Long-distance trains continue to arrive late in Bhopal

Several long distance trains arriving here from North continued to run inordinately late due to intense cold conditions and foggy weather along the rail route.

Several long distance trains arriving in Bhopal from North continued to run inordinately late due to intense cold conditions and foggy weather along the rail route.

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The later arrivals included Karnataka Express which was late by nine hours, the New Delhi-Jabalpur Express (10 hours), the GT Express (11 hours) and the Gondwana Express (14 hours).

However, there has been considerable improvement in some train schedules of late.

The Bhopal Express which till sometime back was running around eight hours late was only three hours late yesterday. Similarly, the New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express was late by only an hour.