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The Ministry of Railways has announced that all train tickets reserved before March 25 to travel before June 30 will be canceled and a full refund will be provided to customers.
The announcement applies to the reservation of passenger train travel tickets reserved prior to the closure of the coronavirus for travel until June 30, 2020.
The operation of the Shramik special trains, for the purpose of repatriating stranded migrant workers amid the coronavirus blockade, will not be affected. 15 special interstate passenger trains that resumed operations on May 12 will also run seamlessly without any changes. The ministry’s latest announcement does not apply to the train services mentioned above.
Starting May 13, the IRCTC began taking the destination address of all passengers who are booking tickets, the ministry said. Movement will assist in tracking Covid-19 contacts if necessary.
The ministry said it will introduce a new provision for this in the form of an online reservation.
All passenger train operations were suspended in March after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the national blockade of the coronavirus to break the chain of infection in the country. Freight trains and rail operations for the essentials were carried out by railways.
Earlier this month, the government began operating special “Shramik” trains to transport stranded migrant workers across the country to their places of origin amid the coronavirus blockade. Lakhs of migrant workers have reached their native lands with the help of the railway operation. The ministry also started 15 interstate passenger train services on May 12. 15 trains, starting from the national capital and connecting several cities across the country, began operating on May 12.
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