Indian Railways trains to restart services: Check full list here; book tickets on irctc.co.in from today

After coronavirus lockdown brought all trains screeching to a halt for weeks, except a few special trains, finally, the good news has come that train services are to be restarted, but in a limited way. On Sunday, the Indian Railways will resume its passenger services gradually from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys in all).

Ticket bookings for these Railways trains will start from today ie, May 11 from 4pm onwards and will be available only on the IRCTC website irctc.co.in or through its mobile application.

Ticket bookings rules:
Ticket booking counters at the railway stations shall remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) shall be issued. Only passengers with valid confirmed tickets will be allowed to enter the railway stations.  It will be mandatory for the passengers to wear face cover and undergo screening at departure and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train.

Here’s the complete list of trains which will start from May 12:

1. New Delhi to Dibrugarh

2. New Delhi to Agartala

3. New Delhi to Howrah

4. New Delhi to Patna

5. New Delhi to Bilaspur

6. New Delhi to Ranchi

7. New Delhi to Bhubaneswar

8. New Delhi to Secunderabad

9. New Delhi to Bengaluru

10. New Delhi to Chennai

11. New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram

12. New Delhi to Madgaon

13. New Delhi to Mumbai Central

14. New Delhi to Ahmedabad

15. New Delhi to Jammu Tawi

Also, Shramik Special trains, which began on May 1 to ferry stranded migrants workers, will continue to run.

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As per the release, the Indian Railways shall start more special services on new routes, based the availability of coaches after reserving 20,000 of them for Covid-19 care centres and to enable operation of up to 300 trains every day as Shramik Special for stranded migrants.