Amidst dense fog and mist, enveloping northern parts of the country, several trains coming here from New Delhi and other destinations have started arriving late.
Railway officials said trains coming in from New Delhi and other parts of northern India are the worst hit due to poor visibility caused by fog and mist.
Several trains including Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express ( Dn), Tata -Jammu Tawi Express ( Dn), Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express ( Dn), Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Superfast Express ( Dn) have been running several hours late on Thursday.
Rajdhani Express (from New Delhi), which arrives at Tatanagar at 10.35am, was delayed by over 10 hours on Thursday (the train is expected to reached here at 9 pm in the night).
The Puri-bound Purushottam Superfast Express ( from New Delhi) which travels via Tatanagar was running four hours late on Thursday. The schedule arrival of the train at Tatanagar railway station is 8 pm but due to the delay it is expected here past midnight.
Similarly, the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express (Dn) was running three hours behind schedule. The actual time of the train's arrival at Tatangar is 8.20 pm. But, the train is expected to arrive here after 11.30 pm today.
The Tata-Jammu Tawi Express (Dn) was running over 13 hours late and was expected to arrive at Tatanagar past midnight. The schedule arrival of the train at Tatanagar, the originating station is 10.20 am. But, railway enquiry officials said the train was expected to reach hear at around 12.15 am.
Railway authorities said that they were taking necessary steps to help passengers get refunds for cancellation of tickets. "Several passengers who were supposed to catch connecting trains got their tickets cancelled at Tatanagar," said OP Sharma, the station manager.