Govt guidelines for special trains

Prayagraj: A day after announcing its decision to ply 15 passenger trains during the nationwide lockdown, the railway ministry has issued detailed guidelines to be followed to run these special trains. The instructions have been notified to principal chief commercial managers of all 17 zonal railways of the country.
Informing about the important points of the letter, chief public relations officer (CPRO), North Central Railways (NCR), Ajit Kumar Singh said, “The structure and time-table of these special train shall be similar to that of regular Rajdhani train, and the tickets shall be booked only online on IRCTC website or mobile app with advance reservation period of a maximum of seven days”. Moreover, passengers will only be issued confirmed tickets as there would neither be RAC or waiting list tickets nor there will be any ticket checking staff onboard. “Passengers with confirmed tickets shall be allowed to enter the premises of all the stations to catch the train and there would not be any current booking, tatkal or premium tatkal booking for these trains”, Singh said.
According to instruction, the allotment of seats en-route stations will be as per the regular time table train and in case regular stoppages have not been provisioned, the quota for the stoppage shall be transferred to the previous schedule stoppages.