Summary:
Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Indian railways has cancelled 28 pairs (total 56) of trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, and Vande Bharat Express until further orders.
Last month, Indian Railways had to cancel 40 train services due to the precarious situation in the wake of the second wave of coronavirus.
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Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Indian railways has cancelled 28 pairs (total 56) of trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, and Vande Bharat Express until further orders.
In a statement, Northern Railway said that it has decided to cancel the trains due to low occupancy (owing to COVID surge) and other operational reasons.
The cancelled trains include 8 pairs of Shatabdi, 2 pairs of Duronto, 2 pairs of Rajdhani and one pair Vande Bharat Express.
The trains will stand cancelled from May 9 until further orders.
Earlier last week, the South Central Railway (SCR) had announced the cancellation of 10 trains scheduled to run between April 28 and June 1.
The cancellations affected some services to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
The cancelled services were:
On the other hand, the Eastern Railway has decided to discontinue some of the special trains due to poor patronisation.
According to a press release issued by Eastern Railways, 16 special trains have been discontinued till further advice.
List of special trains that are cancelled by the Eastern Railway zone:
Last month, Indian Railways had to cancel 40 train services due to the precarious situation in the wake of the second wave of coronavirus.
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