The Central Railway on Tuesday
vinyl wrapped a 12-car local train with an awareness message about COVID-19 to sensitise Mumbaikars about the viral outbreak, an official said on Tuesday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday had announced that a suburban train will be vinyl wrapped with a message about coronavirus.
"One rake was put in service today (Tuesday) and five similar trains will be plied soon," Central Railway's chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said.
The Central Railway has been consistently taking proactive measures to spread the message about coronavirus infection, he said.
Meanwhile, the railway authorities hiked the price of platform tickets from Rs 10 upto Rs 50 at bigger stations, in a bid to discourage crowding.
The Central Railway also cancelled 23 outstation trains between March 18 to April 1 in view of the virus threat as well as non-occupancy.
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