The Hindu : Train services to be diverted

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Monday, Dec 23, 2002

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Train services to be diverted

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI DEC. 22. On account of the inauguration of the Metro Railway by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, the movement of trains between Delhi Junction and Delhi Shahdara will either be regulated or diverted via Tilak Bridge on December 24 from 10-30 a.m. to 12-15 p.m.

Citing security reasons behind the changes, a Northern Railway release today said the GD-I Ghaziabad-Delhi EMU scheduled to depart from Ghaziabad station at 10-14 a.m. and reach Delhi Junction at 10-50 a.m. will be diverted via Shahibabad-Tilak Bridge-New Delhi and Delhi Junction. It will remain cancelled between Vivek Vihar and Delhi Shahdara Junction.

Similarly, the 4673 Darbhanga-Delhi-Amritsar Express scheduled to depart from Ghaziabad at 10-25 a.m. and reach Delhi Junction at 11 a.m. will be diverted via Shahibabad-Tilak Bridge-New Delhi-Delhi Junction.

The GDP-4 Ghaziabad-Delhi-Palwal EMU train scheduled to depart from Ghaziabad at 11-30 a.m. and reach New Delhi (via Delhi Junction) at 12-21 p.m. will take a diverted route and remain cancelled between Vivek Vihar-Delhi Shahdara and Delhi Junction.

Similarly, the GDP-I Palwal-Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU and the GDK-I Kosi Kalan-Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU will also not run between Delhi-Delhi Shahdara and Vivek Vihar.

The SDD-2 Shakurbasti-Delhi-Dankaur EMU scheduled to depart from Delhi Junction at 11-45 a.m. via Delhi Shahdara will be diverted via Delhi-New Delhi-Tilak Bridge-Shahibabad and then to Ghaziabad. It will remain cancelled between Vivek Vihar and Delhi Shahdara.

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