According to railway officials on Friday, as many as 39 passenger trains to Delhi are running behind schedule due to the low visibility caused by the persistent thick fog in the nation’s capital. Northern Railway reports that three of the 39 trains are running six hours behind schedule. Trains like the Khajarao-Kurukshetra Express, Katihar-Amritsar Express, and Ajmer-Katra Pooja Express fall under this category. In addition, six long-distance trains—the Rajdhani Express from Bhubneshwar to New Delhi, the Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express, the Nanded Express in Amritsar, the Kaifiyat Express in Azamgarh to Delhi Junction, the Brahmputra Mail in Kamakhya to Delhi Junction, and the Seoni-Ferozpur Express—are also running behind schedule and are predicted to arrive four hours later than planned.
Similarly, Jammutawi-Ajmer Pooja Express and Kamakhya-Delhi Junction Brahmputra Mail are also delayed by around five hours while 10 others, including Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express, Banglore-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Lucknow-New Delhi Tejas, Prayagraj-New Delhi Express, Chennai-New Delhi Express and Manikpur-Nizamuddin Express are running late by up to two hours.
In addition to these, at least trains are running around 1-1.30 hours late, including Rajendranagar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Kanpur-New Delhi Shramshakti, Chennai-New Delhi Express, Hyderabad-New Delhi Express and Maa Belhi Devi Dham Pratapgarh-Delhi Junction.
Meanwhile, zero visibility was reported at Delhi (Palam) Airport due to very dense fog conditions while Safdarjung Airport reported 200 m visibility in dense fog conditions on Friday morning.