Patna: The misty weather continues to affect the normal movement of letters and express trains which reached Patna Junction from New Delhi ending for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.
Solid fog forcing the Loco pilot to run a remote passenger train with a limited speed between 60 km per hour to 75 km per hour because of the visibility on a bad track.
According to the source of Rail Danapur, New Delhi-Islampur Magadh Express (2082) was postponed 100 minutes when it reached Patna Junction on Wednesday, while the New Delhi-Rajendra Nagar Terminal Rajdhani Express (12310) was reported to have reached Patna Junction at least 20 minutes behind the schedule.
The New Delhi-Rajendra Nagar Sampoorna Kranti Express (12394) terminal was a little delayed 15 minutes and New Delhi-Rajgir Shramjeevi Express reached Patna Junction on Wednesday, said the source.
In addition, New Delhi-Bhagalpur Vikramshila Express (12368) was postponed by 130 minutes when it reached Patna Junction on Wednesday.
In the Division of Sonepur, all remote letters and express passenger trains from New Delhi and Anand Vihar ended delayed by 60 to 90 minutes when they reached their terminating station on Wednesday.
According to sources, Gondia-Bari Express (15232) was postponed for up to 90 minutes while Anand Vihar-Raxaul Express (14016) was delayed 30 minutes when it reached Raxaul on Wednesday.
In addition, the misty weather conditions were also delayed by Ernakulum-Bari Express (12522) of 68 minutes, while Anand Vihar-Jogbani Express (12488) reached Jogbani behind his schedule because of misty sources, said sources.
In the Samastipur division from the ECR, it was more or less the same as most letters and express trains from New Delhi ended after Wednesday.
The train has placed safety staff, especially the key man with high warnings to keep strict on track conditions, the source said adding with a sharp decline in temperature in winter, train rails often develop problems such as cracks that pose with safety and like patrols take place in the fog division ECR prone.