Dense fog grips North India: Poor visibility hits rail traffic; Vande Bharat, Rajdhani among trains delayed by hours

Fog in North India, Train late news: Several long-distance trains, including premium services such as the Vande Bharat Express and Rajdhani Express, are running behind schedule by over eight hours due to dense fog across North India. On Tuesday, India’s first Rajdhani Express operating between Howrah and New Delhi (which departed from Howrah Junction on December 22) arrived in the national capital at 20:19 hrs – more than 10 hours and 30 minutes late against its scheduled arrival time of 10:05 hrs.

Here’s a complete list of trains delayed on December 24:

Train late due to fog

On the other hand, train number 20503 Dibrugarh–New Delhi Rajdhani Express, which departed from Dibrugarh at 19:55 hrs on December 21, was scheduled to arrive in New Delhi at 13:38 hrs on December 23. However, as per the National Train Enquiry System (NTES), the train had not reached the national capital till 22:02 hrs and was running late by 3 hours and 29 minutes.