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Indian Railways will gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains, the ministry of railways said on Sunday.
These trains will run as special trains from the New Delhi station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Central Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
Thereafter, Indian Railways will begin more special services on new routes, based on available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for Covid-19 service centers and reserving an adequate number of coaches to allow operation of up to 300 trains. every day as a Shramik Special for stranded migrants.
The reservation to book on these trains will start at 4pm on Monday and will be available only on the IRCTC website. Ticket reservation counters at railway stations will remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) will be issued. Only passengers with confirmed valid tickets will be able to enter the railway stations.
All coaches will be AC and fees will be equivalent to Rajdhani AC class fees.
Passengers will be required to wear masks and undergo an exit check and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to enter the railway station and board the trains.
Passenger train operations have been closed since the closure began on March 25.
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