Northern Railways announces special trains from Sept 12

Amid growing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, Northern Railways announced the operation of special trains from September 12. The special trains will be operated from a few parts of the country including Delhi, Bengaluru, Amritsar, and Dibrugarh.

New Delhi: The Northern Railways on Wednesday announced the operation of special trains from September 12 from a few parts of the country including Delhi, Bengaluru, Amritsar, and Dibrugarh.

"For the convenience of rail passengers, the Railways has decided to run special trains," a statement from the Northern Railways said on Wednesday.

It added, "The Bengaluru-New Delhi-Bengaluru air-conditioned (AC) Special train will run from Bengaluru on September 12 and from New Delhi from September 14.

It will run in the path and timings of the Bengaluru-Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bengaluru Rajdhani Express.

The Delhi-Alipurdwar-Delhi Special train is presently running up to Katihar.

Railways has decided to run this train to/from Alipurdwar from September 12.

It further said, "The Dibrugarh-Amritsar-Dibrugarh weekly special train will run from September 15 from Dibrugarh while the Amritsar-Dibrugarh weekly special train will run from September 18."

(ANI Report)