Indian Railways to restart Train Services on the Eastern Corridor
The Eastern Railways is set to restart its suburban EMU and local train services from November 1.
On Sunday, an official said that the Eastern Railway will restart its suburban EMU and other local train services within its jurisdiction in West Bengal for the general public after nearly six months as per normal timetable from Monday following Covid-19 protocol. An official from ER said that it will run more than 920 services in Sealdah division and more than 480 in Howrah division in up and down directions.
In a latest order on containing the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, the West Bengal government has allowed intra-state local train movement with 50% seating capacity. The Eastern and South Eastern Railway have been running staff special trains in their respective zones.
During the second phase of the pandemic, Suburban EMU and other local train services were suspended by the West Bengal government from May 7. ER Spokesperson Ekalabya Chakraborty said, "ER is all set to resume intra-state passenger train services including suburban EMU services with 50% seating capacity as per the advice of Government of West Bengal." Further, he added, "The number of local trains will be as it was before the onset of COVID in March 2020."
