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Railways can start services to smaller cities along with the main cities that Rajdhani trains now serve
New Delhi:
The Railways will begin issuing tickets on the waiting list starting May 22. An order issued on Wednesday applies not only to the 15 existing trains, but also to “those that will be notified in due course,” indicating that the expansion of mail, express, and chair cars are on the charts. .
Railways have put a limit on the waiting list: up to 100 for AC level 3, 50 for AC level 2, 200 for Sleeper class, 100 for wagons and 20 each for First AC and business class, shortening queues for confirmed tickets
The changes will take effect for tickets booked beginning May 15 for trips beginning May 22, the order reads.
Before closing, the railways operated around 12,000 trains every day. Since May 1, it has run 366 special trains for migrant workers from different corners of the country.
On Monday, almost six weeks after the start of the shutdown, the Interior Ministry announced that it will start limited train service starting Tuesday.
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted: “The railways plan to gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of special trains connecting New Delhi with major stations across India. Reservations on these trains will begin at 4 pm on May 11. ” .
A list of rules was also released, emphasizing social distancing and inspecting passengers before boarding.
The list of destinations for the trains, from New Delhi, included Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Central Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi, a statement from the Railways . said.
So far there is no order from the railways to start more services, but today’s order indicated that it could start non-air-conditioned train services.
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