It is a matter of concern that a number of important passenger trains in Assam, which were withdrawn during the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, have not yet been resumed. This has definitely caused immense hardship to a large number of people, particularly to those who need to commute on a daily basis to attend offices, factories and other workplaces, apart from those involved in various kinds of business activities. Some of these important trains whose services have not yet been resumed include the Guwahati-New Bongaigaon Passenger, the Alipurduar-Guwahati Intercity Express, the Dimapur-Mariani Passenger, the Dibrugarh Town-Ledo DEMU (morning service), the Dibrugarh-Dekargaon (Tezpur) Intercity Express, and the Dibrugarh-Guwahati Shatabdi Express. Needless to reiterate, non-resumption of these vital passenger trains have hit hard several thousand people, if not several lakhs, in these days of inflation and price-rise, as they are being compelled the regular/daily passengers to travel by bus to their workplace, for no fault of theirs. Covid-19 is almost a thing of the past now and normalcy has long returned. It is in right earnest that the ministry of railways should take an immediate decision and issue the necessary directives for resumption of these trains. It is also the bounden duty of the elected representatives of Assam, more particularly the Members of Parliament, to raise this genuine issue in the appropriate forum in the greater interest of the state. In this context it is important to note the initiative taken by the Assam Rail Passengers’ Association to exert pressure on the MPs and MLAs of Assam to take this message to the highest forum in the railway ministry. What is also required to be taken to the railway ministry by Assam’s Members of Parliament is the condition of coaches of trains operating in the state/region, as also to the poor standard of services inside the trains. The two incoming Rajdhani Express trains, as well as the Guwahati-Jorhat Janshatabdi Express are the worst examples of how bad services can be inside railway trains. Cleanliness is almost non-existent in the incoming Rajdhani Express and passengers travelling from Guwahati to Dibrugarh in this train are compelled to ‘adjust’ themselves amid heaps of garbage lying under the seats. As far as the Janshatabdi Express is concerned, the most important issue is the price of food items on sale. While the menu and price-list are deliberately not displayed, passengers are charged much more than the price of food items which is actually printed in the price-list.