The main feature of clone trains will be that these trains will have fewer stops and will also run faster than the original train.
Clone trains are a boon to rail passengers and the problem of not getting tickets on busy routes can be reduced with the introduction of clone trains.
Passengers can book tickets from the IRCTC website and app and also from PRS counters for these trains. IRCTC shares rose 0.8% to ₹1,415 in early trade when Indian Railways decided to operate more trains.
Complete list of trains:
Clone train between Bengaluru and Danapur (Train No. 06509/06510)
Cloning train between Yesvantpur and Nizamuddin (Train No. 06523/06524)
Cloning train between Ahmedabad and Darbhanga (Train No. 09465/09466)
Clone train between Ahmedabad and Delhi (Train No. 09415/09416)
Clone train between Surat and Chhapra (Train No. 09065/09066)
Clone train between Bandra (T) and Amritsar (Train No. 09025/09026)
Clone train between Ahmedabad and Patna (Train No. 09447/09448)
Clone train between New Delhi and Rajgir (Train # 03391/03392)
Clone train between New Delhi and Saharsa (Train # 02563/02564)
Clone train between New Delhi and Darbhanga (Train # 02569/02570)
Clone train between Muzaffarpur and Delhi (Train No. 02573/02574)
Clone train between Rajendra Nagar and New Delhi (Train No. 03293/03294)
Clone train between Katihar and Delhi (Train No. 05485/05486)
Clone train between New Jalpaiguri and Amritsar (Train No. 04653/04654)
Clone train between Jaynagar and Amritsar (Train No. 04651/04652)
Clone train between Varanasi and New Delhi (Train No. 04059/04060)
Cloning train between Ballia and Delhi (train # 04055/04056)
Clone train between Lucknow and New Delhi (Train No. 04251/04252
Cloning train between Secunderabad and Danapur (Train No. 02787/02788)
Clone train between Vasco and Nizamuddin (Train No. 07379/07380)
According to the list of trains operated by the Railways, 10 (5 pairs) will operate between Bihar and Delhi under the East Central Railways.
These trains will originate and end in Saharsa, Rajendra Nagar, Rajgir, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur of Bihar.
The two trains operating on the Northeast Frontier Railway are also from Bihar: Katihar to Delhi and vice versa.
The Northern Railway will also operate 10 trains (5 pairs) that will operate between Delhi and Bihar and vice versa, West Bengal to Delhi, Punjab to West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh to Delhi, among others.
The South Central Railway will operate two trains between Danapur (Bihar) and Secunderabad and vice versa.
The South Western Railway will operate 6 trains (3 pairs) between Goa and Delhi, Karnataka-Bihar and Karnataka-Delhi.
The Western Railway will run with 10 trains (5 pairs) between Bihar (Darbhanga) -Gujarat (Ahmedabad), Delhi-Gujarat, Bihar (Chhapra) to Gujarat (Surat), Mumbai-Punjab, Gujarat (Ahmedabad) -Bihar (Patna) The The railways had suspended all passenger train services due to the imposition of a nationwide blockade effective March 25. However, it resumed services in a staggered fashion, with Shramik Special trains to help stranded migrant workers reach their home states starting May 1.
Then, it launched 230 special trains across the country, followed by another 80 special trains starting on September 12. The additional trains were announced taking into account the COVID-19 situation, and also to allow the reverse migration of workers to urban areas to work, with the country entering Unblocking 4.0. Clone trains include: New Delhi-Saharsa-New Delhi; New Delhi-Rajgir-New Delhi; New Delhi-Darbhanga-New Delhi; Delhi-Muzaffarpur-Delhi.
The other trains are: New Delhi-Rajendra Nagar-New Delhi; Delhi-Katihar-Delhi; New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar-New Jalpaiguri; Jayanagar-Amritsar-Jayanagar; New Delhi-Lucknow-New Delhi; Bangalore-Danapur-Bangalore.
The other routes served via these clone trains are: Varanasi – New Delhi – Varanasi; Ballia – Delhi – Ballia; Secunderabad – Danapur – Secunderabad; Vasco-Nizamuddin-Vasco; Yesvantpur-Nizamuddin – Yesvantpur; Ahmedabad-Darbhanga-Ahmedabad; Ahmedabad – Delhi – Ahmedabad; Surat – Chhapra – Surat; Bandra-Amritsar-Bandra; Ahmedabad-Patna-Ahmedabad.
While tickets for 19 pairs of these trains, the 18 carriages, will be charged at Humsafar Express rates, the rate will be on par with Janshatabdi Express rates for the 22-carriage clone train between Lucknow and Delhi.
The advance reservation period for these trains will be 10 days and the reservation opened at 8 am on September 19, Ferrocarriles said.
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