Jamshedpur: The South Eastern Railway has decided to extend the running of several long distance special trains till September this year.

A circular issued by Garden Reach, the Calcutta based headquarters of South Eastern Railway on Friday said the trains which have been extended till September will continue to run on the existing route and same stoppages. There will be no changes in the composition of the trains, as well.

The daily Tatanagar- Danapur Special will now run till September 29. Earlier, the train was notified to run till June 29.

The bi-weekly Hatia- Yesvantpur Special will now run till September 28. Earlier, it was notified to run till July 1.

Running of Hatia-LTT Special has been extended for another two months till September 27.

The weekly Santragachi- Pune Special which runs via Tatanagar railway station will ply till September 27 against the earlier notified June 26.

The Tatanagar- Thawe (Bihar) special which runs four days a week will continue to run till September 29. Earlier, the train was supposed to run till June 28.

The running of Hatia- Purnia Court Special, a daily train, has been extended till september 29. The train was earlier supposed to run till June end.

Running of the daily Ranchi- Howrah Special train was also extended till September 29. The train was earlier notified to run till June 30.

The Hatia- Islampur Special was also extended till September 29. The train was earlier supposed to run till June end.

It has also been decided to continue the running of Hatia-Gorakhpur Special on its existing path and stoppages till further advice.

SER stops running of Oxygen Express trains

The South Eastern Railway has stopped running of Oxygen Express trains due to drop in Covid-19 cases and subsequent fall in demand of liquid medical oxygen (LMO).

South Eastern Railway has been continuously transporting liquid medical oxygen to different parts of the country for treatment of Covid affected patients since the peak of the second wave in April this year.

Data available from the railways revealed that in all the railway zone has run 219 Oxygen Express trains delivering a total of 16054 MT of liquid medical oxygen to various parts of the country.

From its three loading points viz. Tatanagar, Rourkela and Bokaro the zone has dispatched 6927 MT, 7037 MT and 2090 MT of liquid medical oxygen respectively to bring relief to the Covid affected patients.

The Oxygen Express trains from SER jurisdiction carried liquid oxygen to various states - Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Kelara, Assam and Delhi.