Indian Railways starts online booking for the 200 (100 pairs) special trains from 10.00 am today. Railway Ministry on Wednesday issued a list of trains that will operate from June 1. Indian Railways also issued guidelines which the passengers travelling in these trains should keep in mind. Check how to book trains ticket online through the IRCTC app and website.
IRCTC Special Trains Ticket Booking: Indian Railways has announced that set of 200 IRCTC special trains operate from June 1. Among those 200 trains, the list consists of popular trains such as Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdi and Poorva Express with non-AC coaches as well will also operate. Online booking for the second set of trains begins today at 10 am.
IRCTC New Rule: All passengers booking train tickets for the Rajdhani-type special trains and other trains that might be run in due course will have to first confirm that they are aware of the “quarantine protocol” of the states they are going to, Indian Railways said.
With effect from 13th May, IRCTC has started taking the destination address of all passengers, booking online tickets. This will help us in contact tracing, if required later: Indian Railways
Passengers who are disallowed from travelling on trains because of symptoms associated with the novel coronavirus will receive full refund for their tickets, the railways has said.
IRCTC has started taking the destination address of all passengers who are booking tickets with effect from May 13 (Wednesday). Railways has said that this new addition of passengers information while booking tickets is being done in order to help it for contact tracing.
Passengers onboard special train that will leave for Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur from New Delhi Railway Station on May 12.
The Indian Railways, which had on Monday "advised" the passengers availing the special trains that started operating on Tuesday to install the government's Aarogya Setu mobile application, has now made it "mandatory" to do so.
The Indian Railways on Monday issued over 45,533 tickets worth Rs 16.15 crore for special trains for next seven days. Around 82,317 passengers have booked their tickets. On Sunday, the Indian Railways had announced that 15 pairs of special air-conditioned' trains will depart from New Delhi to several parts of the country.
The IRCTC website had begun booking tickets for special trains after 6 pm on Monday, two hours behind the scheduled opening time, following which all AC-1 and AC-3 tickets for the Howrah-New Delhi train were sold within the first 10 minutes and all seats were reserved in 20 minutes.
Indian Railways now allows users to book train tickets on selective routes. Here's how you book yours
The Indian Railways has thrown open bookings for at least 15 special passenger trains that will start running on May 12. The official website, irctc.co.in, faced a two-hour delay and began operating at 6 PM instead of the previously scheduled time of 4 PM on Monday.
Indian Railways announced on Sunday that limited trains can start operating and reservations will only take place via the IRCTC platforms
The booking for passenger trains has begun after a delay of two hours. The official website of the Indian Railways, which was failing to load due to the high rush, is now open for bookings.
The Indian Railways will gradually resume passenger train services from May 12 and will ask passengers to arrive at the station at least an hour before departure, the national transporter said on Sunday.
The Indian Railways has resumed the booking of tickets. The resumption of the train services comes as India enters the last week of the 54-day coronavirus lockdown and as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a video conference with chief ministers, which is likely to focus on a strategy for a phased exit from the shutdown.
Indian Railways is all set to resume partial operations from Tuesday (May 12). There will be 15 pairs of special trains carrying out 30 return journeys. All the trains will connect New Delhi Railway Station to major cities across the country.
IRCTC Special Train Booking: In a big relief for passengers, Indian Railways to begin special trains services across the country from tomorrow, five days before the nation-wide lockdown ends. Here're special trains list, guidelines for passenger and IRCTC online booking details
After a span of 51 days, the Indian Railways will gradually restart passenger train services starting May 12, the national transporter said in statement on Sunday evening. Booking for these services will open from 4 pm Monday and will only be available through the IRCTC website.
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