Odisha

Rly Suspends Services Of All Regular Passenger Trains, Special Trains To Continue

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has suspended the services of all regular passenger trains. But 230 special trains will continue to run as usual.

In a release, the Railways said as decided earlier, regular passenger and suburban train services will remain suspended till further notice. But 230 special trains will continue to operate. Local trains in Mumbai, which are presently run on limited basis, will also run.

The occupancy of special trains is being monitored on a regular basis and additional special trains may be put into operation depending on the requirement, the release said.

Twelve pairs of special trains plying on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 will continue. Earlier, the Railways had suspended all services till August 12.

The Railways has estimated to sustain a loss of around Rs 40,000 crore in its passenger business this fiscal due to the suspension of passenger trains.

OB Bureau

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