In a major move, Indian Railways on Sunday announced its plan to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12 May.
At the beginning a total of 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys) will run from New Delhi to various parts of the country.
These special trains will be run from New Delhi Station to Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi, the government notice stated.
Initially, all air-conditioned services will begin on 15 Rajdhani routes and the fare would be equivalent to that of the super-fast train, it said.
Union Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal also took to Twitter to inform, bookings for these trains will start at 4 pm on May 11.
Here’s a look at your To Do list, if you are planning to travel when the services resume.
• The passenger has to be present at the station at least an hour before, to get the screening done and other Corona protocols can be followed.
• The passengers can only avail tickets only through online booking from the IRCTC site.
• It is mandatory for passengers to download Arogya Setu App in their mobiles.
• Only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the trains.
Here are few things that you have to keep in mind as they are not allowed to do.
• No counter tickets will be issued as the ticket booking services at stations will remain closed.
• Only passengers with valid confirmed tickets will be allowed to enter the railway stations.
• No symptomatic patient will be allowed to board the train.