MUMBAI Passengers with a confirmed ticket for a long-distance train can now travel to the boarding station by suburban locals in the Mumbai region, rail authorities said on Thursday. Similarly, those who come to town by long distance trains You can also travel on local trains within six hours. Currently, …
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MUMBAI: A day after speculation that the state government might decide to open local trains to all travelers after Christmas, senior officials clarified that there are no immediate plans. Overcrowded trains could become “super-spreaders” of Covid-19 and controlling the number of travelers on the premises is the biggest challenge facing …
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Amid a continued increase in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Railways reiterated today that children will not be allowed to ride local trains and that only women will be able to board them. “The Board of Railways has only allowed female passengers to travel on local trains during stipulated hours over …
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Written by ZEESHAN SHAIKH, edited by Explained Desk | Mumbai | Updated: November 3, 2020 11:15:28 pm For a linear city like Mumbai, suburban train services play a vital role in facilitating the north-south movement of the city’s workforce. The Maharashtra government and the railways disagree on the restart of …
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Great rush in several stations, but the authorities control the situation. Local services welcomed all the traveling women on Wednesday, the first time after the imposition of the blockade in March, when all women were allowed to take the trains. Several stations saw an avalanche of passengers, but authorities quickly …
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On Friday, the Maharashtra government allowed women to travel on local trains starting tomorrow from 11 a.m. M. At 3 p. M. And from 7 p. M. Until the end of services. An order issued by the Department of Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation indicated that the Railways have also …
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Thousands of commuters in Mumbai and suburban areas could get a great deal of relief as the Maharashtra Government has said that local train services can be used by the general public as long as they wear masks and follow social distancing rules. However, a final decision on this has …
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One-tenth of all patients infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) become “super-spreaders” and account for 60% of new infections, while 70% of infected patients do not transmit the disease to anyone else , shows a study on transmission patterns of Sars-CoV-2 published in the journal Science: it is the first …
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The prevalence of antibodies to the Sars-Cov-2 virus in Delhi fell by more than four percentage points in a month, officials told the Delhi high court citing the recent serosurvey, yielding an epidemiological finding that now skews estimates of how many people may have been exposed to Covid-19 in the …
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The Indian Railways Central Railway area will operate additional Mumbai suburban train services to the existing 355 services as of today. The increase in the number will help Mumbaikars to travel following all the rules of social distancing at the time of covid-19. Central Railway currently operates 355 special suburban …
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