Railways to start 39 more special trains soon – full list here


Most of the trains belong to the category of AC Express, Duronto, Rajdhani and Shatabdi. The government has not yet declared the date of operation for these additional trains.

Here is the complete list of 39 new trains:

Loymanya Tilak (T) to Haridwar – Biweekly

Loymanya Tilak (T) to Lucknow – Weekly

Ajni to Pune – Weekly

Nagpur to Amritsar -weekly

Kamakhya to Loymanya Tilak – Weekly

Kamakhya to Yesvantpur – Weekly

Nizamuddin to Pune – Weekly

Anand Vihar to Naharlagun – Weekly

New Delhi to Katra – Daily

Barmer to Yesvantpur – Weekly

Follow Shalimar -weekly

Ligampalli to the city of Kakinada – quarterly

Secundrabad to Vizag – Weekly

Santragachi to Chennai: biweekly

Howrah to Yesvantpur – Weekly

Chennai to Madurai: Three Weekly

Bandra (T) to Bhuj – Quarterly

Bhubaneswar to Anand Vihar-Weekly

Bhubaneswar to Delhi-weekly

Nizamuddin to Pune – biweekly

Howrah to Pune – biweekly

Chennai to Nizamuddin: bi-weekly

Dibrugarh to New Delhi – Weekly

Dibrugarh to New Delhi fortnightly

Central Mumbai to Nizamuddin – Daily

Bandra to Nizamuddin – Weekly

Bengaluru to Chennai – except Tuesday

Mumbai Centra to Ahmedabad (except Sunday)

Chennai to Coimbatore – except Tuesday

New Delhi to Habibganj – Daily

New Delhi to Amritsar – Daily

New Delhi to Dehradun – Daily

New Delhi to Amritsar – except Thursday

Howrah to Ranchi – Except Sunday

New Delhi to Shri Mata Viashno Devi Katra – Except Tuesday

Jaipur to Delhi Sari Rohilla – Daily

Ahmedabad to Central Mumbai except Sundays

Chennai to Bangalore – Daily

Visakhapatnam to Tirupathi – every three weeks

Meanwhile, Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), a PSU of the Ministry of Railways, announced today that it will restart the operation of the Tejas Express trains to meet the increasing demand of passengers due to the holiday season.

The Lucknow-New Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express trains were suspended since March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both trains are expected to resume operations from October 17.

The IRCTC has conducted an extensive training program to educate and train its team of Tejas Trains employees to manage train operations and provide services in accordance with the ‘new normal’ amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A Standard Operating Procedure has been issued that observes the Covid-19 protocol to ensure the safety of passengers.

In addition, to meet the growing demand for trains, Indian Railways has also decided to restore the previous system of preparing second booking letters as of October 10. The system was stopped in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic in recent months.

In pre-Covid times, the second reservation tables were prepared between 30 minutes and 5 minutes before the scheduled / rescheduled departure time of the trains. Cancellation of tickets already booked during this period was also allowed in accordance with the provisions of the Refund Rules.

However, due to the pandemic, instructions were issued to change the preparation time of the second reservation box to 2 hours before the scheduled or rescheduled departure time of the trains.

Now, the Ministry of Railways decided that the second reservation box will be prepared at least 30 minutes before the scheduled / rescheduled time of train departure.

Accordingly, the ticket reservation function, both online (via the IRCTC website) and at PRS ticket counters, will be available, prior to the preparation of the second graphic.

The Railways had suspended all passenger train services due to the imposition of a nationwide shutdown 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.

Subsequently, it launched 230 special trains across the country, followed by another 80 special trains as of 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 Unlocking 4.0

The national carrier also recently started operating clone trains on its network. Initially, a total of 40 (20 pairs) of trains will operate on the Indian railway network, which has seen high demand for passenger traffic.

The main feature of the 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 for rail passengers and the problem of not getting tickets on busy routes can be reduced with the introduction of clone trains.

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