Fog effect: Passengers stranded as trains delayed in Ludhiana

The fog-induced delay in trains reaching Ludhiana railway station on Monday left the passengers stranded in the biting cold, with some of the trains arriving 8 to 10 hours late.

The trains which were running behind their scheduled time on Monday were Himgiri Express, which was late by 9:30 hours, and Sachkhand express by 5 hours. Amritsar to Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus express, which was supposed to reach Ludhiana at 11:45am, reached at 5:25pm and the Ganga Sutlej express was delayed by almost two hours.

As the Ludhiana railway station does not have any enclosed waiting area to cater to the heavy rush of the passengers, who come from different parts of the city and remote villages to board trains to different locations, including Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, and Kolkata, people, including children and senior citizens, were seen sitting on platforms in the cold weather.