<p>Train movement in north India was disrupted this morning due to the collapse of the Northern Grid with around 200 trains running behind schedule.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Railway officials said the train movement was affected in seven divisions -- Delhi, Ambala, Agra, Jhansi, Allahabad, Moradabad and Kota.<br /><br />"Around 200 trains were affected," they said. A number of passenger trains bound for Delhi and beyond, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jammu, Ferozepur and Kalka were stranded at way side stations due to failure of electricity, a senior railway official told PTI in Chandigarh.<br /><br />He said efforts were on to move the passenger trains with diesel engines after detaching them from running goods trains which would remain halted at way side railway stations.<br /><br />The stations where passenger trains were stranded include Ambala, Kurukshetra, Phillaur, Sirhind, Ludhiana, Phagwara and Karnal. Some trains were stranded mid way as the electric engines hauling them came to a halt due to failure of power at about 2.30 AM.<br /><br />Kalka Chandigarh Delhi Shatabdi Express left the local station 90 minutes behind scheduled departure of 6.53 AM after a diesel engine was attached to it. The trains affected include Amritsar Delhi Shatabdi Express, Allahabad Chandigarh Unchahaar, Lucknow Chandigarh Sadbhavna, Howraha Kalka Mail, Delhi Jammu Mail and a number of other super fast, express, passenger and local trains.<br /><br />The official said that the signal system had also blanked at a number of places due to the power failure.</p>
<p>Train movement in north India was disrupted this morning due to the collapse of the Northern Grid with around 200 trains running behind schedule.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Railway officials said the train movement was affected in seven divisions -- Delhi, Ambala, Agra, Jhansi, Allahabad, Moradabad and Kota.<br /><br />"Around 200 trains were affected," they said. A number of passenger trains bound for Delhi and beyond, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jammu, Ferozepur and Kalka were stranded at way side stations due to failure of electricity, a senior railway official told PTI in Chandigarh.<br /><br />He said efforts were on to move the passenger trains with diesel engines after detaching them from running goods trains which would remain halted at way side railway stations.<br /><br />The stations where passenger trains were stranded include Ambala, Kurukshetra, Phillaur, Sirhind, Ludhiana, Phagwara and Karnal. Some trains were stranded mid way as the electric engines hauling them came to a halt due to failure of power at about 2.30 AM.<br /><br />Kalka Chandigarh Delhi Shatabdi Express left the local station 90 minutes behind scheduled departure of 6.53 AM after a diesel engine was attached to it. The trains affected include Amritsar Delhi Shatabdi Express, Allahabad Chandigarh Unchahaar, Lucknow Chandigarh Sadbhavna, Howraha Kalka Mail, Delhi Jammu Mail and a number of other super fast, express, passenger and local trains.<br /><br />The official said that the signal system had also blanked at a number of places due to the power failure.</p>