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.
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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.
The Indian Railways on Tuesday said full refund would be provided to its online customers for trains cancelled up to May 3, while those who have booked at the counters can take refund till July 31.
The Indian Railways subsidiary, Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC, on Tuesday suspended bookings for its three private trains till April 30.
The Indian Railways subsidiary, Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC on Wednesday urged to the people not to cancel their e-tickets on their own if their trains being cancelled by the national transporter due to nation-wide lockdown to help curb the spread of deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
The IRCTC has asked people not to cancel the tickets they have booked online for those trains that have been cancelled and assured them that they will get full refund automatically. Earlier, the railways had extended to three months the time to cancel counter tickets till June 21.
Amid the coronavirus crisis, the Indian Railways catering arm IRCTC on Friday said that food plazas, refreshment rooms, Jan Aahars and cell kitchens and the on board catering services in mail and express trains will remain closed until further notice.
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The railway's catering arm IRCTC will resume services of the luxury train Golden Chariot on March 22 after a gap of a few years, officials said on Friday.
The Railway Ministry has agreed to launch a Tejas Express train equipped with modern onboard facilities between Delhi and Dehradun via Haridwar.
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)- operated third train between Varanasi and Indore, the Kashi Mahakal Express, will begin its first commercial run from Thursday.
The Kashi Mahakal Express, the third private train of IRCTC, is likely to make its maiden commercial run on February 20.
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IRCTC's third private train Kashi Mahakal express was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The train will run between Varanasi and Indore thrice a week.
PM Modi flagged off Kashi-Mahakal Express, IRCTC's third private fully air-conditioned superfast train today. The train will connect three places -- Jyotirlinga - Omkareshwar and Mahakaleshwar and Kashi Vishwanath, other places.
The third private train of the IRCTC would run between Indore and Varanasi, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said on Saturday. The overnight train would have the same rakes as those of the Humsafar Express, he added. In the last few months, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has started operating private trains on two routes -- Delhi-Lucknow and Ahmedabad-Mumbai.
Ghulam Mustafa, who has more than 563 IRCTC IDs and accounts in 2400 SBI branches plus 600 rural banks, was arrested from Bhubaneshwar, On Tuesday. Mustafa, who hails from jharkhand, is also suspected to have financial links with terrorists.
Just like IRCTC which pays compensation for delays in its Tejas trains, railways' freight customers could soon be compensated for late arrival of their goods, Railway minister Piyush Goyal indicated on Saturday, demanding a commitment of timely delivery.
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