Over 600 Trains Cancelled or Diverted Till July 15 Due to Waterlogging On Tracks

Heavy rainfall in northwest India has caused widespread disruption to train services, with over 600 trains cancelled or diverted.

The Northern Railway, which caters to the region, has cancelled around 300 mail/express trains, short-terminated 100 trains and diverted 191 more. It has also cancelled 406 passenger trains, diverted 28 trains, short-originated 56 and short-terminated 54 trains.

The cancellations are due to waterlogging on tracks, which has made it unsafe to operate trains. The affected areas include Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

The Northern Railway has opened help desks at all major railway stations to guide passengers. Announcements regarding cancellation/diversion/commencing of journey before destination of cancelled trains are being made regularly at stations. Additional counters have been opened at various places over Northern Railway for providing information and refund of tickets to passengers.

The supply of food items has been increased. Buses have been arranged to take the affected passengers to their destination stations by road. The Northern Railway has coordinated with the governments of Haryana and Uttarakhand regarding the installation of buses.

For continuous monitoring of the situation, staff has been deployed by the officers at the headquarters and the divisional control offices. Railway staff has been deployed to inform about waterlogged traffic/passengers and the situation is being regularly monitored. For the convenience of passengers, 18 additional counters have been opened at railway stations.

These include two in New Delhi, one each in Delhi Junction, Anand Vihar Terminal, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Ghaziabad, Meerut City, Ambala Cantonment, Bathinda, two in Moradabad, one in Hapur, one in Roorkee, among others.

Passengers are advised to check the status of their trains before travelling. They can also contact the Northern Railway helpline at 139 for more information.