Indian Railways has planned to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.

Thereafter, Indian Railways shall restart more special services on new routes, based on the available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and the adequate number of coaches being reserved to enable operation of up to 300 trains every day as “Shramik Special” for stranded migrants.

Here are the list of some trains to be started from May 12:

From

To

Frequency

Stoppage

Start Date

Howrah (16.50)

New Delhi (10.00)

Regular

Dhanbad Jn, Gaya Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central

May 12

New Delhi (16.55)

Howrah (09.55)

Regular

Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Gaya Jn, Dhanbad Jn

May 13

Rajender Nagar (19.00)

New Delhi (07.40)

Regular

Patna Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Kanpur Central

May 12

New Delhi (17.15)

Rajender Nagar (05.30)

Regular

Kanpur Central, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Patna Jn

May 13

New Delhi (16.10)

Dibrugarh (07.00)

Regular

Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Danapur Jn, Barauni Jn, Katihar Jn, New Jalpaiguri Jn, New Bongaigaon Jn, Guwahati Jn, Dimapur Jn

May 12

Dibrugarh (20.35)

New Delhi (10.15)

Regular

Dimapur Jn, Guwahati Jn, New Bongaigaon Jn, New Jalpaiguri Jn, Katihar Jn, Barauni Jn, Danapur Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Kanpur Central

May 14

New Delhi (20.40)

Jammu Tawi (05.45)

Regular

Ludhiana

May 12

Jammu Tawi (19.40)

New Delhi (05.00)

Regular

Ludhiana

May 13

Bengaluru (20.00)

New Delhi (05.55)

Regular

Anantpur Jn, Guntakal Jn, Secunderabad Jn, Nagpur Jn, Bhopal Jn, Jhansi Jn

May 12

New Delhi (20.45)

Bengaluru (06.40)

Regular

Jhansi Jn, Bhopal Jn, Nagpur Jn, Secunderabad Jn, Guntakal Jn, Anantpur Jn

May 14

New Delhi (15.45)

Bilaspur (12.00)

Tue, Sat

Jhansi Jn, Bhopal Jn, Nagpur Jn, Raipur Jn

May 12

Bilaspur (14.00)

New Delhi (10.55)

Mon, Thu

Raipur Jn, Nagpur Jn, Bhopal Jn, Jhansi Jn

May 14

Mumbai Central (17.00)

New Delhi (08.35)

Regular

Kota Jn, Ratlam Jn, Vadodara Jn

May 12

New Delhi (16.25)

Mumbai Central (08.15)

Regular

Vadodara Jn, Ratlam Jn, Kota Jn

May 14

Ahmedabad (17.40)

New Delhi (07.30)

Regular

Palanpur Jn, Abu Road, Jaipur Jn, Gurugram

May 12

New Delhi (19.55)

Ahmedabad (09.40)

Regular

Gurugram, Jaipur Jn, Abu Road, Palanpur

May 14

New Delhi (15.55)

Chennai Central (20.40)

Wed, Fri

Agra Jn, Jhansi Jn, Bhopal Jn, Nagpur Jn, Warangal Jn, Vijayawada Jn

May 13

Chennai Central (06.05)

New Delhi (10.25)

Fri, Sun

Vijayawada Jn, Warangal Jn, Nagpur Jn, Bhopal Jn, Jhansi Jn, Agra Jn

May 15

Bhubneshwar (09.30)

New Delhi (10.45)

Regular

Hijli (Kharagpur), Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Gaya Jn, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Kanpur Central

May 13

New Delhi (17.05)

Bhubneshwar (17.25)

Regular

Kanpur Central, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Gaya Jn, Bokaro Steel City, Muri, Hijli (Kharagpur)

May 14

New Delhi (16.00)

Ranchi (10.30)

Wed, Sat

Kanpur Central, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn

May 13

Ranchi (17.10)

New Delhi (10.55)

Thu, Sun

Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn, Kanpur Central

May 14

How to book a ticket

Booking for reservation in these trains will start at 4 pm on 11th May and will be available only on the IRCTC’s official website. Ticket booking counters at the railway stations shall remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) shall be issued.

Only passengers with valid confirmed tickets will be allowed to enter the railway stations.  It will be mandatory for the passengers to wear face cover and undergo screening at departure and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train.

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