IRCTC suspends Tejas Express services amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Railway authorities had resumed the services of Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Tejas Express regularly four days a week from February 14 this year
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The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central and Lucknow-New Delhi Tejas Express trains are India s first private trains that run at semi-high speed and are fully air-conditioned. (Photo: PTI)
The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) announced on Thursday, April 1, that the services of Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express have been suspended for a month because of a surge in coronavirus cases.
The services have been suspended beginning April 2. The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central and Lucknow-New Delhi Tejas Express trains are India s first private trains that run at semi-high speed and are fully air-conditioned.
IRCTC suspends Tejas Express services amid surge in COVID-19 cases
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Indian Railways takes THIS big decision on Vande Bharat Express, details here
Indian Railways is currently operating four pairs of trains under Tejas Express services, which was launched three years ago. (Image Source: Twitter/@RailMinIndia)
Updated: Feb 11, 2021, 11:41 PM IST
Vande Bharat Express, which runs between New Delhi and Varanasi, is going to be renamed now. Vande Bharat Express will be run as Tejas Express from February 15 to March 31.
In 2019, the first indigenously built semi-high speed train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a letter dated February 10, Northern Railway stated, The Railway Board has given permission to run the New Delhi-Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express (New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat) from February 15 to March 31.