PIB News Update: During the lockdown in the wake of COVID19, Indian Railways is offering its unhindered services of Parcel Trains for nationwide transportation of essential commodities and other goods required to meet the needs of citizens of the nation.
So far, Indian Railways has loaded 30 Special Parcel Trains to various destinations all over the country.
Encouraged by the good response, Zonal Railways have now started running Time tabled Parcel Trains from 31st March, 2020. The Time Tabled Train routes are as under:
| S.No. | Origin | Destination | Frequency/ Route |
| 1 | Bandra Terminus | Ludhiana | Thrice a week (via Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi) |
| 2 | Delhi | Howrah | Twice a week |
| 3 | Yeswanthpur | Howrah | Twice a week (via Chennai), |
| 4 | Secunderabad | Howrah | weekly |
| 5 | Sankrail (Howrah) | Guwahati | weekly |
| 6 | Chennai | Delhi | weekly |
| 7 | Kankariya (Ahmedabad) | Sankrail(Howrah) | weekly |
| 8 | Kalyan | Sankrail (Howrah) | Weekly (via Nasik, Nagpur, Bilaspur) |
| 9 | Kalyan | Changsari | Weekly (via Nasik, Nagpur, Bilaspur) |
| 10 | Karambeli | Changsari | weekly |
In order to ensure speedy delivery and availability of vital goods and commodities across the nation in the times of Lockdown to fight COVID- 19 , Indian Railway is identifying routes for other areas as well.
Indian Railways has also been running other trains as per demand of customers during this period – which include: ‘Milk Specials’ from Palanpur (Gujarat) to Palwal (near Delhi), Milk products from Kankariya (Gujarat) to Kanpur (UP) and Sankrail (near Kolkata) among others.
Local industries, e-commerce companies, any interested groups, organizations, individuals and prospective loaders can contact Railway officials for availing of services of Parcel Trains.