Kolkata, 03 July, 2020

 

 

      Indian Railways started running 30 special trains from May 12, 2020 and 200 more special trains from June 1, 2020 to facilitate transit of people from one place to another in emergency situations, even during the COVID-19 lockdown period.

 

 

 

           Presently eight pairs of special trains originating or terminating at Eastern Railway (ER) stations are continuing their services for the convenience of the people intending to perform journey on emergency, like,  02301/02302 Howrah- New Delhi-Howrah AC Special train,  02377/02378  Sealdah–New Alipurduar –Sealdah special, 02357/02358  Kolkata–Amritsar--Kolkata  bi-weekly special, 02307/02308  Howrah–Jodhpur–Howrah special ,  02381/02382  Howrah–New Delhi--Howrah tri-weekly  (via-Gaya) special, 02303/02304  Howrah–New Delhi -Howrah (via-Patna) special (4 days a week), 02201/02202  Sealdah – Bhubaneswar–Sealdah (tri-weekly) special and 02023/02024 Howrah–Patna-Howrah special (except Sunday)  train on their nominated  days of run.

 

    These special trains running with SOP (standard operating protocol) and all precautionary measures to resist the spread of COVID-19 are easy means of long distance transport available for the citizens of our country at present.

 

 

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