Snag in engine delays Shatabdi

PANCHKULA: Passengers had a tough time on Tuesday evening when the Chandigarh-Delhi Shatabdi got delayed by about one-and-a-half hours due to a technical snag in the engine that developed before the train started for Chandigarh from Kalka. Station superintendent Praveen Kumar said the whole engine had to be replaced, while adding thankfully, the snag did not develop when the passengers were seated in the train but before that.
The Chandigarh-Delhi Shatabdi had to start from Chandigarh at 6.23pm and was to reach Delhi at 9.55pm. However due to the snag the train started from Chandigarh at 7.40pm and is scheduled to reach Delhi at around 11pm, said Kumar.
“The train developed a snag in its engine in Kalka. Efforts were made to rectify the fault but as it could not be done, the whole engine had to be replaced. Thankfully there were no passengers in the train when the engine developed a glitch,” said Kumar.
He added, “The train got delayed by about one-and-a-half hours as the changing of the engine takes a lot of time.”
“We are thankful to God that the engine did not develop a problem when the train was running, averting a mishap. It is good that the engine was replaced before any passenger had boarded the train,” said Sanjeev Chawla, a resident of Sector 12A, Panchkula who was going to Delhi to get his wife and kids who had gone to spend their summer vacation there.