The Hindu : New Delhi News : More trains cancelled due to Gujjar agitation

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More trains cancelled due to Gujjar agitation

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Several trains also had to be diverted

Nine local trains cancelled
Many made to run on alternative routes

NEW DELHI: The ongoing agitation by the Gujjar community hampered rail movement in the Capital on Thursday with Northern Railway cancelling nine trains and diverting several others.

The cancelled trains included the Dehra Dun-Bandra Terminus-Dehra Dun Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Udaipur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Indore-Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express, Firozpur-Mumbai Central-Firozpur Janata Express and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kota-Hazrat Nizamuddin Jan Shatabdi.

The Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ahmedabad Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express, Bandra Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central August Kranti Express and Delhi Junction-New Alipurduar Sikkim Mahananda Exress train were also cancelled.

Nine local trains were also cancelled and several others scheduled to pass through the affected section were diverted to run on alternative routes.

The New Delhi-Mumbai-Rajdhani Express, Amritsar-Bandra Terminus Paschim Express, Jammu Tawi-Ahmedabad Superfast Express and Amritsar-Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail were all diverted to run via Mathura-Agra-Jhansi-Bhopal-Nagda.

The New Delhi-Puri Express, New Delhi-Guwahati North East Express, New Delhi-Howrah Express and Delhi-Howrah Kalka Mail were all diverted to run through a different route which was via Ghaziabad-Hapur-Khurja.

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