Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 31: Rail traffic in Jammu Division continued to remain suspended for the sixth consecutive day even as authorities run three special trains from Jammu Railway Station on Sunday carrying over 1,500 passengers to their onward destinations.
These trains were 04674 (Jammu-New Delhi via Kathua, PTKC) , 04676 (Jammu-MAS Chennai via New Delhi) and 03152 (Jammu-Kolkata via Moradabad, Lucknow, Banaras).
According to an official spokesperson, the Kolkata-bound special train carried about 450–500 passengers from Jammu at 2 PM while the Chennai-bound departed at 4 PM with over 400 passengers and the third one headed to Delhi at 6 PM with 600–650 passengers on board.
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Except these three reserved special, there was no departure or arrival of any train at Jammu Railway Station for the sixth consecutive day following damage to railway infrastructure due to flash floods and erosion of soil.
Total 59 trains remained cancelled today. These included 25 from here and 29 to Jammu, Katra and Udhampur.
The Northern Railways has also announced the cancellation of 54 incoming and outgoing trains from Jammu and Katra stations on Monday.
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