Even as the Indian Railways has issued an order to resume linen service facilities in trains, passengers traveling in the Central Railway (CR) will have to wait for two months for the facility, as the automatic laundry service will be available. Machines, which were closed for more than two years. Years in need of repair and maintenance.
Officials said there are two linen washing facilities in Mumbai, one at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and the other at Wadi Bandar, which were closed since the pandemic began in March 2020. Thousands of linens such as bed sheets, blankets and curtains are stored. There are more washed.
After the Railway Board last week issued an order to resume providing linen, blankets and curtains inside trains, facilities have been opened for almost two years and preparations have been started to resume service, but officials said The machines are in need of repair, and it will take more than two months for services to resume. “The linen, which has not been used for two years, needs to be disinfected and washed before making it available in trains,” an official said.