Janata Curfew to combat Covid-19: Southern Railway to cancel many trains

Mar 20, 2020, 09.52 PM IST

CHENNAI: Southern Railway will not operate passenger trains and will cancel many of express trains on Sunday as its expects a drastic drop in passenger patronage because of “Janata Curfew.”

Suburban train services in Chennai will be reduced to the bare minimum to cater to essential travel.

All passenger trains originating between midnight on March 21 and 10pm of March 22 will not be operated.

There would be a largescale cancellation of long distance express trains and intercity trains departing between 4am and 10pm on Sunday, said a press release.