Amid the prevailing COVID-19 condition in the West Bengal, and the number of cases rising daily frequency of the special trains between Howrah and Mumbai, Howrah and Ahmedabad, Howrah and Delhi have been reduced. On Monday, the decision was taken to cut down the frequency of trains. As per the new chart the special trains will now run weekly instead of daily.
Two days ago , on the request of the state government Aviation ministry had suspended the flights to West Bengal from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad from July 6 to July 19. The West Bengal Government had also requested the Railway Ministry to reduce the frequency of trains,
The Howrah-Ahmedabad Special will run once a week instead of daily, from July 10 and reverse from July 13, while the Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Special will run weekly from July 15 and reverse from July 17.
The Howrah-Delhi via Patna will run once a week from July 11 and reverse from July 12, whereas, Howrah-Delhi via Dhanbad will run weekly from July 16 and reverse from July 17.
Special trains will commence the journey from the originating stations regularly up to July 9.
FREQUENCY REDUCTION OF 02303/02304 HOWRAH – NEW DELHI – HOWRAH SPECIAL (VIA PATNA) & 02381/02382 HOWRAH – NEW DELHI – HOWRAH SPECIAL (VIA DHANBAD) pic.twitter.com/qA3Ofi0rtp
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