Indian Railways Cancel These 16 Special Trains Due To Low Demand (Check Full List Of Cancelled Trains)

At the start of the pandemic last year, Indian Railways had suspended the operations of all passenger trains last year. 

Later on, several special train services for passengers were resumed by Indian Railways. 

However, some of these trains were running with less occupancy than what was expected, which led to the national transporter making the decision to discontinue the services of some of the trains. 

While initially it was the Southern, Northern and South Central Railways, news is that the Eastern Railways is also following in the footsteps. 

Eastern Railways Announces Discontinuation Of 16 Special Trains Due To Less Occupancy

We recently reported to you that the Northern Railways decided to cancel 20 trains on Friday, including the Pune-Delhi Duronto and the Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express. 

The Agra Cantt-New Delhi Special will be cancelled from May 2 until further notice; the New Delhi-Amritsar Junction Shatabdi Special will be cancelled on May 1 and 2, and the Pune Junction-Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Special will be cancelled on May 3 and 4.

The South Central Railway (SCR) had also announced earlier this week that it had cancelled up to ten trains scheduled to operate between April 28 and June 1. 

Now, in addition to these trains, Eastern Railways has also announced in a press release that 16 special trains are being discontinued with effect from 7 May 2021. 

Full List Of 16 Special Trains Cancelled By Eastern Railway

Here is a complete list of the 16 special trains that will be cancelled by the Eastern Railway zone citing poor patronisation:

Train Number 02019 Howrah – Ranchi Special, running six days a week except for Sundays, have been cancelled

Train Number 02020 Ranchi – Howrah Special, running six days a week except for Sundays, have been cancelled

Train Number 02339 Howrah – Dhanbad Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 02340 Dhanbad – Howrah Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03027 Howrah – Azimganj Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03028 Azimganj – Howrah Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03047 Howrah – Rampurhat Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03048 Rampurhat – Howrah Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03117 Kolkata – Lalgola Special, running on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, have been cancelled

Train Number 03118 Lalgola – Kolkata Special, running on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, have been cancelled

Train Number 03187 Sealdah – Rampurhat Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03188 Rampurhat – Sealdah Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03401 Bhagalpur – Danapur Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03402 Danapur – Bhagalpur Special, running daily, have been cancelled

Train Number 03502 Asansol – Haldia Special, running six days a week except for Sundays, have been cancelled

Train Number 03501 Haldia – Asansol Special, running six days a week except for Sundays, have been cancelled