The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi's
announcement of a 21-days (24.03.2020 to
14.04.2020) lockdown across the country, The Indian Railways on 24.03.2020 (Tuesday)
announced that its suspension of all passenger services will continue till 14th
April,2020 in the wake of coronavirus
outbreak.
However,
freight movement will continue to carry essential commodities across the
country, officials said.
The
railways on Sunday had announced suspension of all its passenger services from 22th
March midnight to 31st March and said only goods trains will run during the
said period amid concerns that coronavirus-infected passengers were spreading
the virus further.
The
suspensions also included all suburban train services.
The
railways said that passengers could claim a full refund for all trains
cancelled in this period till 21st June (i.e three months the time to cancel counter tickets).
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