NR’s Lucknow Division resumes Intercity train services

The intercity trains are more familiar as MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit), passenger, local trains

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More than a dozen intercity trains resumed service (HT File Photo)

LUCKNOW

The Northern Railways (NR) has resumed its Intercity trains, often called the lifeline for daily passengers, bringing much relief to those who commute daily for work/business to neighbouring towns and districts including Barabanki, Pratapgarh, Varanasi, Kanpur, Uthretia, etc. More than a dozen intercity trains resumed service.

“We have resumed most intercity trains in order to bring relief to daily passengers,” said Jagtosh Shukla, senior divisional commercial manager (DCM), Lucknow Division, NR.

The intercity trains that are more familiar as MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit), passenger, local trains or unreserved ticketed trains were called off last year in March after the Covid-19 crisis wreaked havoc, resulting in the lockdown and other government restrictions. The Railways had also stopped issuing general tickets to cut down the passenger rush.

On November 21, 2021, NR had resumed the first intercity train between Lucknow and Kanpur. The officials said that NR was also going to re-introduce general (unreserved ticket) compartments in the trains.