COVID 19 : Indian Railways Cancels All Passenger Trains Till March 31
LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK
22 March 2020 2:42 PM IST
In the light of COVID 19 pandemic, the Indian Railways has cancelled all passenger train services, including Premium Trains, Mail/Express Trains, Passenger Trains, Suburban Train, Kolkata Metro Train and Konkan Railways, till March 31.Trains which had already commenced their journey, prior to 4 AM on March 22, will run up to their destinations.Movement of goods train will continue.Full refund...
In the light of COVID 19 pandemic, the Indian Railways has cancelled all passenger train services, including Premium Trains, Mail/Express Trains, Passenger Trains, Suburban Train, Kolkata Metro Train and Konkan Railways, till March 31.
Trains which had already commenced their journey, prior to 4 AM on March 22, will run up to their destinations.
Movement of goods train will continue.
Full refund of all cancelled trains can be taken up to June 21.
On Saturday evening, the Indian Railways had informed that cases of few coronavirus infected rail passengers were detected, and had advised the public to refrain from train journeys.
Railways has found some cases of Coronavirus infected passengers in trains which makes train travel risky.
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) March 21, 2020
Avoid train travel as you may also get infected if your co-passenger has Coronavirus.
Postpone all journeys and keep yourself and your loved ones safe. #NoRailTravel
Railways has found that 4 passengers travelling on Godan Express (Train 11055) from Mumbai to Jabalpur on 16th March in B1 Coach have been tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday.
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) March 21, 2020
They came to India from Dubai last week. All concerned have been alerted to take necessary action.
