The Indian Railway will run special trains in many parts of country  between September 4 and September 15 to help students appearing in NDA, JEE Main and NEET examinations. According to a series of tweets posted by union minister Piyush Goyal, Railways have decided to run these trains for the convenience and safe transportation of the students.

Rajasthan

According to the tweet made by minister of railways, 4 pairs of special trains for the convenience of students taking JEE Main, NDA, NEET and other examinations will run in Rajasthan between September 4-15. These trains will ply between Udaipur-Jaipur, Sri Ganganagar-Kota and Jaipur-Bikaner routes.

Jaipur-Udaipur-Jaipur

Jaipur-Bikaner-Jaipur

Kota-Sri Ganga Nagar-Kota (4 days a week)

Jhalawar City- Sri Ganga Nagar- Kota (3 days a week)

Uttar Pradesh

As a big number of students appearing in aforementioned examinations are from Uttar Pradesh, the Indian Railways have announced five pairs of special trains for the examinees of the state. these special trains will ply on Jhansi-Lucknow, Kanpur-Chitrakut Dham (Via Bhimsen), Agra Fort- Lucknow Jn, Jhansi-Itaawa and Kanpur-Chitakut Dham (Via Prayagraj) routes.

Bihar

The Indian railways have decided to run 8 pairs of intercity special and 20 pairs of DEMU/MEMU trains for the convenience of the students.

Intercity Special trains

DEMU/MEMU special trains

Mumbai

Indian Railways have also made special arrangements for the students of Mumbai. According to a press note tweeted by Railway minister Piyush Goyal, students and their parents will be allowed to travel in special sub-urban services on exam days. The press note also requests common passengers not to board these trains.

The National Testing Agency is conducting the NEET on September 13 and JEE between September 1 and 6. There was a growing chorus for postponing JEE-Mains and medical entrance exam NEET amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases but The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the two exams, saying a “precious year” of the students should not be wasted, and all these facilities are being provided to ensure safe conduct of these examinations.