Thick fog in Delhi forces delays of 20 Northern Railway trains; running late by up to 6.30 hours

Train Delay Due to Delhi Fog: Dense fog has enveloped many parts of North India and New Delhi is also not an exception. The fog kept hitting the railway traffic severely in Delhi on Wednesday as well.

As many as 20 trains of Northern Railway coming to and from the city were running late by an hour to 6.30 due to fog.

Another cold day witnessed in Delhi; mercury drops to 4 degrees Celsius

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Due to fog and mist, people travelling in these trains are facing a lot of trouble.

#WATCH | Delhi: Passengers await the movement of their scheduled trains as several trains get delayed and a few get cancelled due to fog.

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Railways says it constantly tries to ensure that the timing of trains remains accurate. However, in this season, fog is disturbing the schedules of trains heavily.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued an orange alert for New Delhi. The alert is for very dense fog and cold wave conditions for Wednesday and Thursday.

According to the IMD, the minimum temperature at the Safdarjang Observatory in the Capital was 5.7 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

Dense to very dense fog conditions likely to continue to prevail over North India during next 3 days and improve thereafter.@moesgoi @DDNewslive @ndmaindia @NHAI_Official pic.twitter.com/zkQ3TOWL1v

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) January 17, 2024

Trains running late

12311 Howrah-Kalka Mail (one hour)
12801 Puri-Nizamuddin Purushottam Express (six hours)
15707 Katihar-Amritsar Express (4.30 hours)
12553 Saharsa- New Delhi Vaishali Express (1.30 hours)
12427 Rewa-Anand Vihar Express (two hours)
12417 Prayagraj-New Delhi Express (1.15 hours)
12225 Azamgarh - Delhi Junction Kaifiyat Express (five hours)
12919 Ambedkar Nagar- Katra (five hours )
14207 Pratapgarh MLDP-Delhi (1 hr)
12557 Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar (1.5 hr)
12779 Vasco-Nizamuddin Express (1.45 hr)
Vasco-Nizamuddin Express (2.15 hr)
12621 Chennai-New Delhi (1.15 hr)
12723 Hyderabad-New Delhi (6.30 hours)
12155 Bhopal-Nizamuddin Express (2.30 hours)
11841 Khajrao-Kurukshetra (2.45 hours)
12904 Amritsar-Mumbai (2 hours)
12414 Jammu Tawi-Ajmer (1.15 hours)
15658 Kamakhya- Delhi Mail (3.45 hours) 
12447 Manikapru - Nizamuddin (2 hours) are running late. 

(With inputs from agencies)