Coronavirus and loss of livelihood driving factors for the movement of stranded workers, says home ministry
Rlys' traffic dropped 32% to 99.86 mt between April 1 and May 14, compared to the same period last year
Harbinder, 54, a farmer hailing from a border area in Punjab, said he has been walking for two days and has very little savings.
The special train from New Delhi to Bengaluru, (Train No. 02492) had arrived on Thursday morning at the KSR Bengaluru City railway station
Earlier, the Railways said that no waiting list tickets will be booked and passengers with confirmed tickets will be allowed to board the train
Shramik Special trains for migrants and fully-air conditioned special trains to continue operations
A full refund will be given to all passengers whose tickets have been cancelled
The application for the agreed refund of the balance amount of cancellation charge so deducted can be made through the post in the prescribed format (enclosed) within six months of the scheduled date
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
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