Chaos breaks out at Surat's Udhna Railway Station as passengers complain of long queues, scorching heat & lack of facilitiesChaos erupted at Surat's Udhna Railway Station on Sunday. Passengers struggled in heat and long queues for a Bihar-bound train. Many migran...
20 Apr, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
100th Shramik special train leaves Pune carrying 682 migrantsSo far 1.25 lakh passengers, mostly migrantworkers, have been ferried in Shramik special trains from Pune to different states, including Ma...
24 Jun, 2020, 05.11 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee rejects Amit Shah's charge, says never called 'Shramik' trains 'Corona Express'Mamata Banerjee comments came a day after Shah, addressing a virtual rally for West Bengal, accused Banerjee of "insulting" migrant workers...
10 Jun, 2020, 08.59 PM IST
Over 57 lakh migrants traveled in over 4,100 'Shramik' special trains since May 1The top five states where maximum trains terminated are Uttar Pradesh(1670 Trains), Bihar(1482 Trains), Jharkhand(194 Trains), Odisha (180 ...
02 Jun, 2020, 10.17 PM IST
People with pre-existing medical conditions should avoid Shramik specials: Railway MinistryIt has been observed that some people who are availing this service have pre-existing medical conditions which aggravates the risk they fac...
29 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
Shramik Special trains ferried around 42 lakh migrants since May 1The top five states where maximum trains terminated are Uttar Pradesh (1,428), Bihar (1,178), Jharkhand (164), Odisha (128) and Madhya Prad...
26 May, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Have brought back over 5 lakh migrant workers to MP: GovtAt least 3.52 lakh migrants have returned to MP by buses while 1.46 lakh others returned on 119 special trains, said the senior bureaucrat,...
23 May, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
Operated 1,565 'Shramik Special' trains, ferried over 20 lakh migrants: RailwaysWhile Uttar Pradesh has allowed 837 trains, Bihar has permitted 428 and Madhya Pradesh more than 100, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in...
19 May, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
MHA urges states and UTs to ensure no movement of migrant workers on roadsMHA directed the states and UTs to widely disseminate the arrangements for travel in special buses, shramik special trains amongst the migr...
15 May, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
800 'Shramik Special' trains run so far, 10 lakh migrants ferried home: Railways"As on May 14, 2020, a total of 800 'Shramik Special' trains have been operationalised from various states across the country. More than 10...
14 May, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
542 'Shramik Special' trains have run so far, 6.48 lakh migrants ferried; now 100 such trains dailyThe 448 trains were terminated in various states, including Uttar Pradesh (221), Bihar (117), Madhya Pradesh (38), Odisha (29), Jharkhand (...
12 May, 2020, 02.25 PM IST
Railways allows more passengers on Board 'Shramik' Specials“The train capacity should be equal to the number of sleeper berths on the train,” the revised guidelines for running these trains, issued ...
11 May, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Karnataka stops special trains for migrants, Haryana CM too appeals to workers to stay amid lockdown triggered exodusThe opposition attacked the BJP government in Karnataka , accusing it of treating migrant workers worse than "bonded labourers", even as Ch...
07 May, 2020, 12.28 AM IST
Point-to-point train services to evacuate migrants, othersThe order came after several chief ministers requested the Centre to arrange special trains to move stranded migrants to their respective d...
02 May, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
Railways to charge states for ferrying migrant workers during lockdownAfter more than a month of suspension of services, the railways on Friday, which is also International Labour Day, announced six "Shramik S...
01 May, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Special Kerala-Odisha train to be run for migrant workersThe migrant workers from Odisha accommodated in camps in Ernakulam District since the COVID-19 lockdown will be brought to the station in s...
01 May, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Covid-19 lockdown: Special train ferries stranded migrants from Telangana to Jharkhand“Today morning a One-off special train was run from Lingampalli to Hatia on request of the State Government of Telangana and as per the dir...
01 May, 2020, 03.05 PM IST