Jat, New Cooch Behar protest NFR cancels various trains
Source: The Sangai Express
Guwahati, February 23 2016:
In view of Jat agitation over Northern Railway and North Western Railway and GCPA stir at New Cooch Behar over North East Frontier Railway, the latter has cancelled or diverted several trains to and from north India and other regions, an NF Railway release said on Tuesday.
The cancelled Up trains included Delhi-Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Mail from Delhi, Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express from Chandigarh, Udaipur-New Jalpaiguri Express from Udaipur, Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Lohit Express from Jammu Tawi and Sealdah- Guwahati Kanchanjunga Express from Sealdah.
The other cancelled trains are Alipurduar Jn-New Cooch Behar (NCB)-Kamakhya Intercity Exp from Alipurduar Jn, Alipurduar Jn-NCB-Bamanhat Passenger from Alipurduar Jn, Siliguri Jn-Dhubri Intercity Exp from Siliguri Jn, Siliguri Jn-Dinhata DEMU from Siliguri Jn, NCB-Bamanhat Special from NCB, Siliguri Jn-Bamanhat from Siliguri Jn, and Siliguri Jn-Bamanhat DEMU from Siliguri Jn.
The cancelled Down trains are New Tinsukia-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Exp from New Tinsukia, Katihar-Amritshar Exp from Katihar, Dibrugarh-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail from Dibrugarh, Kishan Ganj-Ajmer Garib Nawaj Exp from Kishanganj, Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Exp from Dibrugarh, Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Exp from Guwahati, the release said.
The other cancelled trains are Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Exp from Guwahati, Kamakhya-NCB-Alipurduar Jn Intercity Exp from Kamakhya, Bamanhat-NCB-Alipurduar Jn Passenger from Bamanhat, and Dhubri-Siliguri Jn Intercity Exp from Dhubri.
Dinhata-Siliguri Jn DEMU from Dihata was also cancelled along with Bamanhat-NCB from Bamanhat, Bamanhat- Siliguri Jn from Bamanhat, Bamanhat-Siliguri Jn DEMU from Bamanhat, it said.
Other long distance trains running through NCB have been diverted to run via New Bongaigaon-Alipurduar jn-NJP section, the release said adding a couple of trains were also partially cancelled.