Fog and unfavorable weather conditions continued to hinder travel on Tuesday for both passenger trains and airplanes to and from the National Capital. The dense fog and poor weather are causing significant delays in flight operations at Delhi Airport. 22 international departures, 20 international arrivals, 31 domestic arrivals, and 46 domestic departures are all running late, according to an Airport Delhi official. Due to fog, about 24 long-distance trains to Delhi were also running up to five hours or more behind schedule. Indian Railway reports a six-hour and thirty-minute delay in the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (22823).
The Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express (12801), Rewa-Anand Vihar Express (12427), and Azamgarh-Delhi Jn Kaifiyat Express (12225) are all delayed by over 6 hours.
Several other trains, including the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12301), Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp (12309), Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani (12313), Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp (12423), Bangalore-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Exp (22691), Kanpur-New Delhi Shaurajkranti Exp (12451), Katihar-Amritsar Express (15707), Saharsa-New Delhi Vaishali Express (12553), Prayagraj-New Delhi Express (12417), Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi Exp (12393), Banaras-New Delhi Express (12559), Ambedkarnagar-Katara Express (12919), Chennai-New Delhi Express (12615 and 12621), Hyderabad-New Delhi Express (12723), Kamakhya-Delhi Jn Brahmaputra Mail (15658), and Manikpur-Nizamuddin Express (12447) are delayed by between 1 and 4 hours, said Railway.
The Jabalpur-Nizamuddin Express (12192) is delayed by 30 minutes.