ER Continues Seamless Essential Commodity Services

Eastern Railway is continuing running of freight trains as well as Parcel Express trains on round the clock basis to maintain supply of essential commodities at different corners of the country since initiation of Nation-wide lock down.  Freight trains carrying food grains, sugar, edible oil, fertilizer, steel, cement, stone, petroleum products, coal etc are reaching  at different  areas  to cater to the demand  of consumables and other inputs.

Eastern Railway has run a total of 272 freight trains on 10.06.2020, the break up of which is as follows:

Ash – 2 Rakes

Automobile- 1 Rake

Railway Material Consignment  & Ballast – 5 Rakes

Cement – 27 Rakes

Clinker- 5 Rakes

Container – 14 Rakes

Coal and mineral – 60 Rakes

De-oiled Cake-  1 Rake

Edible Oil- 2 Rakes

Fertiliser-  5 rakes

Jute-  1 rake

POL product- 4 Rakes

Food Grains & Rice – 3 Rakes

Onion-  1 Rake

Slag-  2 Rakes

Sugar – 2 Rakes

Steel -11 Rakes

Stone – 18 Rakes

Tar – 1 Rake

Wheat – 5 Rakes

Besides, 102  Empty Rakes were dispatched to different freight operating points to facilitate loading of essential commodities.

Everywhere health & hygiene of field staff are well taken care of keeping in view the basic guidelines of social distancing. Proper sanitization is also being done wherever

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