The passengers, including students and labourers, deboarded the train following Home Ministry guidelines. They moved to an identified holding area before being sent to their home districts in buses.The special train, which had left Chikkabanavara station in Bengaluru on Sunday afternoon, was the first passenger rail service to Jammu and Kashmir since the lockdown began on March 25.

Udhampur District Development Commissioner Piyush Singla who received the passengers said another train with 1,100 passengers is also scheduled to reach Udhampur from Goa today. The returnees were provided packaged meals and water bottles for the journey to their home districts with police escort. All the returnees shall have to undergo tests for COVID-19 and an administrative quarantine.