The Indian Railways has made several new announcements for the general public.
These include several train cancellations, availability of free Wi-Fi and Railways’ measures against Tauktae Cyclone.
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Boost to digital India! Now enjoy free Wi-Fi facility at 6000 Indian Railways stations
Indian Railways installed a free Wi-Fi facility at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. With this development, a total of 6000 railway stations in India now have facility of free Wi-Fi, as per the Ministry of Railways.
See the official announcement here:
6000 Railway Stations are now equipped with Wi-Fi:
Indian Railways continues to connect different parts of India with high speed Wi-Fi facility.
The journey began in Jan 2016 with the first station & today IR has extended the high speed Wi-Fi facility at its 6,000th station. pic.twitter.com/DF36D1EF50
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) May 17, 2021
Details on train cancellations:
Railway reduces frequency and cancels few trains due to low occupancy.
Here are the details:
कम यात्री भार के कारण निम्नलिखित रेलसेवाएं रद्द/फेरों में कमी रहेंगी- pic.twitter.com/Zcq8U7ixYe
— North Western Railway (@NWRailways) May 17, 2021
Several trains cancelled from 18th to 24th May due to operational reasons and extension of lockdown in Uttar Pradesh.
Full information here:
Rail user alert:
Extension of cancellation of special trains owing to operational reasons and extension of lockdown in UP. pic.twitter.com/7zMPi8l1L2
— North Central Railway (@CPRONCR) May 17, 2021
More trains are cancelled by Northern Railways till 24th May due to operational reasons.
Here’s the tweet:
सर्वसंबंधित को सूचित किया जाता है कि परिचालिक कारणों से पूर्व में घोषित निम्नलिखित निरस्त रेलगाड़ियों की निरस्तीकरण अवधि को दिनांक 24.05.2021 तक और आगे बढ़ाने का निर्णय लिया गया हैः- pic.twitter.com/ZHDyJL2eGc
— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) May 16, 2021
Due to the COVID situation in the country, South Eastern Railways has decided that train no.02211/02212 Santragachi-Purulia-Howrah Special from Santragachi and train no.58103/58104 Tatanagar-Barbil-Tatanagar from Tatanagar will remain cancelled with effect from 19th May till further notice.
Important: Due to Tauktae Cyclone warning in the coastal region of Gujarat, the following rail services will be cancelled.
गुजरात के तटीय क्षेत्र में साइक्लोन की चेतावनी के कारण निम्नलिखित रेलसेवाएं रद्द रहेंगी- pic.twitter.com/3YbuPJZge6
— North Western Railway (@NWRailways) May 17, 2021
Railway’s measures to face Tauktae Cyclone
All vulnerable areas and important bridges are being constantly monitored by the engineering wings and relief materials have been kept at convenient locations for quick response. A disaster Management Call has also been opened from 14th May.
Get full details here:
Railway takes measures to face Tauktae cyclone
All vulnerable areas and important bridges are being constantly monitored by Engineering wingshttps://t.co/YzCgOVpHuL pic.twitter.com/dSzsP06z8O
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) May 17, 2021
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