The passengers commuting from Dehradun to Haridwar and vice versa as well as the long-distance ones would be in trouble as several trains plying on Dehradun- Haridwar route would be cancelled or short-terminated or regulated for a period between November 5 and November 8.
The Northern Railway officials said that the step is required to upgrade capacity of the Dehradun-Haridwar rail section for running 18 -coach trains. A department official said that the Northern Railway is undertaking non-interlocked working at Harrawala station on the Haridwar-Dehradun rail section in connection with the capacity up-gradation of the Dehradun-Haridwar rail section.
“To execute the work, there will be a traffic block on the aforesaid section from November 5 to November 8. Besides, for overhauling of the lever frame at Central Cabin at Dehradun, a shadow block is planned from November 6 to November 8,” he added.
Consequently, several trains scheduled to run on the section would remain cancelled/short-terminated/regulated. Among the trains to be cancelled during the period of the block is 14632 Amritsar-Dehradun Express. The train scheduled to start from Amritsar on November 4 would be the first train to be cancelled.
Others scheduled to leave thereafter till November 7 would also remain cancelled. In the return direction, in case of 14631 Dehradun-Amritsar Express, the trains scheduled to commence journey on November 5 and thereafter till November 8 would remain cancelled.
The 14265 Varanasi- Dehradun Express commencing journeys on November 5 and November 6 would remain cancelled. In the return direction, the 14266 Dehradun-Amritsar Express commencing on November 6 and November 7 would remain cancelled.
Among the trains to be short-terminated during the period of the above block is 19019 Bandra T-Dehradun Express whose journey is scheduled to commence on November 3 till November 5. They would be terminated at Haridwar. In the return direction, the 19020 Dehradun-Bandra T Express journey commencing from November 5 to November 8 would short-originate from Haridwar. The 14113/14163 Allahabad-Dehradun Express whose journey is scheduled to commence from November 4 to November 6 would terminate at Haridwar. The 14317 Indore-Dehradun Express journey commencing from November 4 and November 5 would also terminate at Haridwar. The 15001 Muzaffarpur-Dehradun Express journey commencing on November 6 would short- terminate at Haridwar. The 14120 Dehradun-Kathgodam Express journey commencing from November 5 to November 7 would short-originate from Haridwar. The 14310 Dehradun-Ujjain Express journey commencing from November 5 to November 7 would short-originate from Haridwar.
The trains which would be regulated during the period of the block include 13009 Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express. The one whose journey is scheduled to commence on Friday would be regulated if it runs late for more than 30 minutes. The 54341 Sahranpur-Dehradun Passenger whose journey commences on November 5 would be regulated too.
“Besides, a speed limit of 20 kmph would be imposed as a safety measure on the trains passing through the section during the period of the block,” informed chief public relation officer Neeraj Sharma.