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  Railways to run superfast special trains between Howrah-Yesvantpur daily | Check timings, stoppages

  India | October 21, 2020 22:17 IST

  In order to facilitate the rush of passengers during the upcoming festival season, South Central Railways on Wednesday said it will run superfast festival special trains Howrah-Yesvantpur daily. These special trains will consist of AC II Tier, AC III Tier, Sleeper and Reserved Second Class Sitting Coaches. 

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  Railways to run 5 pairs of special trains in Maharashtra. Check details

  India | October 07, 2020 18:56 IST

  The Central Railway (CR) on Wednesday announced that it will run five pairs of special trains in Maharashtra starting October 9.

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  Railways to introduce 200 special trains between Oct 15 to Nov 30 during festive season

  India | October 01, 2020 18:38 IST

  The Indian Railways is planning to introduce 200 special trains between October 15 and November 30 to cater to passengers travelling during the festive season. 

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  Full list of 80 new special trains to be run from Sep 12: Check departure, arrival station

  India | September 05, 2020 19:30 IST

  The Indian Railways on Saturday announced that it will run 40 new pairs (80 special trains) from September 12 for which reservation or booking of seats-birth will start from September 10. Here's the full list of 80 new trains.

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  Railways likely to run 100 more passenger trains during Unlock 4.0

  India | September 01, 2020 16:17 IST

  The Indian Railways is planning to run more passenger trains in addition to already running trains as the country entres Unlock 4 after the government eased down lockdown restrictions amid the pandemic.

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  Migrant workers protest in Amritsar, demand train back home

  News | June 03, 2020 13:32 IST

  Migrant workers from Chhattisgarh in Amritsar staged a protest outside the District Collector's office.

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  Shramik Specials not regular trains, can be extended, diverted to benefit migrant workers: Railways

  India | May 29, 2020 20:17 IST

  The Railways defended itself on Friday in the face of severe criticism over delays by Shramik Specials in reaching their destinations, saying they were not regular trains and they can be extended or short-terminated, and their stoppages and routes can be changed for the benefit of migrant workers.

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  Railways increases advance reservation period for all special trains from present 30 to 120 days

  India | May 28, 2020 21:35 IST

  The Railways on Thursday increased the advance reservation period from the present 30 days to 120 days for all special trains -- the 15 pairs operating since May 12 on Rajdhani routes and the 100 new pairs of special trains scheduled to run from June 1.

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  IRCTC Special Trains: Online booking for 200 trains begins today | Full List

  Business | May 21, 2020 11:31 IST

  IRCTC Special Trains Ticket Booking: Indian Railways has announced that set of 200 IRCTC special trains operate from June 1. Among those 200 trains, the list consists of popular trains such as Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdi and Poorva Express with non-AC coaches as well will also operate. Online booking for the second set of trains begins today at 10 am.

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  Special trains to run for migrants in Noida. Check details

  Fyi | May 15, 2020 11:10 IST

  Special trains are being arranged for migrants stuck in Gautam Buddh Nagar due to temporarily closure of industries, factories amid coronavirus outbreak. As per the instructions of the state government, special trains will be run for migrant labourers. The trains will be run from Dadri railway station and Dankaur Railway station.

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  IRCTC ticket bookings: Rlys keeping record of destination address of passengers for contact tracing

  Fyi | May 14, 2020 13:17 IST

  IRCTC has started taking the destination address of all passengers who are booking tickets with effect from May 13 (Wednesday). Railways has said that this new addition of passengers information while booking tickets is being done in order to help it for contact tracing.

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  Waiting list for special trains to begin from May 22: Railways

  India | May 13, 2020 23:23 IST

  Indian Railways on Wednesday announced that the waiting list for the special trains will begin from May 22. However, the waiting list will be capped at 20 each for First AC and Executive Class.

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  Lockdown: First train reaches Delhi, passengers scramble for transport for onward journeys

  India | May 13, 2020 9:53 IST

  Hundreds of passengers from Gujarat and Rajasthan reached New Delhi on Wednesday on the first train to arrive here since the resumption of railway services, as a large number of them gathered on roads outside the station with no transport available for onward journeys.

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  IRCTC Special Trains: Aarogya Setu app is 'mandatory' for passengers, says Railways

  Business | May 12, 2020 12:14 IST

  The Indian Railways, which had on Monday "advised" the passengers availing the special trains that started operating on Tuesday to install the government's Aarogya Setu mobile application, has now made it "mandatory" to do so.

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  Special Trains: IRCTC sells 45,000 tickets worth Rs 16.15 crore so far

  Business | May 12, 2020 13:35 IST

  The Indian Railways on Monday issued over 45,533 tickets worth Rs 16.15 crore for special trains for next seven days. Around 82,317 passengers have booked their tickets. On Sunday, the Indian Railways had announced that 15 pairs of special air-conditioned' trains will depart from New Delhi to several parts of the country.

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  Indian Railways to run special trains from today: Route, stations, timings; all you need to know

  India | May 12, 2020 12:57 IST

  The IRCTC website had begun booking tickets for special trains after 6 pm on Monday, two hours behind the scheduled opening time, following which all AC-1 and AC-3 tickets for the Howrah-New Delhi train were sold within the first 10 minutes and all seats were reserved in 20 minutes.

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  Flight service to resume soon; high-level team inspects preparedness at Delhi airport

  News | May 11, 2020 14:35 IST

  After the train, the government is now preparing to start flight service. The joint team of DGCA and Ministry of Aviation visited Delhi Airport. Officers from AAI and CISF were also included in the team.

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  Indian Railways set to start operations, use IRCTC website or App to book tickets

  News | May 11, 2020 14:35 IST

  IRCTC Special Train Booking: In a big relief for passengers, Indian Railways to begin special trains services across the country from tomorrow, five days before the nation-wide lockdown ends.

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  Indian Railways special trains to run from tomorrow. Check details for booking ticket

  Business | May 11, 2020 9:58 IST

  IRCTC Special Train Booking: In a big relief for passengers, Indian Railways to begin special trains services across the country from tomorrow, five days before the nation-wide lockdown ends. Here're special trains list, guidelines for passenger and IRCTC online booking details