Jat protests: Western Railway cancels eight trains; other services affected

Mumbai: As Haryana remained on the boil with sudden spurt of violence due to Jat agitation over quota, Western Railway (WR) today announced cancellation of eight trains that were scheduled to pass through the affected region.

Also, fifteen mail services were short-terminated and five other trains diverted today, a statement issued by WR said.

The trains that were cancelled are: 12926 Amritsar-Bandra Paschim Express, 22926 Kalka-Bandra Terminus Paschim Express, 12472 Shrimata Vaishnodevi Katra-Bandra Terminus Swaraj Express, 12217 Kochuveli-Chandigarh Sampark Kranthi Express, 12450 Chandigarh-Madgaon Goa Sampark Kranti Express, 12920 Jammu Tavi-Indore Malwa Express, 12215 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express, 12957 Ahmedabad- New Delhi Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express.

The trains that were short-terminated are: 12925 Bandra Terminus-Amritsar Paschim Express, which had set off on February 19 terminated at Sonipat; 22451 Bandra Terminus-Chandigarh Superfast Express was terminated at Narela; 12449 Madgaon-Chandigarh Goa Sampark Kranti Express terminated at Hazrat Nizamuddin and 12471 Bandra Terminus- Jammu Tavi Swaraj Express terminated at New Delhi.

Those diverted include: 12216 Bandra Terminus-Delhi was diverted via Alwar-Mathura junction, 14322 Bhuj-Bareili diverted via Alwar-Mathura Junction, 14321 Bareili-Bhuj diverted via Old Delhi-New Delhi-Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mathura Junction route, the WR said in the statement.