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More trains cancelled, diverted

NEW DELHI: Because of the ongoing Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan, over 20 trains were cancelled and several others diverted from Delhi on Thursday.

The cancelled trains included the Dehra Dun-Bandra Terminus/Nimach-Dehra Dun Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Udaipur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Indore-Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express, Firozpur-Mumbai Central-Firozpur Janata Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kota-Hazrat Nizamuddin Jan Shatabdi Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central August Kranti Express, Bandra Terminus/Gorakhpur Avadh Express, Gwalior-Jaipur Intercity Express, Asansol-Ahmedabad Express, Bandra Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express.

The Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ahmedabad Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bandra Terminus Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express, Jammu Tawi-Bandra Terminus Special, Okha-Varanasi Express, Varanasi-Jodhpur Marudhar Express, Sealdah-Jaipur Express, Muzaffarpur-Ahemdabad Jan Sadharan Express, Sealdah-Udaipur Ananaya Express, Ajmer-Rajender Nagar Ziarath Express and Jaipur-Sealdah Express were also cancelled.

The Ahmedabad-Hardwar Mail was “short-terminated” at Jaipur and remained partially cancelled between Jaipur and Hardwar. The Howrah-Jodhpur/Bikaner Express was terminated at Agra and cancelled between Agra and Jodhpur/Bikaner. The Ajmer-Jammu Tawi Pooja Express was also partially cancelled between Ajmer and Delhi Junction.

Several trains 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-Bandra Terminus Swaraj Express and Amritsar-Mumbai Central Golden Temple Mail were diverted to run via Mathura-Agra-Jhansi- Bhopal-Nagda.

While the Jammu Tawi-Ahmedabad Superfast Express was diverted to run via Nagda-Bhopal-Jhansi-Agra-Mathura Junction, the Dehra Dun-Bandra Terminus Dehra Dun Express was diverted to run via Mathura-Agra-Gwalior-Guna-Ratia. The Trivandrum-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express was also diverted to run via Roha-Kalyan-Manmad-Etarasi-Bhopal-Mathura.

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