If you are planning to travel to Dehradun by some of the express trains, check out before stepping out of the house. Due to some interlocking work on the tracks, the schedules of the trains have been altered.
Many trains normally terminating in Dehradun are now ending their journeys in Haridwar while many which are to originate from Dehradun are doing the same from Haridwar.
Hence, people are being forced to reach Haridwar from Dehradun and from Haridwar to Dehradun by road. Besides, many long-distance trains have been cancelled or their timings have been changed, landing the passengers in inconvenience. The ordeal of the passengers would continue till November 8 after which the normal schedules is expected to resume.
Some interlocking works of the tracks are now going on near Harrawala station In the Haridwar-Dehradun rail block to clear decks for the running of 18- coach train.
On Monday, Doon-lahori and Doon-Varanasi Express were cancelled while Doon- Bandra, Doon-Allahabad link Express and Kathgodam Express terminated in Haridwar and returned from there though they normally terminate in Dehradun and go on their return journey from there.
The Haridwar station superintendent Mahavir Singh said that Janta Express would remain cancelled till November 7 while lahori would remain cancelled till November 8. Gorakhpur-Dehradun Rapti Ganga Express came till Haridwar on Tuesday instead of Dehradun while Ujjaini Express would come on Wednesday as per its schedule though it would terminate in Haridwar and return from there instead of Dehradun.
What is more, the long- distance trains are now coming late by hours though the winter fog is still far away. For instance, Kumbh Express from Howrah to Haridwar which is scheduled to reach Haridwar at 4.40 pm reached in the early morning the next day at 3.10am. Correspondingly, the same train left Haridwar on Monday at 7 am instead of 11.50 pm on Sunday.