Train services in Punjab affected: New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi among 24 trains cancelled
Train services in Punjab were hit on Saturday as tensions escalated along the India-Pakistan border, leading to at least 24 trains being cancelled and several others being diverted or 'short-terminated'.
Railway authorities cited a 'breakdown of law and order' as the reason for the train services being affected.
According to information from the Ferozepur and Ambala divisional railway offices, 35 trains have been affected.
Of these, 24 trains were cancelled, and the rest were either 'short-originated' or 'short-terminated' outside Punjab.
Of the cancelled trains, four are passenger trains running within the state, and the rest are express trains, including the New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express scheduled for Saturday evening.
Here are some of the other trains that were cancelled:
* Amritsar-Chandigarh Express (May 10 and 11)
* Chandigarh-Amritsar Express
* Jalandhar City-New Delhi Intercity Express
* New Delhi – Amritsar Intercity Express
* Amritsar-Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express
* Haridwar-Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express
Meanwhile, the Lalkuan-Amritsar Express will be cancelled on May 13, and the Amritsar-Lalkuan Express on May 14.
From May 11 to May 15, the Delhi-Fazilka Intercity Express and the Fazilka-Delhi Intercity Express will be cancelled.
Change in train routes
* On May 9, the Indore-Amritsar Express (19325) was short-terminated at Ambala.
* The Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express (12204) dated May 10 is likely to be rescheduled, the railways said.
* The Nagpur-Amritsar AC SF Express dated May 10, will short-terminate at New Delhi, and the Amritsar-Nagpur AC SF Express will short-originate from Delhi on May 12.
* Likewise, Hirakud SF Express (Visakhapatnam to Amritsar), dated May 9 and 10, will short-terminate at New Delhi, and Hirakud SF Express (Amritsar to Visakhapatnam) will short-originate from New Delhi on May 10 and 11.
The Golden Temple Mail (Amritsar to Mumbai Central), dated May 11 to May 14, will short-originate at Hazrat Nizamuddin station, while the Golden Temple Mail (Mumbai Central to Amritsar), dated May 9 to May 12, will short-terminate at Hazrat Nizamuddin station.
The Jan Nayak Express (Amritsar to Darbhanga) will short-originate from Saharanpur dated May 9 to May 14, while the Jan Nayak Express (Darbhanga to Amritsar) will get short-terminated at Saharanpur from May 9 to May 12.
Passenger trains from Kotkapura to Fazilka, dated May 10 to May 14, and from Fazilka to Kotkapura, dated May 11 to May 15, have also been cancelled.
With Punjab witnessing multiple attacks by Pakistani drones in several districts, migrants in the state are rushing back to their home states.
Many trains headed to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand or Bihar have been short-terminated outside Punjab.
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