Indian Railways have started special trains to enable passengers to go from one city to another for COVID duration. These trains are rajdhani like trains and will be having only air conditioned classes. Only confirmed seats will be allotted in these trains. No waiting list or RAC tickets will be issued. No concessional fare allowed. Also Tatkal and Premium Tatkal quota booking wont be permitted in these trains. The passengers travelling on the train will be screened for coronavirus and those found asymptomatic will be allowed to travel.Railway board has also added that it will be mandatory for all the passengers to keep his or her mouth covered by a face cover. 3 covid trains run from GIRIMAIDAN to Bishnupur - Kharagpur Gomoh MEMU Special (08023), Kharagpur Asansol MEMU Special (08027) and Kharagpur Ranchi MEMU Special (08085).
GIRIMAIDAN to Bishnupur Kharagpur Gomoh MEMU Special (08023) departs from GIRIMAIDAN station (GMDN) at and arrives Bishnupur station (VSU) at . This train has 9 stoppages.
GIRIMAIDAN to Bishnupur Kharagpur Asansol MEMU Special (08027) departs from GIRIMAIDAN station (GMDN) at and arrives Bishnupur station (VSU) at . This train has 9 stoppages.
GIRIMAIDAN to Bishnupur Kharagpur Ranchi MEMU Special (08085) departs from GIRIMAIDAN station (GMDN) at and arrives Bishnupur station (VSU) at . This train has 7 stoppages.
Duronto express is a newer premium class of train which runs as fast as Rajdhanis. Duronto word comes from restless in Bengali as these trains had no intermediate commercial stops when they started. But since Indian Railways incurred losses for these trains, some technical stops were converted to commercial stops. On some routes (such as Delhi-Kolkata) they take lesser time than corresponding Rajdhani express. Unlike rajdhani some durontos also have non-air conditioned sleeper class. Thus, Duronto trains have classes First AC (1A), AC II-tier, AC III-tier and Sleeper. Bed-rolls in sleeper class of Mixed Duronto Express trains will be supplied to passengers on demand, on payment of stipulated charges. Duronto trains are distinguished by vibrant and colorful vinyl coating on the outer surface of the coaches. 1 duronto train runs from GIRIMAIDAN to Bishnupur - Howrah Purulia SF Special (02227).
GIRIMAIDAN to Bishnupur Howrah Purulia SF Special (02227) departs from GIRIMAIDAN station (GMDN) at and arrives Bishnupur station (VSU) at . This train has 5 stoppages.
- RAC is considered as confirmed for evaluating confirmation chances.
- Colors under confirmation chances mean following:
- Red - Not likely to confirm.
- yellow - Difficult to say if this will confirm or not.
- Green - Very likely to confirm.
- Seat availability and berth status functionality may not be available between and .
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