Title - Trains continue to run behind schedule

Ludhiana : Train services remained affected for the fifth consecutive day today due to poor visibility. Most of the long route trains were running behind schedule.A city-based businessman had to hire a cab to Delhi to catch an evening flight to Chennai. Ravi Bajaj, who was to travel to Delhi by the Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express, was shocked when he learnt that the train that was to depart from Ludhiana at 8.45 am had not even started its journey from Amritsar. The train was delayed by about nine hours and reached the Ludhiana railway station at around 5 pm. There were many others like Bajaj who were waiting at the railway platforms for hours together to board their trains. Ram Kumar, a migrant worker, had to wait for more than five hours to receive his relatives aboard the Jansewa Express, which was delayed by some seven hours. Even those deployed at the railway enquiry counter were a harried lot as they had to face the passengers’ ire who wanted to know the status of their trains.The trains that were running late include the Anadaman Express (7.20 hours), the Archna Express (7.50 hours), the Jamnagar-Jammu Tawi Express (6.50 hours), the Jansewa Express (7 hours), the Durg-Jammu Superfast Express (2.20 hours), the Pashchim Express (50 minutes), the Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express (11.25 hours), the Amritsar-New Delhi Intercity Express (9.10 hours), the Malwa Express (4.45 hours), Mumbai-Pathankot Express (2.30 hours), the Saryu-Yamuna Express (2.50 hours), the Indore-Amritsar Weekly Express (2.30 hours) and the Jannayak Express (40 minutes).