The Indian Railways on Thursday announced it would refund all tickets booked for regular trains between July 1 and August 12 as the number of covid-19 cases in the country surged after the relaxations were provided to people. The Railway Board said that these would include all regular mail, express and passenger services as well as suburban trains. Only special trains announced in May and June will run, the railways said.
“It has been decided that regular time-tabled passenger services including Mail/Express, passenger and suburban services stand cancelled up to 12.08.2020,” the Railway Board said in a statement.
However, all special trains — 12 pairs running on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 — will continue, said the Railway Board.
On Thursday India reported 16,922 new coronavirus cases, taking total cases in the country to nearly 5 lakh.