Kolkata: Eastern Railway (ER) is ready to operate the entire local train armade as a service continued from Sunday.
ER officials, who run the majority of suburban services in the state, put aside this phase award, unlike last year.
The service was suspended on May 6, when the second wave struck.
Suburban train services, suspended for the public since May 6, will be continued on Sundays with the state on Friday allowing 50% of passenger strength.
“The chair cannot be arranged on a local train because they are not provided.
We hope the state government to help us maintain a capacity of 50%,” said a senior train official to Ti.
ER EKALABYA spokesman Chakraborty said: “We are ready to operate all our emus fleets.
It may need one or two days to be full force, but most of the trains will return to the track at the end of next week.” In the pre-covid period, Er operates 922 trains (Electric Multicel Unit) in SeDah and 488 along the HOWRA DIVISION.
However, the Southeast train, will have resumed again.
But then, this zone only runs emuses 190 on the outskirts of the city.
A ser official, “We will take several days to understand passenger behavior.
But restart the phase will soon and not for weeks.
We will continue to add the train and may have all 190 services back in two weeks.” Chakraborty added: ” There is a sustainable announcement in the public address system, so people don’t not need it.
We also hope the state government to help us.
Law and order is the country’s subject.
“Doctors welcomed the country’s decision.
“This special train way runs, it’s risky.
People enter this train, because they are the only link to and from the city.
Resumes the local train will streamline things,” said the Clinical Director of Peerless Hospital Subhrojyoti Bhowmick.