As many as 39 passenger trains to Delhi are running behind schedule as dense fog conditions continue to prevail in the national capital, resulting in low visibility, railway officials said on Friday.
As many as 20 trains are expected to arrive late in the national capital on Monday due to fog in several parts of the country, the railway officials said.
The Northern Railways informed that 14 trains are affected so far in the northern zone due to the dense fog prevailing over the national capital on Tuesday.
To ensure cleanliness around the railway tracks, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is conducting a special cleanliness drive in collaboration with the Northern Railway.
Several trains have been either temporarily cancelled or diverted on Thursday morning due to the traffic block in connection with the launch of the protection plate on the Lucknow-Alamnagar section, a Northern Railways official said in a release.
With Chhath Puja around the corner, the General Manager of Northern Railway, Shobhan Chaudhuri on Wednesday inspected the arrangements at New Delhi Railway Station.
In order to control the extra rush of passengers and better crowd management on the occasion of Diwali and Chhat, the sale of platform tickets at New Delhi and Anand Vihar railway stations has been discontinued temporarily.