Sunday, March 29, 2020

Indian Railways not to operate during 21-day nationwide lockdown



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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