The Ministry of Railways on Monday released the complete timetable of 15 special interstate passenger trains that will commence operation tomorrow (May 12) amid the coronavirus lockdown.
According to the guidelines, passengers will be able to cancel their ticket online up to 24 hours prior to the scheduled departure of the train. “No cancellation is permitted less than 24 hrs before departure of train. Cancellation charge shall be 50% of fare,” the ministry said.
Here’s the complete timetable – time of departure and arrival – of all 15 trains that will be bound for various destinations across the country from New Delhi. These respective trains will also run back to the national capital from these 15 destinations.
1. New Delhi to Dibrugarh (02424): Departure at 1950 hrs and arrival at 0700 hrs
The train (02423) will depart from Dibrugarh at 2110 hrs and arrive in New Delhi at 1015 hrs. It will run on a daily basis.
2. New Delhi to Agartala(02502): Departure at 1950 hrs and arrival at 1330 hrs
The train (02501) will depart from Agartala at 1900 hrs and arrive in New Delhi at 1120 hrs. It will run on a weekly basis.
3. New Delhi to Howrah (02302): Departure at 1655 hrs and arrival at 0955 hrs
The train (02301) will depart from Howrah at 1705 hrs and arrive in New Delhi at 1000 hrs. It will run on a daily basis.
4. New Delhi to Rajendranagar (T)(02310): Departure at 1715 hrs and arrival at 0530 hrs
The train (02309) will depart from Rajendranagar (T) at 1920 hrs and arrive in New Delhi at 0740 hrs. It will run on a daily basis.
5. New Delhi to Bilaspur(02442): Departure at 1600 hrs and arrival at 1200 hrs
The train (02441) will depart from Bilaspur (T) at 1440 hrs and arrive in New Delhi at 1055. It will run on a bi-weekly basis.
6. New Delhi to Ranchi
Departure at 1530 hrs and arrival at 1000 hrs
7. New Delhi to Bhubaneswar
Departure at 1705 hrs and arrival at 1725 hrs
8. New Delhi to Secunderabad
Departure at 1600 hrs and arrival at 1400 hrs
9. New Delhi to Bengaluru
Departure at 2115 hrs and arrival at 0640 hrs
10. New Delhi to Chennai
Departure at 1600 hrs and arrival at 2040 hrs
11. New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram
Departure at 1125 hrs and arrival at 0525 hrs
12. New Delhi to Madgaon
Departure at 1125 hrs and arrival at 1250 hrs
13. New Delhi to Mumbai Central
Departure at 1655 hrs and arrival at 0845 hrs
14. New Delhi to Ahmedabad
Departure at 2025 hrs and arrival at 1005 hrs
15. New Delhi to Jammu Tawi
Departure at 2110 hrs and arrival at 0545 hrs
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, the railways ministry has said.
