Keeping in pace with Indian Railways efforts of running Oxygen Express trains to various states across the country, Western Railway has run 54 Oxygen Expresses carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) thereby strengthening the united fight against COVID-19 and bringing relief to the COVID patients and their families. These Oxygen Express trains have been run from Gujarat to Delhi, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka and Maharashtra. On 24th May, 2021, about 468 Tonnes of Oxygen was transported in a single day, which is the highest on WR till date, through five of its Oxygen Express trains with 25 tankers carrying 467.60 Tonnes of LMO. Three of these trains left from Hapa for Bangalore & Delhi while one was from Kanalus to Banglore and the other was from Hazira (near Vadodara) in Gujarat to Delhi.
According to Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, till now Western Railway has run 54 Oxygen Express trains &transported approx. 4773.61 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in 255 tankers/ containers. These trains are being run on top priority giving through corridors to reach their destinations faster.
Till 24th May 2021, Indian Railways has delivered more than 16023 MT of LMO in more than 977 tankers to various states across the country. 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3649 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 633 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 4600 MT in Delhi, 1759 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 1063 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 1024 MT in Tamil Nadu, 730 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 246 MT in Kerala, 976 MT in Telangana and 80 MT in Assam. It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states.
