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GUIDELINES FOR TRAIN SERVICES BEGINNING FROM 01.06.2020
· 2020-06-01
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| Date | 2020-06-01 |
|---|---|
| Type | VCRC archived Railway commercial circular / manual |
| Topic | reservation |
| Archive source | vcrc.in |
Summary
These trains shall run from 1/6/2020 and booking of all these trains will commence from
Text of the circular
"23" Pib.nic.in PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU GOVERNMENT OF INDIA **** Guidelines for Train Services beginning on 1st June 2020 Graded Restoration of Train services . Move to help migrants as well who wish to travel other than Shramik Trains. These rules are for trains other than Shramik trains, which will continue to run in bigger numbers. 100 pairs of Trains listed. Norms made for Booking of Tickets & Charting, Quota, Concessions, Cancellation & Refunds, Health Screening, Catering, Linen etc Booking of all these trains will commence from 10 am on 21/05/20. Other regular Passenger services including all mail/express, passenger and suburban services shall remain cancelled until further advice. There will be no unreserved coach in the train. Fare shall be as normal and for General (GS) coaches, being reserved, second seating(2S) fare shall be charged and seat will be provided to all the passengers. Only online E-Ticketing will be done through IRCTC website or through Mobile App. No tickets will be booked across the reservation counter on any Railway Station. The ARP (advance reservation period) shall be maximum 30 days. Only passengers with Confirmed tickets shall be allowed to enter the Railway station. Screening to be done before boarding and only asymptomatic passengers are allowed to enter /board the train. Concessions for four categories of Divyangjan concession and 11 categories of patient concessions are permitted in these special trains. On arrival at their destination, the travelling passengers will have to adhere to such health protocols as are prescribed by the destination state/UT No Linen, blankets and curtains shall be provided inside the train. New Delhi, 20.05.2020 Ministry of Railways (MoR) in consultation with Ministry of Health & Family welfare (MoHFW) and Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has decided that train services on Indian Railways shall be further partially restored w.e.f. from 01st June 2020. Indian Railways will start operations of 200 passenger services as listed in the annexure (attached below). These trains shall run from 1/6/2020 and booking of all these trains will commence from 10 am on 21/05/20. These special services shall be in addition to the existing Shramik special trains being run since 01st May and Special AC trains (30 trains) being run since 12th May 2020. Other regular Passenger services including all mail/express, passenger and suburban services shall remain cancelled until further advice. Train Type: Special trains on the pattern of Regular Trains These will be fully reserved trains having both AC & Non AC classes. General (GS) coaches shall also have reserved seat for sitting. There will be no unreserved coach in the train. Fare shall be as normal and for General (GS) coaches, being reserved, second seating(2S) fare shall be charged and seat will be provided to all the passengers. Booking of Tickets & Charting: i. Only online E-Ticketing will be done through IRCTC website or through Mobile App. No tickets will be booked across the reservation counter on any Railway Station. Booking of tickets through ‘agents’, (both IRCTC Agents and Railway Agents) shall not be permitted. ii. The ARP (advance reservation period) shall be maximum 30 days. iii. RAC and Wait list will be generated as per extant rules however waiting list ticket holders shall not be permitted to board the train. iv. No unreserved (UTS) tickets will be issued and no tickets will be issued onboard to any passenger during the journey. v. No tatkal and premium tatkal booking shall be permitted in these trains. vi. First chart shall be prepared at least 4 hours before scheduled departure and second chart shall be prepared at least 2 hours((unlike present practice of 30 minutes) before scheduled departure. Only online current booking shall be permitted in between first and second chart preparation. vii. All passengers shall be compulsorily screened and only asymptomatic passengers are allowed to
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