Indian Railways in a bid to resume its services will be running 15 special trains from/to New Delhi starting tomorrow, May 12th, 2020. All these trains will be connecting 15 major cities to New Delhi including Howrah, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru among others. The booking process will begin from 4.00 pm today, May 11th.
The bookings for all these special trains can be only be done via the IRCTC mobile application or IRCTC website. Railways or IRCTC agents are not allowed to accept any bookings for these services.
The trains will be fully air-conditioned and Railways will be charging usual AC fares for these trains. All passengers must go through a COVID-19 screening process before and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the trains. Usage of facemask is mandatory.
The trains will have limited halts with stoppages only at stations as indicated in the table below.
Here is the list of special trains with stoppages, as reported by NDTV:
List of Trains Leaving to/from New Delhi
Destination | Frequency | Stoppages | Commencement Date |
---|---|---|---|
Howrah to New Delhi | Daily | Asansol Jn, Dhanbad Jn, Gaya Jn, Pdt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central | May 12th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Howrah | Daily | Asansol Jn, Dhanbad Jn, Gaya Jn, Pdt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central | May 13th, 2020 |
Rajendra Nagar to New Delhi | Daily | Patna Jn, Pdt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central | May 12th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Rajendra Nagar | Daily | Patna Jn, Pdt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central | May 13th, 2020 |
Dibrugarh to New Delhi | Daily | Dimapur, Lumding Jn Guwahati, Kokrajhar Mariani New Jalpaiguri, Katihar Jn, Barauni Jn, Danapur, Pdt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central | May 14th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Dibrugarh | Daily | Dimapur, Lumding Jn Guwahati, Kokrajhar Mariani New Jalpaiguri, Katihar Jn, Barauni Jn, Danapur, Pdt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central | May 12th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Jammu Tawi | Daily | Ludhiana | May 13th, 2020 |
Jammu Tawi to New Delhi | Daily | Ludhiana | May 14th, 2020 |
Bengaluru to New Delhi | Daily | Anantpur Guntakal Jn Secunderabad Nagpur Bhopal Jn Jhansi | May 12th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Bengaluru | Daily | Anantpur Guntakal Jn Secunderabad Nagpur Bhopal Jn Jhansi | May 12th, 2020 |
Thiruvananthapuram to New Delhi | Tuesday, Thursday, Friday | Ernakulam Jn Kozhikode Mangalore Madgaon Panvel Vadodara Kota | May 15th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram | Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday | Ernakulam Jn Kozhikode Mangalore Madgaon Panvel Vadodara Kota | May 13th, 2020 |
Chennai Central to New Delhi | Friday and Sunday | Vijayawada Warangal Nagpur Bhopal Jhansi Agra | May 15th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Chennai Central | Wednesday and Friday | Vijayawada Warangal Nagpur Bhopal Jhansi Agra | May 13th, 2020 |
Bilaspur to New Delhi | Monday and Thursday | Raipur Jn Nagpur Bhopal Jhansi | May 14th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Bilaspur | Tuesday and Saturday | Raipur Jn Nagpur Bhopal Jhansi | May 12th, 2020 |
Ranchi to New Delhi | Thursday and Sunday | Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn Kanpur Central | May 14th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Ranchi | Wednesday and Saturday | Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn Kanpur Central | May 13th, 2020 |
Mumbai Central to New Delhi | Daily | Surat Vadodara Ratlam Kota | May 12th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Mumbai Central | Daily | Surat Vadodara Ratlam Kota | May 13th, 2020 |
Ahmedabad to New Delhi | Daily | Palanpur Abu Road Jaipur Gurgaon | May 12th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Ahmedabad | Daily | Palanpur Abu Road Jaipur Gurgaon | May 13th, 2020 |
Agartala to New Delhi | Monday | Badarpur Jn Guwahati Kokrajhar New Jalpaiguri Katihar Jn Barauni Jn Patliputra Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Kanpur Central | May 18th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Agartala | Wednesday | Badarpur Jn Guwahati Kokrajhar New Jalpaiguri Katihar Jn Barauni Jn Patliputra Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn, Kanpur Central | May 20th, 2020 |
Bhubneshwar to New Delhi | Daily | Balasor Hijli (Kharagpur) Tatanagar Bokaro Steel City Gaya Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya JN Kanpur Central | May 13th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Bhubneshwar | Daily | Balasor Hijli (Kharagpur) Tatanagar Bokaro Steel City Gaya Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya JN Kanpur Central | May 14th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Madgaon | Friday and Saturday | Ratnagiri Panvel Surat Vadodara Jn Kota Jn | May 15th, 2020 |
Madgaon to New Delhi | Monday and Sunday | Ratnagiri Panvel Surat Vadodara Jn Kota Jn | May 17th, 2020 |
Secunderabad to New Delhi | Wednesday | Nagpur Bhopal Jhansi | May 20th, 2020 |
New Delhi to Secunderabad | Sunday | Nagpur Bhopal Jhansi | May 17th, 2020 |
Tickets for these trains can be booked seven days in advance. Online cancellation is permitted if done at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the train and 50% booked fare will be charged as a cancellation charge. No cancellation request will be entertained with less than 24 hours before the departure.
Passengers with valid tickets will be allowed to enter the respective railway stations and they will have to reach at least 90 minutes before the departure for screening purposes. The exact time schedule of these special trains has not been published yet and one can get information about the same during the booking process.
It should be noted that all these trains are different from the Shramik Express which are run for migrant daily wage workers. Indian Railways has already run more than 300 such trains ferrying more than 1.5 lakh workers, according to reports.
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