New Delhi: The water level of the historic old Yamuna bridge built in 1866 on the Yamuna river, which is known as the Iron Bridge or Railway Bridge No. 249, has risen to a dangerous level of 206.10 meters. In such a situation, due to security reasons, the railway has stopped the operation of trains on this bridge with immediate effect. Along with this, Northern Railway has cancelled, diverted, short-terminated and short-originated many trains.
On Tuesday, the operation of about 22 trains was affected. The operation of these trains may remain affected on Wednesday. Also, the number of affected trains may increase further. In such a situation, railway passengers should check the status of the trains before leaving home.
According to the information released by Northern Railway
54057 Old Delhi to Shamli passenger train was cancelled on Tuesday.
On September 3, i.e. Wednesday, the operation of train number 54058 (Shamli–Old Delhi Passenger) has been cancelled.
According to the information received from the railways, the operation of many other trains was canceled on Tuesday.
Their operation may be affected today on Wednesday as well.
Among the affected trains are 64445 Ghaziabad – Delhi Junction EMU link train 64412 also canceled
64407 Ghaziabad – Delhi Junction EMU and link train 64001 also canceled
64412 Delhi Junction – Ghaziabad EMU, link train 64445 canceled
74023 Delhi Junction – Shamli DEMU train remains canceled.
These trains have been diverted
Train number 64906 Ghaziabad – Palwal EMU is being run via Sahibabad–Tilak Bridge–Hazrat Nizamuddin route
64409 Ghaziabad – New Delhi EMU is being run via Sahibabad–Tilak Bridge–New Delhi route
54307 Moradabad – Delhi Junction Passenger is being run via Sahibabad–Tilak Bridge–New Delhi route
64582 Delhi Junction – Harthras Kila MEMU train is being operated via New Delhi
54076 Delhi Junction – Bareilly Passenger train is being run via New Delhi–Ghaziabad route
Short terminated trains
74024 Saharanpur – Delhi Junction DMU train terminates at Shahdara
64107 Dankaur – Delhi Junction EMU train terminates at Shahdara
64092 Qasimpur Kheri – Delhi Junction MEMU terminates at Shahdara
64028 Saharanpur – Delhi Junction MEMU Terminating at Shahdara
64024 Shamli – Delhi Junction MEMU terminating at Shahdara
64151 Aligarh – Delhi Junction MEMU terminating at Ghaziabad
Short-originated trains
64106 Delhi Junction – Khurja Junction EMU starting from Shahdara
64102 Delhi Junction – Aligarh Junction EMU starting from Ghaziabad
64027 Delhi Junction – Saharanpur MEMU starting from Shahdara
64021 Delhi Junction – Shamli MEMU starting from Shahdara
64568 Tilak Bridge – Bulandshahr MEMU starting from Shahdara
64108 Delhi Junction – Khurja Junction EMU starting from Ghaziabad
Check the status of trains
Northern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay has advised passengers to contact NTES or Helpline 139 before travelling and check the status of trains only after that leave home, so that inconvenience can be avoided. He has said that when the water level in the Yamuna river becomes normal, the operation of trains will be started again from the Old Rail Bridge (Iron Bridge).
