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Special train departs from Bhubaneswar station to Delhi with 523 passengers

<span style="color: #222222;">A day after Indian Railways resumed partial train services, a special train departed from Bhubaneswar station to New Delhi with 523 passengers.  The passengers underwent health screening in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. AIR correspondent reports that<br />''a special train departed from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi at 10 in the morning for its journey from Bhubaneswar railway station. Passengers including women and children and onboard railway staff wore face masks and maintained social distance before boarding the train.  <br />''<br />''East Coast Railway (ECoR) Spokesperson informed that  523 passengers boarded the train at Bhubaneswar railway station. The passengers were asked to reach the station 90 minutes before the scheduled time of departure. They underwent a thermal screening at the entrance before entering the platform area. Non-touch sanitizer dispenser was also set up at the entrance of Platform No 1 from where the train departed. Expressing happiness over the resumption of train services, a passenger who was stuck in Odisha for a long time due to the lockdown said, ''  The special train is fully air-conditioned. It has stoppages at Balasore, Hijli (Kharagpur), Tata, Bokaro Steel City, Gaya, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, and Kanpur Central between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi.</span><br />

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