Bihari students arriving from Bengaluru by a special train at Danapur on Tuesday. Photo by Ashok Sinha
– globalbihari bureau
New Delhi: Train No. 02442 New Delhi to Bilaspur Special train started its journey on Tuesday from New Delhi Railway Station as a first special train to be restored after the suspension of passenger train services due to COVID 19.
With the departure of this train, restoration of passenger train services on Indian Railways started in a graded manner. In all three special trains departed from New Delhi today while total five special trains departed from other cities towards New Delhi. These special train services are in addition to the Shramik specials run by Indian Railways.
Following are the details of the three trains departing from New Delhi to various destinations today:
| S.No. | Train No | From | To |
| 1 | 02692 | New Delhi | Bengaluru |
| 2 | 02424 | New Delhi | Dibrugarh |
| 3 | 02442 | New Delhi | Bilaspur |
Total 1177 passengers were travelling in the New Delhi Bilaspur special train; total 1122 passengers travelling in New Delhi Dibrugarh special train and total passengers were travelling in New Delhi- Bengaluru special train.
Today total eight trains are departing from various cities including New Delhi. The details of the trains is as under:
| S.No. | Train No | From | To |
| 1 | 02301 | Howrah | New Delhi |
| 2 | 02951 | Mumbai Central | New Delhi |
| 3 | 02957 | Ahmedabad | New Delhi |
| 4 | 02309 | Rajendranagar (T) | New Delhi |
| 5 | 02691 | Bengaluru | New Delhi |
| 6 | 02692 | New Delhi | Bengaluru |
| 7 | 02424 | New Delhi | Dibrugarh |
| 8 | 02442 | New Delhi | Bilaspur |
