Railways issues time-table for special trains

New Delhi, May 11 (PTI): Nearly two months after all regular passenger services were suspended by the railways over the coronavirus crisis, 15 pair of special trains will be operated on select routes starting Tuesday.

    

Only asymptomatic passengers with confirmed e-tickets will be allowed in these trains and they will have to report at the station at least 90 minutes ahead of the scheduled departure. 

 

During the lockdown period, the railways has operated freight trains and parcel services to move essential commodities across the country. And from May 1, it also started migrant special trains called Shramik Specials to ferry stranded migrants to their hometowns.

 

The journey on these 15 pair of special trains will, however, be profoundly different from what it used to be before the coronavirus lockdown began. 

 

While wearing masks has been made mandatory, passengers will also have to download the Arogya Setu app on their phone. 

 

They will be compulsorily screened at the station and have been encouraged to carry their own blankets, water and food for the travel.

The trains will run at full capacity, but railway zones have been instructed to ensure that there are separate entry and exit gates at stations to the extent feasible so that there is no face-to-face movement of passengers. 

The zones will be guided by standard social distancing guidelines on stations and trains and observe the safety, security and hygiene protocols. 

 

Following is the time-table of the trains (departure timings)

 

May 12

Howrah - New Delhi - 5:05 pm

Rajendra Nagar (Patna) - New Delhi- 7:20 pm 

New Delhi - Dibrugarh - 4:45 pm

Bengaluru - New Delhi - 8:30 pm

New Delhi - Bengaluru-9:15 pm

New Delhi - Bilaspur- 4:00 pm

Mumbai Central - New Delhi- 5:30 pm

Ahmedabad - New Delhi- 6:20 pm

 

May 13

New Delhi - Howrah - 4:55 pm

New Delhi - Rajendra Nagar (Patna) - 5:15 pm

New Delhi - Jammu Tawi - 9:10 pm

New Delhi - Thiruvananthapuram - 11:25 am

New Delhi - Chennai - 4 pm

New Delhi - Ranchi - 3:30 pm

New Delhi - Mumbai Central - 4:55 pm

New Delhi - Ahmedabad - 8:25 pm

Bhubaneswar - New Delhi - 10:00 am

 

May 14

Dibrugarh - New Delhi -9:10 pm

Jammu Tawi - New Delhi - 8:10 pm

Bilaspur - New Delhi - 2:40 pm

Ranchi - New Delhi - 5:40 pm

New Delhi - Bhubaneswar - 5:05 pm

 

May 15

Thiruvananthapuram - New Delhi - 7:45 pm

Chennai Central - New Delhi - 6:35 am

New Delhi - Madgaon - 11:25 am

 

May 17

Madgaon - New Delhi - 10:30 am

New Delhi - Secunderabad - 4pm

 

May 18

Agartala - New Delhi - 7 pm

 

May 20

New Delhi - Agartala - 7:50 pm

Secunderabad - New Delhi - 1:15 pm. -