Title - Passengers heave a sigh of relief Trains on New Delhi-Ludhiana section running on time

Ludhiana: Although the cold weather prevailing in the region has not taken a turn for the better, but the rail traffic that has remained erratic for almost a fortnight now, due to a thick blanket of fog, has shown some signs of improvement.Except for the New Delhi-Amritsar Shane Punjab, which arrived around 25 minutes behind schedule, all other trains on the New Delhi-Ludhiana section were running almost on time.Trains coming from Bihar and a few from Mumbai and other places in Maharashtra, however, were still running late by an hour to more than 12 hours.According to the information available till 5 pm today, Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express was running behind schedule by 12 hours, Saharsa-Amritsar Jansewa Express by 11 hours 47 minutes, Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi by 10 hours 40 minutes, Dhanbad-Firozepur Kisan Express by 6 hours 30 minutes and Darbhanga-Amritsar Jan Nayak Express by 1 hour 10 minutes.Among other trains delayed due to the bad weather were Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express (9 hrs 30 mins), Ahmedabad-Jammu Tawi Sarvodaya Express (3 hrs 10 mins) and Mumbai-Jammu Tawi (1 hrs 17 mins).Railway officials said even if the weather improved in a day as predicted by the meteorological department, it will take at least a couple of days more for the rail traffic to come back on track.