Haryana requests Railways to run Oxygen Express
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 28
The Haryana Government has requested the Railways to run Oxygen Express to transport liquid medical oxygen.
Currently, tankers are being loaded in Faridabad which will be sent for filling to Rourkela. “As of now, it is planned that two Oxygen Express trains with a capacity of five tankers each will be run specifically for Haryana,” the Railways said.
It said over 510 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen had been delivered to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi so far.
The first Oxygen Express train was pushed into service on Aril 19 when seven trucks left Mumbai for Vizag to load oxygen. These trucks were loaded on flat wagons and carried to the loading location.
Each tanker of the Oxygen Express trains can carry around 16 tonnes of medical oxygen and these trains travel at a speed of around 65 kmph.
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