Indian Railways Update

@avi256 (8515)
Pune, India
August 11, 2020 10:15am CST
Indian railways confirmed today, that all regular passenger trains including interstate and intercity express/mail trains which were earlier suspended till 12 August in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, are to remain suspended "until further notice." However this will exclude the currently running 230 special trains across the country, so they will still continue to operate. Also, no window ticket booking is yet open, so passengers need to book tickets through IRCTC website only.
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Piyush bhatia
@piyushbhatia1 (11695)
• India
11 Aug 20
What is so special about special trains?
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Avinash
@avi256 (8515)
• Pune, India
11 Aug 20
May be special trains are there for transportation of "special" people, because mainly these are Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains only.
Piyush bhatia
@piyushbhatia1 (11695)
• India
11 Aug 20
@avi256 People with corona.
Raj
@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
11 Aug 20
I think this isn't helping but government cannot do anything in that and we need to be stay careful about it
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Avinash
@avi256 (8515)
• Pune, India
11 Aug 20
This isnt helping people and neither the economy, but at this point we have no other option it seems.
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Simone
@Janet357 (75638)
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11 Aug 20
:( this is sad because i know a lot of indians depend on railway transpo.
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Avinash
@avi256 (8515)
• Pune, India
11 Aug 20
Yes people depend on it for personal, commercial, professional and many other reasons, and lot of people use that as a means of employment by selling food and water and other commodities in train, but everyone related to railways have been impacted. However, health is priority and can risk spread of infection because of people movement, so really its a tough situation.
LotusEyes
@LotusEyes (2707)
• India
11 Aug 20
There are no signs that trains will start soon due to the increasing number of patients
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Avinash
@avi256 (8515)
• Pune, India
11 Aug 20
Yes, no time soon ..I dont see it restarting to full affect in 2020.
Akaninyene Etuk
@akanetuk (2132)
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11 Aug 20
India is the third worst hit country during the pandemic, my heart is with them.
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Avinash
@avi256 (8515)
• Pune, India
11 Aug 20
Yes and it is really important to curb on public transport , because public transport like trains carries hundreds and thousands of passengers at one time.