Dense fog affected railway traffic as five Delhi and Uttar Pradesh bound trains passing through Chhattisgarh were delayed for hours while Raigarh-Nizamuddin-Gondwana Express was cancelled for Wednesday and Thursday.
A Press release issued here by South East Central Railway (SECR) confirmed cancellation of outbound 12409 Raigarh-Nizamuddin-Gondwana Express from Raipur for the day after it reported 12 hours delay on Wednesday. Accordingly, the run of inbound 12410 Raigarh-Nizamuddin-Gondwana Express has been cancelled from Delhi for Thursday.
The train was scheduled to leave from Raigarh at 3.30 am on Wednesday to reach Delhi at 7.20 am on Thursday. In return, the train was scheduled to leave from Delhi at 3.20 pm on Thursday to reach Raigarh at 7.05 pm next day. Similarly, thousands of passengers faced huge inconvenience due to delay of five trains including Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express, Nizamuddin-Durg Samparkranti Express, Barauni-Gondia Express, Chapra-Durg Sarnath Express and Nizamuddin-Vishakhapatnam Samata Express by 7-8 hours.