Latest Update On Resumption Of Suburban Trains In West Bengal

 

Suburban train services resumed in West Bengal on November 11 after more than seven months. Railway authorities maintaining a strict vigil and passengers largely adhering to the COVID-19 protocol.

The local train services under the jurisdiction of the Eastern and the South Eastern Railways resumed early in the morning, 11 November.

The Eastern Railway is operating 413 suburban trains in Sealdah division and 202 in Howrah division from 11 November.

To avoid overcrowding of trains, 148 of 177 time- tabled services are being run during peak hours.

South Eastern Railway is running 81 daily services from November 11, with 40 EMU locals in the up direction and 41 in the down direction.

November 05: 181 pair local trains to run daily from 11 November during office hours in Kolkata. 114 pair trains will run in Sealdah route, 50 pair trains will run in Howrah route and remaining 17 pairs will run in Kharagpur route. Trains will run as per existing time table.

November 03:  Meeting between State Government and Rail Board is successful. Local trains will resume running very soon. Initially 15 - 20 % trains will operate with 50% of it's passenger capacity. Gradually number of trains will be increased. 

Date, time and number of trains are not yet finalised. On November 05, again State Government and Railway Board will meet to settle the matters like from which date the local trains will start running along with total number of trains, time and route and how many passengers will be allowed to board on trains.. 

November 02: Today State, Govt and Railways will discuss restarting local trains.

October 31:  Finally State Government has sent letter to Indian Railways for a primary discussion over the modalities of running the local trains. It is learnt that suburban local trains may run in the morning and day time.

October 30: Till today nobody knows when the suburban local trains will resume operating. 

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Kolkata Metro to run 66 special trains on 13 September for NEET

 The Kolkata Metro will run around 66 special trains on 13 September. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is scheduled to be held on 13 September.

Earlier this week chief minister of West bengal Mamata Banerjee said that out of the 4,652 students who were supposed to appear for the JEE exam in West Bengal on September 1, only 1,167--around 25%-- could sit for the exam. Around 75% of the candidates could not appear primarily because of the lack of public transport during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On 13 September, Kolkata Metro authorities will operate 66 special trains for candidates between 11 and 7 pm. Those who don’t have smart cards will be issued paper tickets.

“The metro is expected to run from September 14. Passengers may have to book e-passes through an app a few hours before they want to take a ride as a restricted number of passengers would be allowed to board each train. The QR codes of the e-passes would be scanned before the passenger is allowed to enter the station,” said a metro official.

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Post Lockdown Local Train News In West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that all private offices can operate in the state with cent per cent workforce and govt offices with 70 % workforce from June 8. The jute mills and tea industry, however, were allowed to operate with full staff strength from June 1, when all religious places will also have the permission to open provided they do not let more than 10 persons congregate at a time.

In such a situation, local trains and metro rail are yet to resume operations, created confusion among the office goers. Till today (June 14, 2020) no clear cut announcement is made from authority.

In Mumbai, suburban train services are set to resume from this week as early as Monday. The services will, however, be operated only for essential workers to ferry them to their workplace and back.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray last Wednesday had also demanded resumption of suburban train services in Mumbai for movement of staff on essential services duty.

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