200 trains from today: Indian railways have resumed the service of 200 trains from today. The initiative has been taken by the government to enable citizens to go back home as relaxations are given in the COVID-19 lockdown norms.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Railways said that more than 1.45 lakh will travel across the country on Monday as services of major trains including Duronto and Poorva Express will resume.
The total number of trains running in the country will now rise to 230 which will include an additional 200 trains and 15 pairs of trains that were resumed in May. Other trains include the popular trains such as Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdi and more. Railways also said that these will have both AC and non-AC classes and fully reserved coaches.
Fare:
General (GS) coaches will also have reserved seats. There will be no unreserved coach on these trains. As per IRCTC notification, fare shall be as normal. Since General (GS) coaches will be reserved, second seating(2S) fare shall be charged and seats will be provided to all the passengers.
Full List of Trains with sources and Destination.
Chart preparation:
The first chart will be prepared at least 4 hours before the scheduled departure and the second chart shall be prepared at 2 hours before the scheduled departure. Only online current booking will be permitted in between first and second chart preparation.
IRCTC ticket booking, tatkal ticket booking rules:
- Only online e-ticketing will be done through the IRCTC website or app. Tickets can also be booked through computerized PRS counters, including at Post Offices, Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendras.
- Ticket booking through ‘agents’ is not be permitted.
- The ARP (advance reservation period) is 30 days.
- RAC and Waitlist will be generated as per existing rules. Only passengers with confirmed tickets shall be allowed to enter the station meaning waiting list ticket holders shall not be permitted to board the train.
- No unreserved (UTS) tickets will be issued and no tickets will be issued during the journey.
- Tatkal and premium tatkal booking shall is not permitted in these trains.
IRCTC ticket cancellation and refund rules: All passengers shall be compulsorily screened and if during screening, a passenger has a very high temperature, symptoms of Covid-19, etc., they will not be allowed to travel despite having confirmed tickets.
nd chart shall be prepared at 2 hours before the scheduled departure. Only online current booking will be permitted in between first and second chart preparation.
In such a case, a full refund shall be provided to the passenger as under:-
- On PNR having a single passenger.
- On a party ticket if one passenger is found unfit to travel and also all other passengers on the same PNR do not want to travel in that case full refund shall be granted for all passengers.
- On a party ticket if one passenger is found unfit to travel however other passengers on the PNR want to travel in that case full refund of fare shall be granted to the passenger who was not allowed to travel.
- For all specified cases, TTE certificates shall be issued to the passenger at the entry/checking/screening point itself mentioning “Number of passengers not travelled due to symptoms of Covid-19 in one or more passengers”.
- After getting TTE certificates, online TDR shall be filed within 10 days from the date of the journey for a refund of not travelled passengers,
- TTE certificate issued will be sent by the passenger to IRCTC and full fare for the part passenger/full who have not travelled shall be refunded by IRCTC in the customer’s account.
Entry and exit guidelines for railway stations:
Zonal Railways have been instructed to ensure that there are separate entry and exit gates at Railway stations to the extent feasible so that there is no face to face movement of passengers. Zonal railways will be guided by standard social distancing guidelines on stations and trains and observe the safety, security and hygiene protocols. All passengers must download and use the Aarogya Setu application. Passengers are advised to travel light.
