IndiGo Crisis: Railways Plays Saviour With 116 Extra Coaches; ECoR Augments Bhubaneswar-Delhi Services

New Delhi: IndiGo airlines’ operational disruptions triggered a wave of cancellations and delays across the country,

Indian Railways is playing the saviour for thousands of passengers who have been stranded in different cities due to the unprecedented wave of cancellations and delays of IndiGo flights over the last few days.

Railways have added trains and coaches to help impacted passengers travel to their respective destinations.

A total of 37 trains have been augmented with 116 additional coaches, operating over 114 augmented trips across the country, according to a government statement.

East Coast Railway (ECoR) has augmented the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi services (Train Nos 20817/20811/20823) by adding 2AC coaches across five trips, improving connectivity between Odisha and the national Capital.

Southern Railway has enhanced its capacity by 18 trains, the highest number of augmentations. Additional Chair Car and Sleeper class coaches have been arranged on high-demand routes, and will be implemented from December 6.

Northern Railway has added 3AC and Chair Car coaches on eight trains.

Western Railway increased the capacity on four high-demand trains by adding 3AC and 2AC coaches.

East Central Railway strengthened the Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi (12309) service with additional 2AC coaches from December 6 to 10.

Eastern Railway augmented services in three key trains, adding Sleeper class coaches on December 7 and 8.

Northeast Frontier Railway has augmented two important trains with 3AC and Sleeper coaches from December 6 to 13.

Railway officials are constantly monitoring the situation and may run special fully air-conditioned trains on multiple routes, in case the need arises.