New Delhi: In the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic gripping the country with 285 confirmed cases on Saturday, the Railway Ministry has asked the people to “postpone all journeys” as a number of COVID-19 positive persons were found travelling in trains. The railway ministry in a tweet said, “Railways has found some cases of […]
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Railways extends duration of cancelled tickets refund
New Delhi: To contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Indian Railways has asked the passengers not to come immediately to the reservation counters to cancel their tickets and relaxed the refund period of cancelled tickets up to 45 days. In a statement the railway ministry said that all rules […]
Railways cancel 84 more pairs of trains amid COVID-19 fear
New Delhi: As a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country, the Railways on Thursday said that it has cancelled 84 pairs of trains, taking the total number of trains cancelled to 155 pairs and also suspended concessional tickets for “senior citizens”. The Railways also cancelled the 16 air-conditioned […]
Covid-19: In 2 days, Railways cancels 184 trains till Apr 1
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Wednesday cancelled 99 more trains as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), taking the total number of trains cancelled to 184. The Northern Railway cancelled 11 pairs of trains on Wednesday, a day after it cancelled five trains amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, which has […]
Covid-19: In 2 days, Railways cancels 149 trains till April 1
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Wednesday cancelled 64 more trains as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, taking the total number of trains cancelled to 149. The Northern Railways cancelled 18 trains on Wednesday, a day after it cancelled five trains on Tuesday amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, which has affected […]
Railways cancels 85 trains over COVID-19 crisis
New Delhi: Following coronavirus outbreak, the Indian Railways on Tuesday cancelled 85 trains due to low occupancy in different zones from March 18 to April 1. A senior Railway Ministry official said the decision to cancel the trains was taken in view of the low occupancy amid the coronavirus outbreak in several states. The railway […]
Don’t allow persons with fever & cold to handle food: Railways
New Delhi: Days after removing curtains and blankets from the airconditioned coaches, the railways on tuesday further scaled up its measures against coronavirus and has issued an advisory to all zonal railways and its catering arm IRCTC to not allow persons with fever, cough, running nose to be involved in food handling. The Railway Board […]
To fight COVID-19, railways remove curtains, withdraw blankets
New Delhi: Amid coronavirus crisis, the Railway Board on Sunday asked all the zonal railways to remove the curtains from the air conditioned coaches and withdraw the blankets provided to passengers. The Railway Board in an order to all the General Managers and zonal railways asked them to use precautionary measures. As per the orders, […]
COVID-19: Bring your blankets, railways tells passengers
New Delhi: Passengers travelling in air conditioned coaches of Indian railways will now have to carry their own blankets and bed-sheets for a while now, as the railways has decided to withdraw facilities of blankets and curtains keeping in view the ongoing coronavirus threat. “In order to prevent spread of COVID-19, blankets & curtains have […]
Railways gets Rs 70,000 cr in budget, salary remains headache
New Delhi: Railways has got a budgetary allocation of Rs 70,000 crore and the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.61 lakh crore from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2020-21 presented on Saturday. The capital expenditure of Rs 1.61 crore is higher than revised estimate of 2019-20 by 2.99 […]