Railways gears up to run Oxygen Express to fight against covid 19

The Ro-Ro service with 7 empty tankers moved to VSPS from Kalamboli goods yard on Monday

Indian Railways have geared up to run Oxygen Express in response to its fight against Covid-19. Mumbai Division team has built a ramp overnight within 24 hours at  Kalamboli goods yard to facilitate loading/unloading of tankers in/from flat wagons.

The Ro-Ro  service with 7 empty tankers departed from Kalamboli goods yard for Visakhapatnam steel plant siding at 8.05 pm on Monday. This train will move via Vasai Road, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Raipur Jn to Visakhapatnam steel plant siding in ECoR zone where it will be loaded with Liquid Medial Oxygen.

Railways transported essential commodities and kept the supply chain intact even during the lockdown last year and continue to serve the Nation in times of emergencies.