The Railways will begin booking for 200 time-tabled trains from Thursday 10 am onwards. The booking for these trains slated to start running from June 1, will be possible only online. These trains will have both AC and non-AC coaches. The advance reservation period for these trains will be 30 days.
While regular passenger services continue to remain cancelled, these 200 special trains will operate in addition to all the Shramik Special trains that started running on May 1.
For these 200 special trains there will be no tatkal or premium tatkal booking accepted. While online RAC or waiting tickets will be generated but passengers only with confirmed tickets will be allowed at the railway station. The railways will release the first chart at least four hours prior to scheduled departure, the second chart will be prepared 2 hours before the departure time.
SOP for passengers:
Passengers must have ‘Aarogya Setu’ app downloaded in their phone.
Reach the Railway Station 90 minutes before the scheduled departure.
Passengers to be screened at the railway station, passengers with any symptoms of Covid-19 will not be permitted
There will be provision for limited eatables and packaged drinking water on payment basis but carry your own food.
Blankets, linen, curtains will not be provided inside the train. Carry your own, if required.