Title - Rly time-table puts passengers in dilemma

The schedule on display at railway station is in the process of being upgraded, creating inconvenience for travellers

Bathinda:
The passengers catching trains from the Bathinda junction are facing a peculiar problem these days. While some passengers have missed their trains in the past few days, others have been reaching the station much before the scheduled time of the train.The confusion among the passengers can be attributed to the time-table of the trains on display at the railway station. The schedule of a couple of trains has been changed since the routes of some of the trains passing through the junction have been extended.Nor have the trains started running on the extended routes neither have the revised timings been displayed at the station for the convenience of the passengers.The trains the route of which have been extended are the Shri Ganganagar-Haridwar, Rishikesh, Dilli-Bathinda, Shri Ganganagar-Bathinda, Chhindwara-Bathinda and the Dhuri-Bathinda trains.“We are yet to get the nod from the higher authorities regarding the extention of routes of these trains. In all probability, the trains will start travelling on their extended routes by the mid of this month,” said the station superintendent, Pradeep Sharma.He added that since the junction authorities had not got the permission for running the trains on the extended routes, the revised time-tables had not been displayed.“Changes in the timings of other trains will be revised soon on the display board. The painters are at work regarding the same. However, the revised time-table of the trains the routes of which have been extended will be display only once the trains start running on their designated routes,” he added.When asked about the confusion the changed schedule was causing to the passengers, he assured that it would last only for a few more days. “We are aiming to revise the time-table display in a day or two. The confusion is unavoidable. We are in the process of changing all the boards which display the train timings at the junction,” he said.Till then, the passengers will have to face the problem with advance information for the ernquiry office being the only way out.



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The confusion can be attributed to the time-table of the trains on display at the railway station. The schedule of a couple of trains has been changed since the routes of some of the trains passing through the junction have been extended.
Nor have the trains started running on the extended routes, neither has the revised timings been displayed at the station for the convenience of the passengers.
The trains the route of which have been extended are the Sri Ganganagar-Haridwar, Rishikesh, Delhi-Bathinda, Sri Ganganagar-Bathinda, Chhindwara-Bathinda and the Dhuri-Bathinda trains.