Indian Railways to run 200 non-AC trains from June 1, on-line reserving to start quickly

Indian Railways is planning to begin 200 new time-tabled passenger trains from June 1, 2020, the Ministry of Railways mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday. The routes and schedules for these trains shall be made public quickly, the ministry additional acknowledged.

These shall be non-AC trains, tickets for which shall be accessible solely on-line. Reserving of tickets will start in a couple of days, Railway Ministry mentioned in its assertion.

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“Trains shall be non AC. No tickets shall be bought at any railway station and potential travellers shouldn’t come to the railway station to purchase tickets,” the assertion mentioned.

To deliver reduction to migrants desperate to return residence, Railway Ministry mentioned that the variety of Shramik particular trains shall be doubled within the coming days. “Indian Railways appeals to the migrants to not panic. Efforts are being made to make sure that all of them are capable of journey to their residence states on the earliest. Efforts shall be made such that they’ll be capable to board trains from Railway Station Head on most important line which is near their current location,” the ministry mentioned.

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Indian Railways has requested state governments to establish and find migrants who’re strolling to their residence states and transport them to the closest most important line railway station after registration on the nearest district headquarters. This listing of those registered travellers needs to be handed on to Railway authorities in order that preparations might be made for his or her additional journey by means of Shramik particular trains.

Greater than 21.5 lakh migrants have been transported to their residence states by means of Shramik Particular trains in 19 days, the Railway Ministry mentioned, including that and greater than 1,600 Shramik trains have been operated until Could 19.

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