the Indian Railways authorities have decided to cancel 16 special train services operating on the routes between Howrah, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Kolkata, and few others. These special train services are being run by the IRCTC and come under the administration of the Eastern Railways zone – headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. Issuing a statement, the Ease administration of the Eastern Railways zone – headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. Issuing a statement, the Eastern Railways said that the train services will be discontinued due to poor patronization until further notice.
Starting from tomorrow, May 7, these 16 special train services will not be available for passengers.
Discontinuation of services of few trains due to poor patronization pic.twitter.com/I9HPKQ1lkD
— Eastern Railway (@EasternRailway) May 3, 2021
Here is the complete list of cancelled trains along with details of train number, routes and frequency.
Train Number 02019 Howrah-Ranchi
Train Number 02020 Ranchi-Howrah
Train Number 02339 Howrah-Dhanbad
Train Number 02340 Dhanbad Howrah
Train Number 03027 Howrah-Azimganj
Train Number 03028 Azimganj-Howrah
Train Number 03047 Howrah-Rampurhat
Train Number 03048 Rampurhat-Howrah
Train Number 03117 Kolkata-Lalgola
Train Number 03118 Lalgola-Kolkata
Train Number 03187 Sealdah Rampurhat
Train Number 03188 Rampurhat-Sealdah
Train Number 03401 BhagalpurDanapur
Train Number 03402 Danapur-Bhagalpur
Train Number 03502 Asansol-Haldia
Train Number 03501 Haldia-Asansol
It must be recalled that in April, the Indian Railways decided to cancel 40 train services due to the severity of the COVID situation and also because of the low passenger load. North Western Railway (NWR) region deputy general manager Lt Shashi Kiran had that time said that the cancellation of these 40 trains will remain suspended till further orders.