Dense Fog Leads To Large-Scale Disruption Of Trains

New Delhi, Dec 19: Dense fog over North India triggered large-scale disruption of train services today with over 100 trains arriving “inordinately late” in the city and over three dozen being resheduled.

The worst affected were trains coming from the eastern states, some of them running late by a day. “Poor visibility reduced the train speed considerably which ran at a snails pace,” said a Northern Railway spokesperson.

There was a major bunching of trains on the busy Howrah-Delhi route during the day, the spokesperson said, adding over 120 trains arrived in the city inordinately late.

Almost all the Rajdhanis bound for East were rescheduled for the day while passengers had to wait for long hours in major stations of the Capital to board for their destination.

Railways had earlier cancelled close to 30 trains to cope with late running of trains during poor visibility.

According to the spokesperson, trains which were running late by more than a day include the Mahabodhi express from Gaya, Garib Rath express from Bhagalpur, and Neelanchal express from Puri.

Railways has already instructed officials on board trains to ensure adequate stock of food and milk on trains. Signalling systems on busy routes have been suitably modified to avoid collision in foggy weather conditions, the spokesperson said.

NORTHERN RAILWAY
NEW DELHI
Dated: 19.12.2011 Time 18.15 Hrs.
RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS DUE TO FOG
TRAIN NO.	TRAIN NAME	FROM	TO	SCH. DEP.(HRS.)	RE.SCH. DEP(HRS.)
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14258	KASHIVISHWANATH EXP	NEW DELHI	VARANASI	11.40	20.10
12282	DURONTO EXP.	NEW DELHI	BHUBANESHWAR	13.00	17.00
12816	PURI EXP.	NEW DELHI	PURI	6.30	11.40
12506 of 18.12	N.E. EXP.	NEW DELHI	GUWAHATI	6.40	16.30
12310	RAJDHANI EXP	NEW DELHI	PATNA JN.	17.10	00.10 A.M. ON 20.12.11
12314	RAJDHANI EXP	NEW DELHI	SEALDAH	16.30	23.00
22812	RAJDHANI EXP	NEW DELHI	BHUBANESHWAR	17.20	06.00 A.M. ON 20.12.11
12459	INTERCITY EXP	NEW DELHI	JALANDHAR	13.35	16.30
12368	VIKRAMSHILA EXP.	ANAND VIHAR	BHAGALPUR	14.20	21.40
12382	POORVA EXP.	NEW DELHI	HOWRAH	16.20	20.20
12398	MAHABODHI EXP.	NEW DELHI	GAYA	14.10	07.40 A.M. ON 20.12.11
12566	BIHAR S.K. EXP.	NEW DELHI	DARBHANGA	14.30	17.30
12282	RAJDHANI EXP	NEW DELHI	BHUBANESHWAR	13.00	22.00
12388	JAN SADHARAN EXP	ANAND VIHAR	RAJENDER NAGAR	15.20	02.30 ON 20 12 11
12394	SAMPURAN KRANTI EXP.	NEW DELHI	RAJENDER NAGAR	17.30	22.45
12190	MAHABODHI EXP.	H. NIZAMUDDIN	JABALPUR	16.10	18.35
12780	GOA EXP.	H. NIZAMUDDIN	VASCODEGAMA	15.05	20.45
12412	GONDWANA EXP.	H. NIZAMUDDIN	JABALPUR	15.20	19.10
12428	REWA EXP.	NEW DELHI	REWA	23.55	5.30 A.M. ON 20.12.11
12306	RAJDHANI EXP	NEW DELHI	HOWRAH	17.00	20.50
12286	DURONTO EXP.	H. NIZAMUDDIN	SECUNDERABAD	15.50	19.20
12033	SHATABDI EXP.	NEW DELHI	KANPUR CTL.	15.55	18.15
12260	DURONTO EXP.	NEW DELHI	SEALDAH	20.05	23.15
12191	JABALPUR-N.DELHI EXP.	NEW DELHI	JABALPUR	14.05	17.00
12562	S.SENAI EXP.	NEW DELHI	DARBHANGA	20.40	23.20
15280	PURABIA EXP.	ADARSH NAGAR	SAHARSA	15.40	22.50
12560	SHIV GANGA EXP.	NEW DELHI	VARANASI	18.45	20.40
12302	RAJDHANI EXP.	NEW DELHI	HOWRAH	17.00	22.30
12034	SHATABDI EXP.	NEW DELHI	KANPUR CTL.	15.55	19.40
14164	SANGAM EXP.	MEERUT CITY	ALLAHABAD	19.00	00.30 ON 20 12 11
12816	PURI EXP.	NEW DELHI	PURI	6.30	11.40
14014	SADHBHWNA EXP.	DELHI JN.	SULTANPUR	16.20	20.50
12060	JAN SHATABDI EXP.	H. NIZAMUDDIN	KOTA	13.20	15.00
12954	AUGUST KRANT RAJDHANI	H. NIZAMUDDIN	MUMBAI CENTRAL	16.55	18.10

LATE RUNNING OF TRAINS MORE THAN ONE HOURS DUE TO FOG IN DELHI AREA
TRAIN NO.	TRAIN NAME	FROM	TO	SCH. ARR.(HRS)	LATE BY (HRS.)
12447	U.P. S.K. EXP.	MANIKPUR	H.NIZAMUDDIN	5.30	5.15
12715	SACHKHAND EXP.	NANDED	NEW DELHI	13.10	4.15
12617	MANGLA EXP.	ERNAKULAM	H.NIZAMUDDIN	13.10	3.30
12723	A.P. EXP.	HYDERABAD	NEW DELHI	9.05	3.00
12627	KARNATKA EXP.	BANGALORE	NEW DELHI	10.35