains were changed. Five trains were short terminated and four trains were operated from other stations.
The route of a train has been changed. The track was opened at seven in the late evening. Debris came on the track from the mountains around 130 pm on Wednesday. On getting the information, railway officials and employees reached the spot. The debris was removed from the track in three hours. The SM BS owner of the railway told that the track was completely cleaned at seven in the evening.
These trains ended in short duration
The train coming from Prayagraj to Yoganagari Rishikesh was terminated at Najibabad itself. The train going from Dehradun to Subedarganj was terminated at Kansro, the train going from Yognagari Rishikesh to Puri was terminated at Motichur station. The train coming from Howrah to Dehradun was terminated at Moradabad and the train coming from Anand Vihar Terminal station to Dehradun was terminated at Haridwar itself.
These trains were canceled
● Rishikesh-Chandausi
● Chandausi-Rishikesh
● Haridwar-Delhi
● Delhi-Haridwar
● Dehradun-Delhi
● Rishikesh-Haridwar
Changes made in the timings of these trains
The train running between Dehradun to New Delhi and Dehradun to Banaras was delayed by three hours and the train between Yoganagari to Ahmedabad was delayed by five hours. Dehradun to Kota, Dehradun to Kathgodam and Yoganagari Rishikesh to Howrah were delayed by two hours. The train from Rishikesh to Katra ran late by eight hours. The Rishikesh to Barmer train ran late by four hours.
Time of four trains changed, two remained canceled
The Mussoorie Express going from Doon to Delhi was canceled on Wednesday. This train leaves for Delhi at 9:20 pm, at 4:00 pm I got the message of cancellation of the train. Lahori Express coming from Amritsar is already running cancelled. While Janshatabdi came till Haridwar. Shatabdi, Janata Express from Dehradun were delayed by three hours each and Nanda Devi and Kathgodam Express by two hours each. The Nanda Devi Express coming from Delhi arrived late by an hour and a half.
Two trains canceled at night, passengers returned from the station
Railways had earlier rescheduled Janta Express from Dehradun to Varanasi and Kathgodam Express from Dehradun to Kathgodam, passengers of both the trains reached the station, but both the trains were canceled late in the night.
