CHENNAI: Train delays have become an order of the day on various routes across the country, including the Chennai-Howrah line, as well as the Nizamuddin/New Delhi, Dibrugarh, Lucknow, and Ahmedabad routes. Since the train accident in Odisha on June 3, which claimed the lives of 294 persons and left 300 others injured, irregularities in services have become a routine affair, rue passengers. Railway officials attribute the delays to the ‘late’ arrival of trains; however, these frequent delays are inflicting immense hardships on thousands of passengers who depend on timely services.
