Special train services resume today, railways issues time-table till May 20

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.

For now, the Railways has issued time table for trains to be run between May 12 and May 20. They will run as daily, weekly or bi-weekly trains, as per the time table issued by the Railways. There are no trains on May 16 and May 19.