Northern Railways to run 40 more special trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi

Northern Railways spokesperson Deepak Kumar said that it has decided to operate the Hazrat Nizamuddin-Pune A.C. Duronto Express Special, New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Special, New Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Special and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi A.C. Express Special from October 15.

It will also commence the services of Bandra Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Yuva Express Special from October 16, and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bandra Termius Yuva Express Special from October 17.

The NR will start the operations of Lokmanya Tilak-Haridwar A.C. Express Special from October 15, Lokmanya Tilak-Lucknow A.C. Express Special from October 17, Nagpur-Amritsar A.C. Express Special from October 17, and Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Special from October 12.

The Railways had suspended the operations of all passenger, mail and express trains from March 25 when the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed. It started operating Shramik Special trains for migrant labourers from May 1 and 15 pairs of special air-conditioned trains from May 12. Subsequently, 100 pairs of train services started on June 1, followed by 80 more trains from September 1 and 40 pairs of clone trains from September 12.