Indian Railways is planning to gradually resume passenger train operations from May 12 onwards. Passenger train service will begin with 15 pairs of special trains, a government notification said. These trains will run as special trains from New delhi Station to major stations across the country. Union minister of Railways and Commerce & industry piyush goyal also took to social media to inform that railway operations will resume with 15 pairs of special trains connecting New delhi with major stations across india initially Bookings for these trains started at 4 pm on May 11, piyush goyal informed.However, ticket booking counters at the railway stations will remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) will be issued.
Union minister piyush goyal said "Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of special trains connecting New delhi with major stations across India. Booking in these trains will start at 4 pm on 11th May". The government notice said, "Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). These trains will be run as special trains from New delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, patna, bilaspur, ranchi, bhubaneswar, secunderabad, bengaluru, chennai, thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, mumbai Central, ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi."
The notification further mentioned that indian Railways shall thereafter start more special services on new routes, based on the available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for Covid-19 care centres and an adequate number of coaches being reserved to enable operation of up to 300 trains every day as "Shramik Special" for stranded migrants. "Booking for reservation in these trains started at 4 pm on 11th May and will be available only on the irctc website (https://www.irctc.co.in/). Ticket booking counters at the railway stations shall remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) shall be issued". It will be mandatory for the passengers to wear face cover and undergo screening at departure and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train.
