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Railways suspends Shatabdi, Rajdhani, Duranto Express among 29 trains from May 9

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New Delhi: Amid a huge surge in coronavirus cases in the past few weeks across the country, the Indian Railways on Thursday (May 6) announced to suspend services of at least 28 trains including Shatabdi Express, Rajdhani Express, Duranto, Vande Bharat Express from May 9 until further orders.

According to reports, the Railways decided to cancel the special trains due to low occupancy and surge in COVID-19 cases. Kalka Express, Amritsar Express, Dehradun Express, Chandigarh express, Kathgodam Express have also been suspended by the Railways from May 9. 

On Thursday, India recorded over 4.12 lakh cases of Covid and almost 4,000 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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