Oxygen Express

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Oxygen Express
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Oxygen Express Ro-Ro Service at Kalamboli in Maharastra, 26 April 2021
In serviceMEDICAL PRODUCT transport
ManufacturerINOX
Family nameLiquid Medical Oxygen trains
Replaced-
Constructed2020
Entered service2021
Refurbished-
Formation2019
Fleet numbers10
Operators Indian Railways
Depots Amingaon, Bengaluru, Jamshedpur, Mumbai, Tondiarpet, Vishakhapatnam

Oxygen Express was a series of long- and short-haul train services jointly operated by the Ministry of Railways and Indian Railways to overcome a severe shortage of medical-grade oxygen by supplying to various hospitals in different parts of India and Bangladesh during the second-wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1]

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Background

Oxygen Express trains were operated in two formats: by using cryogenic ISO tanks which can carry 16 metric-tonnes of liquid medical oxygen each; [2] using fixed tankers on semis such as Tata Motors 1618s, [3] which are then further loaded on to the trains at the roll-on/roll-off discharge facilities of the Indian Railways and Indian Army. [4]

At the peak of pandemic, the trains ran on signal-free "Green Corridor" routes, transporting oxygen from various steel plants to various parts of the country. [5]

In July 2021, 200 metric-tonnes of liquid medical oxygen were transported to the Benapole Border Crossing in Bangladesh, from the Tatanagar Junction railway station. [6]

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