IRCTC Special Trains: Good News for Indian Railways Passengers! More special trains are being planned

Soon, more special passenger train services are expected to be launched.

IRCTC Special Trains: Good News for Indian Railways Passengers! Waiting for Indian Railways to start more trains? You would be pleased to know that the national carrier is expected to launch more special passenger train services in the coming days. A spokesman for the Ministry of Railways has said that more special rail services are being planned for passenger transport, and state governments are also being consulted for this. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Piyush Goyal, who chaired the Ministry of Railways, had previously introduced several Shramik Special train services, as well as IRTCT special train services. As all passenger train services are still suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 230 selected special trains are still operated on the Indian railway network.

For those traveling during the times of the current pandemic, the national carrier has made the use of masks mandatory in the station facilities and also during the trip. To undergo a thermal test at stations, all travelers or train users must arrive at the station at least 90 minutes in advance. The railway authorities only allow those who are asymptomatic to board the special train.

Apart from these measures, all railway users must also observe social distancing. They must also install the Aarogya Setu mobile app. To prevent the new coronavirus from spreading, Indian Railways does not provide pillows, blankets, curtains, and other linen items to passengers.

Recently, an IE report stated that even after Indian railways normal train services resume after the COVID-19 pandemic, CA passengers may not receive pillows, blankets, sheets, hand towels. and other linen items during the train journey. Indian Railways plans to stop providing these items after the resumption of normal passenger train services. However, a formal decision on this has not yet been made. Apart from linen items, nowadays cooked food is not served on trains, as instead of cooked meals, the national carrier is opting for ready-to-eat and packaged food. It is said that once train services resume, this exercise is likely to continue as well.