NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAY 22
Two ”Oxygen Express” trains carrying 52 tons of liquid medical oxygen left from Hazira near Surat in Gujarat for Punjab and Delhi amid the coronavirus outbreak, a Western Railway official said on Saturday.
The train that left for Bathinda Cantonment railway station in Punjab on Saturday is carrying 30.17 tons of LMO, while the one that departed on Friday towards Delhi Cantonment railway station has 21.63 tons of the vital gas, a official of WR’s Vadodara division said.
Two more Oxygen Express departs from Vadodara division of Western Railway https://t.co/7veevPXh6E via @connectgujarat @WesternRly @Gmwrly
— DRM Vadodara (@DRMBRCWR) May 22, 2021
He said WR has so far run 40 oxygen express services, including four from Vadodara division, to states like Delhi, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Till now, WR has delivered about 4200 MT LMO to nine states through its 47 #OxygenExpress
trains.These trains are run on top priority giving through corridors to help them move faster to their reach their destination. #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/xcrP9CNQLT
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) May 22, 2021
On May 20, a total of 450.59 tons of LMO was transported in 24 tankers on four trains from Kanalus and Hapa in Gujarat’s Jamnagar for Bengaluru and Delhi, which was the highest volume transported by WR in a single day. Till May 20, Indian Railways had delivered nearly 12,630 tons of LMO in over 775 tankers to various states, he added.
