- More than 12 thousand railway trains in the country were closed from 22 March on the day of Janata curfew
- Workers' special for migrant laborers and 15 pairs of special trains started from May 12
Dainik Bhaskar
May 20, 2020, 11:13 PM IST
new Delhi. Between the Corona crisis and the lockdown, rail passengers are expected to be relieved. The railway will start 200 non-AC trains from June 1. The list of these trains was released on Wednesday night. The online booking of seats will start from May 21, ie, Thursday morning at 10 am. Earlier on Tuesday, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had said that the time table of these trains will be released soon.
The Railways has held discussions with the Union Health Ministry before starting trains from 1 June. Before starting 200 non AC trains, the Railways started running labor special trains for migrant laborers from May 1 and 15 pairs of special trains on Rajdhani route from May 12.
More than 12 thousand railway trains in the country were stopped from 22 March on the day of Janata curfew. Apart from this, the railways had canceled the tickets booked till June 30, and refunded to the passengers.