Indian Railways will resume passenger trains, starting tomorrow. In the wake of coronavirus pandemic in the country, the railways stopped passenger train services on March 22. As many as 15 special trains will run from the New Delhi to other cities
including Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
The global pandemic that infected 67,000 people in India forced railways to change how it operates trains. From wearing masks to only online tickets — if you are planning to book a train ticket, here are the changes you need to know.
1) Indian Railways will run 15 pairs of special trains each day from tomorrow. Railways shall start more special services on new routes based on availability after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and an adequate number for running up to 300 shramik specials every day.
2) The special stations will run from New Delhi railway station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
