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Over 2.37 lakh tickets booked till 4 pm on Thursday for additional special trains running from June 1

Over 2.37 lakh tickets booked till 4 pm on Thursday for additional special trains running from June 1

The bookings for these trains commenced at 10 am via Railway ticketing arm IRCTC. Only online e-ticketing will be done through IRCTC website or through Mobile App.

Over 2.37 lakh tickets were booked on Thursday till 4 pm for 200 additional special trains that the Indian Railways will run from June 1, officials said. The bookings for these trains commenced at 10 am via Railway ticketing arm IRCTC. Only online e-ticketing will be done through IRCTC website or through Mobile App.

According to the data, 2,37,751 tickets were booked for 5,51,724 passengers in these trains and at 4 pm, 101 trains were available in the system for booking. The list of trains includes popular trains such as Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdis and Poorva Express.

At 1 pm, 76 trains were available in the system for booking. 1,78,990 tickets were booked having 4,23,538 passengers at 1 pm, the official statement said. The booking will not be permitted through reservation counter railway station, booking agents. The advance reservation period in these special trains will be 30 days.

These trains will have both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned classes. No catering charges shall be included in the fare. Provision for pre-paid meal booking, e-catering shall be disabled. However, IRCTC shall make provision for limited eatables and packaged drinking water on payment basis only in limited trains, having Pantry car attached, an official release said.

No linen, blankets and curtains shall be provided inside the train. Passengers will have to carry their own linen for the travel.

Zonal Railways have been instructed to ensure that there are separate entry and exit gates at Railway stations to the extent feasible so that there is no face to face movement of passengers. Zonal railways will be guided by standard social distancing guidelines on stations and trains and observe the safety, security and hygiene protocols.

All passengers must download and use the Aarogya Setu application, the Railway Ministry said.

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