Ministry of Railways recently stated in a press release that the Indian Railways shall gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12, with 15 pairs of trains initially.
These trains we be run as special trains, connecting Delhi with important cities of the country like Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
"Thereafter, Indian Railways shall start more special services on new routes, based on the available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and adequate number of coaches being reserved to enable operation of up to 300 trains everyday as “Shramik Special” for stranded migrants," the statement said.
Tickets can be purchased on the IRCTC website, starting from May 11 at 4 pm.
