January 8, 2010 11:51 AM

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Dense fog continues to disrupt train movement

Dense fog continued to hit train movement on Friday with railways rescheduling three trains including the Bhopal Shatabdi and Northeast Express.<br/><br/>Among the trains rescheduled were Himachal Pradesh-bound Himalyan Queen. Twenty-four trains were running late.<br/><br/>While the Rajendra Nagar Rajdhani Express bound for Patna was running 10 hours late, the Bangalore Rajdhani was running six hours behind scheduled time.<br/><br/>Railway officials said almost all trains were running at a snail's pace, the railways have already announced cancellation of 19 trains till January 31 in view of the foggy weather.<br/><br/>Northern Railway has suffered losses to the tune of ten crore rupees during the first five days of this year alone due to repeated trains cancellations caused by dense fog.<br/><br/>Northern Railway official said, that on an average, tickets worth Rs 1.60 crore were refunded each of these days.

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