Oxygen Exp covers Lucknow-Varanasi distance in 4hrs 20min, on way to Bokaro steel plant

  • | Friday | 23rd April, 2021

Varanasi: The Oxygen Express run by the Indian Railways to fight against Covid-19 passed through Varanasi on Thursday during its journey to Bokaro Steel Plant (Jharkhand) to bring Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMG) for the needy patients in Uttar Pradesh. The railway minister Piyush Goyal also informed in his tweet that the Oxygen Express, which started its journey from Lucknow on Thursday, crossed Varanasi on the same day after a few hours. He said that a Green Corridor was created from Lucknow to Varanasi to allow fast movement of the train.

Varanasi: The Oxygen Express run by the Indian Railways to fight against Covid-19 passed through Varanasi on Thursday during its journey to Bokaro Steel Plant (Jharkhand) to bring Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMG) for the needy patients in Uttar Pradesh. The railway minister Piyush Goyal also informed in his tweet that the Oxygen Express, which started its journey from Lucknow on Thursday, crossed Varanasi on the same day after a few hours. He said that a Green Corridor was created from Lucknow to Varanasi to allow fast movement of the train.

According to the Ministry of Railways, the Indian Railway is running Oxygen Express in response to its fight against Covid-19. The first Oxygen Express with Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) tankers is going to start its journey for Mumbai from Visakhapatnam on Thursday night. Tankers filled with LMO at Visakhapatnam are being transported through Ro-Ro service of Indian Railways. Another Oxygen Express started its journey from Lucknow to Bokaro via Varanasi to fulfil the requirements of Medical Oxygen in Uttar Pradesh. For the movement of the train, a green corridor was created between Lucknow to Varanasi. The distance of 270 km was covered by the train in 4 hours 20 minutes with an average speed of 62.35 kmph.

The transportation of Oxygen through trains is faster over long distances than road transport as trains can run 24 hours in a day but the truck drivers need to take halts.

To facilitate loading/unloading of tankers in/from flat wagons, a ramp is required. Also, due to restrictions of height of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Over Head Equipment (OHE) at certain locations, out of the various specifications of road tankers, the model of road tanker T 1618 with height of 3320 mm was found feasible to be placed on flat wagons (DBKM) with height of 1290 mm. Railways transported essential commodities and kept the supply chain intact even during the lockdown in 2020 and continues to serve the nation in times of emergencies.


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