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India Railways to run 200 Non-AC trains daily from June 1
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Railways on Tuesday informed that it will run 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1 in addition to the Shramik special ones.
In a tweet, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal wrote that passenger train service will expand from the existing 15 trains to 200 per day from next month.
The online booking for the same would start soon, he said.
"From 1st June, Indian Railways would run 200 non-AC trains daily as per the time table, the online booking for which would start soon," Goyal wrote in a tweet.
इसके अतिरिकà¥à¤¤ à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤à¥€à¤¯ रेल 1 जून से टाइम टेबल के अनà¥à¤¸à¤¾à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤¤à¤¿à¤¦à¤¿à¤¨ 200 नॉन à¤à¤¸à¥€ टà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¨ चलायेगा जिसकी ऑनलाइन बà¥à¤•à¤¿à¤‚ग शीघà¥à¤° ही शà¥à¤°à¥ होगी।
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 19, 2020
He also informed that the Shramik special trains to ferry the migrants across the country will double in the next two days.
"With in the next 2 days Indian Railways will double the number of Shramik Special Trains to 400 per day. All migrants are requested to stay where they are, Indian Railways will get them back home over the next few days," Goyal tweeted.
With in the next 2 days Indian Railways will double the number of Shramik Special Trains to 400 per day. All migrants are requested to stay where they are, Indian Railways will get them back home over the next few days.
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 19, 2020
Information about the rains will be available soon.
The decision comes as India entered the fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Before the lockdown, the railways operated around 12,000 trains every day.
Since May 1, it ran 366 special trains to ferry migrant workers stuck in different states of the country.
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