New Delhi: Dense fog continued to disrupt
train operation as railways have cancelled 33 trains and
rescheduled departure timing of five trains on Thursday.
There are as many as 23 trains mostly coming from
Orissa, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal running several hours
late due to the weather condition in the northern region.
Seemanchal Express and Muri Express are running 20 hours
late while Puri Express and Gomti Express are behind the
schedule for 21 hours and 14 hours.
Railways have launched an SMS service to inform train
position to passengers.
"We have launched 9717631813 for SMS servive on a trial
basis and two more numbers will be announced soon to inform
passengers about the arrival and departure of the train if the
train number is send to the particular number," said a senior
Northern Railway official.
Beside one can also find out the train position from the
railway inquiry number 139 and railway website.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 23:23