Title - Trains delayed, passengers face inconvenience

Chandigarh: Railway passengers had to face a lot of inconvenience today as all trains plying between New Delhi and Chandigarh were delayed by an hour due to a disruption between Ganaur and Sandankalana stations. Sources in the Railway Department said an overhead electrical wire between the Panipat and Sonipat stations was found missing this morning due to which the trains were diverted on a single track. Due to this reason a majority of the trains from New Delhi got late.

The Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh reached an hour late at the railway station. The arrival time of train number 12005 at the city railway station is 11:05 am, but due to the technical fault it reached at around 12:15 pm. Even the evening Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh left the Delhi railway station 45 minutes late. The departure time the train from Delhi station is 5:15 pm .

There was a heavy rush of passengers at the enquiry counter of the Chandigarh railway station to get the status of the Shatabdi this morning. The worst affected were those who came to pick and drop their near and dear ones in the morning. A majority of the people had a harrowing time as they did not get any space to park their vehicles.

BSNL All-India general secretary RP Sahu, who was travelling in the morning Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh to hold a rally of employees, got late by an hour due to the delay in the arrival of the train.The organisers of the association, who went to receive him at the railway station, faced trouble as hundreds of workers were waiting since morning for the rally.

Railway officials said during the inspection of this track in the morning, they found that an overhead wire was missing after which it was decided to use a single track for running the trains till the repair of the track.