Mumbai starts operating local trains for COVID-19 frontline staff

Photo: Rajesh Jadhav

Since only the people working on the frontlines of the pandemic were allowed to use the local train, the usual hustle bustle of Mumbai's local station was absent.

Railway staff and passengers buying the ticket wear face masks in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak in Mumbai.

Mumbai local trains resumed from Monday morning at kurla station for essential service providers after being shut for 84 days since March 23 due to the lockdown restrictions

A police officer stands on the empty platform in Kurla station in Mumbai after local train services were opened from COVID-19 frontline staff

Women traveling through the local train are seen in the ladies compartment.

Mumbai local trains resumed its services for COVID-19 frontline staff after being shut for 84 days.

Women traveling through the local train are seen in the ladies compartment.

Since only the people working on the frontlines of the pandemic were allowed to use the local train, the usual hustle bustle of Mumbai's local station was absent.