15 pairs of Passenger Special trains to start running from Tuesday

Guwahati,11 May(HS): The Ministry of Railways has decided to gradually restart passenger train services by initially starting with the running of special trains from 12 May in specific routes.

15 pairs of the special train will connect 15 important cities of the country with New Delhi station only.  Ticket booking of these special trains can be done only through the IRCTC website (https://www.irctc.co.in).

Railway and IRCTC authorized agents are not permitted to book tickets for the journey by these special trains for the time being. Railway PRS & ticket booking counters at the station will remain closed and no tickets including platform tickets will be sold.

In NFR portion 2(two) Rajdhani Express trains will start running with limited stoppages. 12423/12424 Dibrugarh–New Delhi–Dibrugarh(Daily) Rajdhani Express will run as per public time table timings from New Delhi from 12 May and from Dibrugarh from 14 May with stoppages only at Mariyani, Dimapur, Lumding, Guwahati, Kokrajhar, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar Jn, Barauni Jn, Danapur, Pd. Dd Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, and Kanpur Central stations during its both way journeys.

The 20501/20502 Agartala–New Delhi–Agartala(Weekly) Rajdhani Express will run as per public time table timings from New Delhi from 18 May(Monday) and from Agartala from 20 May(Wednesday) with stoppages only at Badarpur Jn, Guwahati, Kokrajhar, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar Jn, Barauni Jn, Patliputra, Pd. Dd Upadhyaya Jn and Kanpur Central stations during its both way journey.

The fare structure of these special trains will be like regular time-tabled Rajdhani express train/or as per the regular time-tabled train category excluding the catering charges. Passenger with confirmed journey tickets will be only be allowed to enter the station.

It is mandatory for all passengers to wear a mask and undergo thermal screening before entering the station. Only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train.

Online cancellations are permitted up to 24 hrs before the scheduled departure of the train. Cancellation charges will be 50% of the fare.

The maximum advance reservation period (ARP) for the journey by these trains are 7(seven) days only. Only persons with confirmed journey tickets can undertake a journey. No RAC or Waitlisted tickets are allowed, neither on-board ticketing by ticket checking staff is permitted. Current booking, Tatkal booking and premium Tatkal booking are also not allowed.

Moreover, catering charges will not be included in the fare. There will be no provision of e-catering and pre-paid meal booking. However, IRCTC will provide only a limited amount of eatables and drinking water only on payment basis if asked for. No linen and blankets will be provided for any passenger. All such information will be available to the passenger during the time of ticket booking itself at the website.

These special trains are in additions to the Shramik Special Trains which are in operations from various locations of the country as per the request of the respective state governments.