The railways has capped the waiting list on these trains -- up to 100 for AC 3 tier, 50 for AC 2 tier, 200 for Sleeper Class, 100 for chair cars, and 20 each for First AC and Executive Class
Many sustained on money sent by family for the last 50 days while some walked 5 hours to reach railway stations
On May 10, the Indian Railways said it will run 15 pairs of trains and that bookings for 15 passenger trains will start from Monday
On May 10, the Indian Railways said it will run 15 pairs of trains and that bookings for 15 passenger trains will start from Monday
The three Kerala railway stations where stringent screening is planned to be implemented are Kozhikode, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram
45,533 bookings worth Rs 16.15 crore have been recorded for the special trains for the next seven days, the railways said, adding that around 82,317 passengers will travel against these booking
The Railways will partially resume its passenger train services after over one and a half months of halt owing to the Covid-19 lockdown in the country
Indian Railways resumed passenger train operations from today, nearly after two months the services were stopped due to the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown.
Passengers, who do not have the app installed on their mobile phones, might be asked to do so after their arrival at the station
As of May 11, 2020, a total of 49,624 migrants have been safely brought in at different stations in NCR in 42 terminating trains
Passengers can make advance reservations seven days earlier from the normal four months before the date of journey. On cancellation, only 50 per cent of the fare would be refunded
Railways starts site 2 hours later but denies it crashed
Analysts believe the resumption of passenger train services is like a sentimental boost from the government and can give a short-term bounce to the stocks, an extension of lockdown may dent sentiment
Western Railways has operated a total of 191 Shramik Special ferrying over 225,000 migrants
Initially 15 set of trains will be started and online bookings for these will begin from 4 pm on Monday
According to the Railways, the coaches were reattached and the train resumed its journey
While 263 trains have already reached their destinations, 87 are still on the run. Forty-six more trains are in the pipeline
Migrants fell asleep on railway track in Maharashtra
However, it is yet not clear from where this group hailed and where they were going
On Thursday, the government wrote to Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha seeking consent for receiving the workers