Meanwhile, the passengers who planned to go to Haridwar, Dehradun, Ajmer or Amritsar during the upcoming winter vacation, are in dire straits due to this rash decision of the Railways. According to them, many booked multiple weekly or bi-weekly train tickets from Kolkata station in the hope of securing a seat. The question of the angry passengers is that the railway has shirked the responsibility only by expressing regret. But will they pay for their harassment? The railways, however, claimed that many trains ran late due to heavy fog in north and northeast India slowing down train speeds. Running all trains at that time will increase the overall delay. So this step is to reduce the number of trains so that important trains can run at least some time.
According to Eastern Railway sources, the canceled trains include Kolkata-Jhansi, Kolkata-Amritsar, Howrah-Dehradun, Kathgodam-Howrah, Kamakhya-Gaya Superfast Express including a total of eight trains. Trains like Kolkata-Agra Cantonment, Howrah-Mathura Express have been partially cancelled. Trip reduced for Sealdah-Ajmer Express.
Howrah-Mathura Express will not run between Agra and Mathura on 13 trips from December 2 to February 24. Similarly Kolkata-Agra Cantonment Express will not run between Mathura and Agra on 12 trips between December 7 and February 22. Also, Howrah-Dehradun Kumbh Express has been canceled every week from December 2 to February 27 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
