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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, file photo, Indian Hindu devotees sit on the roof of a train as they leave after attending Shivratri festival fair at Bhavnath temple in Junagadh, 327 kilometers (204 miles) from Ahmadabad, India. India's colossal passenger railway system has come to a halt Sunday, March 22, 2020, as officials take emergency measures to keep the coronavirus pandemic from spreading in the country of 1.3 billion. The railway system is often described as India's lifeline, transporting 23 million people across the vast subcontinent each day, some 8.4 billion passengers each year. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, file photo, Indian Hindu devotees sit on the roof of a train as they leave after attending Shivratri festival fair at Bhavnath temple in Junagadh, 327 kilometers (204 miles) from Ahmadabad, India. India's colossal passenger railway system has come to a halt Sunday, March 22, 2020, as officials take emergency measures to keep the coronavirus pandemic from spreading in the country of 1.3 billion. The railway system is often described as I…

March 24, 2020

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AP Photos: India's vast railway system closes to passengers
March 24, 2020 10:41 p.m.

AP Photos: India's vast railway system closes to passengers

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's colossal passenger railway system has come to a halt as officials take emergency measures to keep the coronavirus pandemic from spreading in the country of 1.3 billion.