Amid the rapidly increasing number of Covid-19 patients across the country, two major trains which pass through Chhattisgarh daily will now on ply only once a week. This follows a request from state governments.
A Raipur Railway Division statement said that keeping in view the pandemic, the Howrah-Ahmedabad-Howrah Special and Howrah-Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus-Howrah Special have been rescheduled to run on a weekly basis instead of daily.
From July 10, the 02834 Howrah-Ahmedabad Special will leave Howrah each Friday at 23.55 hours and reach Ahmedabad at 13.25 hours. Train 02833 Ahmedabad-Howrah Special will leave Ahmedabad from July 13 at 00.15 hours each Monday and reach Howrah at 13.30 hours.
Similarly, train 02810 Howrah-Mumbai Special will from July 15 run each Wednesday from Howrah at 20:00 hours and reach Mumbai on Friday at 5.20 hours. The 02809 Mumbai-Howrah Special will from July 17 from Mumbai at 20:35 hours on each Friday and reach Howrah on Sunday at 5.50 hours.