Ministry of Railways - Cancellation/Partial Cancellation/Diversion of Certain Trains
Ministry of Railways
Cancellation/Partial Cancellation/Diversion of Certain Trains to be Effective from 1st December 2011 Keeping in View The Safety of The Passengers
Ministry of Railways has decided to cancel/partial cancellation/divert mail/express trains during fog period from 1st December 2011 to 31st January 2012. Earlier this was announced to be effective from 20th December 2011. This is being done keeping in view the safety of the travelling passengers. It may also be noted that the fog conditions this year have occurred earlier than normally forecast and also as compared to last year and which is resulting in preponement of schedule of cancelled trains etc. The cancellation etc. of trains is being announced in advance so that travellers can plan their alternative journeys accordingly and are put to minimum inconvenience.
Zonal Railways have also been requested to constantly keep a watch on fog conditions, keep reviewing the status and consider starting cancelled trains with 3-days notice whenever and wherever feasible.
Zonal Railways specially Northern Railway (headquarter New Delhi), North Central Railway (headquarter Allahabad), North Eastern Railway (headquarter Gorakhpur), North-east Frontier Railway (headquarter Guwahati), North Western Railway (headquarter Jaipur), Eastern Railway (headquarter Kolkatta), East Central Railway (headquarter Hajipur) have been advised to ensure adequate publicity of these changes for the benefit of the public.
The passengers are also advised to check the train running status on Enquiry No. 139 before reaching stations. The travelling public can also look for information through the notifications and advertisements being issued by Railways in respective local newspapers. The information is also being made available on the Ministry of Railway website www.indianrailways.gov.in and in other Zonal Railway websites.
Full refund can be availed by those passengers who have already booked in the trains which have been cancelled from 1st December 2011 onwards.
The list of affected trains is given below:
S.No. | Train No.& Name |
1 | 12873 Hatia-Anand Vihar, Jharkhand S.Kranti Express |
2 | 12874 Anand Vihar-Hatia Jharkhand S. Kranti Express |
3 | 13039 Howrah-Delhi Janta Express |
4 | 13040 Delhi-Howrah Janta Express |
5 | 14005 Sitamarhi-Anand Vihar Lichchavi Express |
6 | 14006 Anand Vihar-Sitamarhi Lichchavi Express |
7 | 14309 Ujjain-Dehradun Ujjaini Express |
8 | 14310 Dehradun-Ujjain, Ujjaini Express |
9 | 12033Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Expres |
10 | 12034 New Delhi-Kanpur Shatabdi Express |
11 | 14043 Kotdwar-Delhi Garhwal Express |
12 | 14044 Delhi-Kotdwar Garhwal Express |
13 | 14115 Allahabad-Haridwar Express |
14 | 14116 Haridwar-Allahabad Express |
15 | 14265 Varanasi-Dehradun Express |
16 | 14266 Dehradun-Varanasi Express |
17 | 14307 Allahabad-Bareilly Express |
18 | 14308 Bareilly-Allahabad Express |
19 | 15011 Lucknow- Chandigarh Express |
20 | 15012 Chandigarh-Lucknow Express |
21 | 19771/19781 Jaipur- Amritsar Express |
22 | 19772/19782 Amritsar-Jaipur Express |
23 | 14211 Agra-New Delhi Intercity |
24 | 14212 New Delhi-Agra Intercity |
25 | 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity |
26 | 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Intercity |
27 | 14711 Haridwar-Sriganga Nagar Intercity |
28 | 14712 Sriganga Nagar-Haridwar Intercity |
PARTIAL CANCELLATION
S.No. | Train No.& Name | Cancelled between |
1 | 13111 Howrah-Delhi Lal Quila Express | Kanpur-Delhi |
2 | 13112 Delhi-Howrah Lal Quila Express | Delhi -Kanpur |
3 | 14217 Allahabad-Chandigarh Unchahar Express | Kanpur-Chandigarh |
4 | 14218 Chandigarh-Allahabad Unchahar Express | Chandigarh-Kanpur |
5 | 13007 Howrah-Sriganga Nagar Udyan AbhaExpress | Mughalsarai-Sriganganagar |
6 | 13008 Sriganga Nagar-Howrah Udyan AbhaExpress | Sriganganagar-Mughalsarai |
7 | 15003 Kanpur-Anwarganj-Gorakhpur Jn. ChauriChaura Express | Kanpur-Allahabad |
8 | 15004 Gorakhpur-Kanpur Anwarganj ChauriChaura Express | Alahabad -Kanpur |
REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY
S.No. | Train No.& Name | Reduction in frequency |
1 | 14723 Kanpur Central- Bhiwani Kalindi Express | From 7 days to 3 days |
2 | 14724 Bhiwani - Kanpur Central Kalindi Express | From 7 days to 3 days |
DIVERSION
1 | 13237/13238 and 13239/13240 Patna-MathuraExpress | To run via Lucknow-Kanpur-Farrukabad-Kasganj-Mathura |
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