For the first time in its history, Indian Railways will not run passenger trains on its birthday. In a day, as Indian Railways completes 167 years after its first run on April 16, 1853, it would be for the first time that no passenger trains will be running on it due to the lockdown.

"Never ever in its history, there has been such a long interruption of services. Not during the World Wars, not during the 1974 Railway Strike or any other national calamity or natural disaster. Even in Mumbai, services have never been halted for such a long period during the terror strike, bomb blasts or the monsoon. This is a complete shut long shut down of passenger services and is unprecedented in history," a IR spokesperson said.