Railways to resume select passenger train services from May 12

The Indian Railways will gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains, the national transporter said Sunday.

These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhistation connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi,Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon,Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.

   

All passenger train services were suspended due to alockdown announced on March 25.

After the resumption of these 15 services, railways willstart more special services on new routes, based on the available coaches afterreserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and adequate number ofcoaches being reserved to enable operation of up to 300 trains everyday as”Shramik Special” for stranded migrants.

Bookingfor reservation in these trains will start at 4 pm on May 11 and will beavailable only on the IRCTC website (https://www.Irctc.Co.In/).

Ticket booking counters at railway stations will remain closedand no counter tickets (including platform tickets) will be issued, it said.

Only passengers with valid confirmed tickets will be allowed to enter railway stations. It will be mandatory for passengers to wear face cover and undergo screening at departure and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the trains.

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