More than 1.45 lakh of passengers are expected to travel on the first day as the railways restart 200 trains today as part of the coronavirus lockout, which has been extended until June 30. The special passenger trains are an addition to 15 trains that were restarted last month as the railways ramp up their operations.
About 26 lakh passengers have made reservations for this month, the railways said in a tweet Sunday.
The first train to restart last night was the Varanasi Mahanagri Express from Mumbai, one of the cities hardest hit by coronavirus, last night. In a video tweeted by the Ministry of Railways, passengers could be seen wearing masks while officials were taking their body temperatures.
Arrangements at Mumbai CSMT station for the first train among all special trains from June 1. The first train is 01093 CSMT-Varanasi Mahanagri Express. at 12:10 a.m.
Under boarding. pic.twitter.com/TIf7LzpBv0
– Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) May 31, 2020
In his monthly radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday: “The Indian railway family is at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19”.
Under the SOPs issued by the Ministry of the Interior, all passengers must undergo a thermal control and only those found asymptomatic will be allowed to board the train.
On board the train, all passengers must maintain a social distance and wear face masks throughout the journey. All passengers are also encouraged to use hand sanitizers.
No bed linen, blankets or curtains will be provided inside the train. Passengers are invited to bring their own sheets if they need them. The temperatures inside AC coaches must be properly regulated for this purpose.
Here is the full list of trains that will be launched by Indian Railways from June 1:
Train number | Of | AT | Train name |
---|---|---|---|
01016/15 | Gorakhpur | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Kushinagar Express |
01019/20 | Mumbai CST | Bhubaneswar | Konarka Express |
01061/62 | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Darbhanga | Darbhanga Express |
01071/72 | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Varanasi | Kamayani Express |
01093/94 | Mumbai CST | Varanasi | Mahanagri Express |
01139/40 | Mumbai CST | Gadag | Express |
01301/02 | Mumbai CST | Ksr Bengaluru | Udyan express |
02156/55 | H. Nizamuddin | Habibganj | Bhopal Express |
02230/29 | New Delhi | Lucknow Jn | Lucknow Mail |
02296/95 | Danapur | Ksr Bengaluru | Sanghmitra Express |
02377/78 | Sealdah | New Alipurduar | Padatik Express |
02392/91 | New Delhi | Rajgir | Shramjevi Express |
02394/93 | New Delhi | Rajendra Nagar | Sampoorn Kranti Express |
02418/17 | New Delhi | Prayagraj | Pragraj Expess |
02420/19 | New Delhi | Lucknow | Gomti Express |
02407/08 | Amritsar | New Jalpaiguri | Karambhumi Express |
02357/58 | Amritsar | Kolkata | Express |
02452/51 | New Delhi | Kanpur | Shram Shakti Express |
02463/64 | Jodhpur | Delhi S Rohilla | Samprak Kranti |
02477/78 | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Express |
02479/80 | Bandra (T) | Jodhpur | Suryanagri Express |
02533/34 | Lucknow Jn | Mumbai CST | Pushpak Express |
02555/56 | Hisar | Gorakhpur | Gorakhdham Express |
02560/59 | New Delhi | Manduadih | Shivganga Express |
02618/17 | H. Nizamuddin | Ernakulam | Mangla Express |
04009/10 | Anand Vihar | Champaran | Satyagrah Express |
02629/30 | New Delhi | Yesvantpur | Karnataka Samprak Kranti Express |
02701/02 | Mumbai CST | Hyderabad | Husain Sagar Express |
02703/04 | Howrah | Secunderabad | Falaknuma Express |
02715/16 | H. S. Nanded | Amritsar | Sachkhand Express |
02724/23 | New Delhi | Hyderabad | Telangana Express |
02792/91 | Danapur | Secunderabad | Express |
02801/02 | Puri | New Delhi | Purushottam Express |
02810/09 | Howrah | Mumbai CST | HWH-Mumbai Mail |
02833/34 | Ahmedabad | Howrah | Express |
02904/03 | Amritsar | Mumbai central | Golden Temple Mail |
02916/15 | Delhi | Ahmedabad | Ashram Express |
02926/25 | Amritsar | Bandra (T) | Paschim Express |
02933/34 | Mumbai central | Ahmedabad | Karnavati Express |
02963/64 | H. Nizamuddin | Udaipur City | Mewar Express |
08183/84 | Tatanagar | Danapur | Express |
05484/83 | Delhi | Alipurduar | Mahananda Express |
06345/46 | Mumbai (LTT) | Thiruvananthapuram Central | Netrvati Express |
02805/06 | Vishakapatnam | New Delhi | AP Express |
02182/81 | H. Nizamuddin | Jabalpur | Express |
02418/17 | New Delhi | Varanasi | Mahamana Express |
02955/56 | Mumbai central | Jaipur | Express |
07201/02 | Guntur | Secunderabad | Golconda Express |
02793/94 | Tirupati | Nizamabad | Rayalseema Express |
09165/66 | Ahmedabad | Darbhanga | Sabarmati Express |
09167/68 | Ahmedabad | Varanasi | Sabarmati Express |
09045/46 | Surah | Chhapra | Tapti Ganga Express |
03201/02 | Patna | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Express |
02553/54 | Saharsa | New Delhi | Vaishali Express |
02307/08 | Howrah | Jodhpu / Bikaner | Express |
02381/82 | Howrah | New Delhi | Poorva Express |
02303/04 | Howrah | New Delhi | Poorva Express |
02141/42 | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Patliputra | Express |
02557/58 | Muzaffarpur | Anand Vihar | Sapt Kranti Express |
05273/74 | Raxaul | Anand Vihar | Satyagrah Express |
02419/20 | Anand Vihar | Ghazipur | Suhaildev Express |
02433/34 | Anand Vihar | Ghazipur | Express |
09041/42 | Bandra (T) | Ghazipur | Express |
04673/74 | Amritsar | Jaynagar | Shaheed Express |
04649/50 | Amritsar | Jaynagar | Saryu Yamuna Express |
02541/42 | Gorakhpur | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Express |
05955/56 | Dibrugarh | Delhi | Brahmputra Mail |
02149/50 | Pune | Danapur | Express |
02947/48 | Ahmedabad | Patna | Azimabad Express |
05645/46 | Lokmanyatilak (T) | Guwahati | Express |
02727/28 | Hyderabad | Visakhapatnam | Godavari Express |
09083/84 | Ahmedabad | Muzaffarpur Via Surat | |
Duronto trains with NON AC coaches | |||
02245/12246 | Howrah (1050) | Yasvantpur (1600) | |
02201/22202 | Sealdah (2000) | Puri (0435) | |
02213/22214 | Shalimar (2200) | Patna (0640) | |
02283/12284 | Ernakulam (2325) | Nizamuddin (1940) | |
02285/12286 | Secundarabad (1310) | Nizamuddin (1035) | |
Janshatabdi Trains | |||
02073/74 | Howrah Jn (1325) | Bhubaneswar (2020) | |
02023/24 | Howrah Jn (1405) | Patna Jn (2245) | |
02365/66 | Patna (0600) | Ranchi (1355) | |
02091/92 | Dehradun (1545) | Kathgodam (2335) | |
02067/68 | Guwahati (0630) | City of Jorhat (1320) | |
02053/54 | Haridwar (1445) | Amritsar (2205) | |
02055/56 | New Delhi (1520) | Dehradun (2110) | |
02057/58 | New Delhi (1435) | Una Himachal (2210) | |
02065/66 | Ajmer (0540) | Delhi Sarai Rohilla (1135) | |
02069/70 | Raigarh (0620) | Gondia (1325) | |
02021/22 | Howrah (0620) | Barbil (1305) | |
02075/76 | Calicut (1345) | Trivendrum (2135) | |
02081/82 | Kannur (0450) | Trivendrum (1425) | |
02079/80 | Bangalore (0600) | Hubli (1345) | |
02089/90 | Yashwantpur (1730) | City of Shivamoga (2155) | |
02059/60 | Kota (0555) | Nizamuddin (1230) | |
02061/62 | Habibganj (1740) | Jabalpur (2255) | |
09037/38 | Bandra (T) | Gorakhpur | Avadh Express |
09039/40 | Bandra (T) | Muzaffarpur | Avadh Express |
02565/66 | Darbhanga | New Delhi | Bihar Sampark Kranti |
02917/18 | Ahmedabad | Nizamuddin | Gujarat Sampark Kranti |
02779/80 | Vasco da Gama | Nizamuddin | Goa Express |
Source: Ministry of Railways