Railway authorities are keen to resume local train services in West Bengal allowing 50% of passenger strength and ensuring that COVID-19 safety protocols are followed strictly, officials said on Monday after a meeting with top state government officers.

Initially, they were targeting to resume the operations with 10-20% of the normal services which will be slowly increased to 25%, they said.

The final decision on the resumption of local train services will be taken at a meeting with the state government on November 5.

The authorities stopped the local train services when the lockdown was announced in March to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.