For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, the lifeline of Mumbai will completely come to a halt for eight days from Sunday night and so will all other trains on Indian Railways. However, goods trains have been exempted from this.

In continuation of the measures taken in the wake of COVID-19, it has been decided that all passenger train services on Indian Railways including premium trains, mail/express trains, passenger trains, suburban trains, Kolkata Metro Rail, Konkan Railway etc shall be cancelled till 12 midnight of March 31. However, bare minimum level of services of suburban trains and Kolkata Metro Rail shall continue upto midnight of March 22.