दक्षिणपूर्वरेलवे
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
प्रेसविज्ञप्ति
PRESS RELEASE
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY TO RESUME
104 SUBURBAN SERVICES BY 8th NOVEMBER, 2021
Kolkata, 1st November, 2021:
South Eastern Railway, immediately on receipt of the directives of Govt. of West Bengal, decided to restore the service of local trains in phase wise manner keeping in view safety parameters, crew requirements, rake linking etc. In the First Phase, services of 48 Suburban Locals have been resumed w.e.f. 31st October, 2021. These suburban trains are already plying in Howrah-Kharagpur-Midnapur, Shalimar-Santragachi, Panskura-Haldia, Santragachi-Amta and Tamluk-Digha Sections of Kharagpur Division of SER.
Further, to serve the suburban passengers, SER has decided to restore more local train services in phase wise manner.
SER has planned to increase the local train services from 48 to 104 by 8th November, 2021. Out of these, 51 suburban trains will run in up direction and 53 trains will run in down direction. SER’s local train services will be increased to 147 subsequently.
Details of 104 suburban services already resumed/ to be resumed are as under:
Up Direction | Down Direction |
From- To | No. of EMU Services | From – To | No. of EMU Services |
Howrah-Midnapur | 14 | Midnapur-Howrah | 13 |
Howrah-Panskura | 12 | Midnapur-Kharagpur | 01 |
Santragachi-Panskura | 01 | Panskura-Santragachi | 01 |
Howrah-Amta | 06 | Panskura-Howrah | 12 |
Howrah-Haldia | 02 | Mecheda-Howrah | 03 |
Howrah-Kharagpur | 06 | Bagnan-Howrah | 02 |
Howrah-Mecheda | 03 | Amta-Howrah | 06 |
Shalimar-Mecheda | 01 | Kharagpur-Howrah | 07 |
Santragachi-Mecheda | 02 | Haldia-Howrah | 02 |
Panskura-Digha | 01 | Digha-Panskura | 01 |
Mecheda-Digha | 01 | Santragachi-Shalimar | 02 |
Shalimar-Santragachi | 01 | Digha-Mecheda | 01 |
Howrah-Balichak | 01 | Mecheda-Santragachi | 01 |
Total | 51 | Balichak-Howrah | 01 |
Total | 53 |
Elaborate arrangements have been made by SER for regular sanitisation of the coaches of suburban trains. SER is also organising awareness campaign through Public Address System in stations to ensure that passengers follow all the COVID-19 health protocols including maintaining of physical distancing and wearing of mask. Appeal to the Passengers is also being made for not undertaking journeys unless it is extremely essential. Along with CCTV surveillance, additional security personnel have also been deployed in trains and stations to monitor the situations.
