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IRCTC To Start The First Phase Of Operations
By: Tupaki Desk | 11 May 2020 11:59 AM IST
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation(IRCTC) has come up with a piece of good news to resume the train services. This new development came after the Centre announced some relaxations as the nationwide lockdown imposed in the third week of March entered the third phase which is expected to ger lift on the 17th of May.
The IRCTC said that 15 special trains will be started as a first phase and the advance bookings for these trains will be started from 4 pm on the 11th of May.
In the first phase, IRCTC will be running the special Rajdhani trains which will run from New Delhi stations to Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
At the same time, the IRCTC has also issued some guidelines which state that the passengers should wear face masks and they should go through thermal screening before the train departure.
Passengers with no signs of the novel coronavirus will only be allowed to board the train to go to their preferred travel destinations.
The IRCTC said that 15 special trains will be started as a first phase and the advance bookings for these trains will be started from 4 pm on the 11th of May.
In the first phase, IRCTC will be running the special Rajdhani trains which will run from New Delhi stations to Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
At the same time, the IRCTC has also issued some guidelines which state that the passengers should wear face masks and they should go through thermal screening before the train departure.
Passengers with no signs of the novel coronavirus will only be allowed to board the train to go to their preferred travel destinations.