The Ministry of Railways, in its guidelines, has said that tatkal and premium tatkal booking options will not be available for 200 trains that begin operations from June 1. The process of reservation of tickets for these trains was scheduled to begin at 10 am today but was delayed.
Indian Railways will start operations of 200 passenger services from June 1. The ministry on Wednesday issued a list of 100 pairs of trains, 200 hundred trains in total, that it will begin operations from June 1.
The ministry’s key train services, such as Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdis and Poorva Express, are set to resume services from June 1 in the government’s bid to restore rail services across the country in a graded manner amid the coronavirus crisis.
