The first Oxygen Express carrying seven tankers filled with liquid medical oxygen from Visakhapatnam reached Maharashtra on Friday night. It arrived in Nagpur at 8.10 pm on Friday and reached Nashik on Saturday morning.

“Railways took the movement of “Oxygen Express” as a challenge and successfully ran the first oxygen express from Kalamboli to Vizag and back up to Nashik. The moment railways got the request, ramps were made at various places immediately for the movement of liquid medical oxygen tankers. The work done by the team in Mumbai must be appreciated as the ramp was made within 24 hours at Kalamboli,” Central Railway chief public relations officer (PRO) Shivaji Sutar told mid-day.