After the Central government extended the nationwide lockdown till May 17, the Indian Railways today extended the suspension of all its passenger services during the period amid Covid-19 threat "The cancellation of all passenger train services extended till May17.
However movement of migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists,students&other persons stranded at different places to be carried out by Shramik special trains.
Freight&Parcel train operations shall continue,a statement from Ministry of Railways said. The decision to extend the lockdown by two more weeks after May 3, when the second phase of these restrictions was scheduled to end, came amid a continuous rise in the number of people testing positive for the deadly virus infection across