260 trains cancelled, a number of delayed as fog engulfs north India
2 min readBy PTI
NEW DELHI: Over 260 trains had been cancelled because of dangerous climate situations on Monday, the railways mentioned.
The companies had been affected as visibility was decreased significantly on Monday morning because of a dense layer of fog that prolonged from Punjab and adjoining Rajasthan to Bihar by Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
“A total of 267 trains, including 82 express trains, 140 passenger trains and 40 sub-urban trains, were cancelled,” a railways official mentioned.
On Sunday, round 335 trains had been delayed, 88 cancelled, 31 diverted and 33 short-terminated because of foggy climate.
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Visibility ranges dropped to zero metres at Bhatinda and Agra; 25 metres at Patiala, Chandigarh, Ambala, Bhiwani, Safdarjung, Ridge, Ganganagar, Varanasi, Fursatganj and Bhagalpur, and 50 metres at Hisar, Karnal, Palam, Meerut, Lucknow, Bahraich and Patna.
According to the climate workplace, ‘very dense fog’ is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is ‘dense’, between 201 and 500 metres ‘reasonable’, and between 501 and 1,000 metres ‘shallow’.
NEW DELHI: Over 260 trains had been cancelled because of dangerous climate situations on Monday, the railways mentioned.
The companies had been affected as visibility was decreased significantly on Monday morning because of a dense layer of fog that prolonged from Punjab and adjoining Rajasthan to Bihar by Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
“A total of 267 trains, including 82 express trains, 140 passenger trains and 40 sub-urban trains, were cancelled,” a railways official mentioned.
On Sunday, round 335 trains had been delayed, 88 cancelled, 31 diverted and 33 short-terminated because of foggy climate.
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Visibility ranges dropped to zero metres at Bhatinda and Agra; 25 metres at Patiala, Chandigarh, Ambala, Bhiwani, Safdarjung, Ridge, Ganganagar, Varanasi, Fursatganj and Bhagalpur, and 50 metres at Hisar, Karnal, Palam, Meerut, Lucknow, Bahraich and Patna.
According to the climate workplace, ‘very dense fog’ is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is ‘dense’, between 201 and 500 metres ‘reasonable’, and between 501 and 1,000 metres ‘shallow’.
