Big Rail News: Railways started running special trains in May 2020 during the Corona period. To avoid corona infection, permission was given to travel only by reservation. Now after 25 months, the same facility will be available to the passengers again.
Big Rail News: If you also travel on general tickets in general coaches in trains, then there is good news for you. After June 30, the facility of General Ticket (Unreserved Ticket) is restored in the closed mail and express trains from May 2020 during the Corona period. Indian Railways After June 30, passengers will be able to travel with general tickets in 256 mail and express trains running from Firozpur, Moradabad, Lucknow and Ambala Cantt including Delhi division of Faridabad-Palwal section. Railway Board has given approval for this. After June 30, general coaches will be installed in all trains. In some trains, this facility will start from April itself.
Railway Board has written a letter to all the five divisions of Northern Railway and informed about it. This facility will be applicable in more than three registered trains of Faridaba-Palwal section. Let us tell you that the Railways started running special trains in May 2020 during the Corona period. To avoid corona infection, permission was given to travel only by reservation. Now after 25 months, the same facility will be available to the passengers again.
Passengers will get facilities at these stations:
According to railways, trains passing through Faridabad section include Palwal, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, Tughlakabad, New Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Jind, Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Panipat, Sonipat, Samalkha, Jakhal, Tohna, Narwana, Ambala Cantt, Kurukshetra, General ticket facility will be available in Karnal, Yamunanagar etc.
General ticket facility in these trains:
12925/26 Paschim Express, 19019/20 DEHRADUN EXPRESS, 22917/18 HARIDWAR BANDRA EXPRESS, 18237/38 CHHATTISGARH EXPRESS, 16317/18 KATRA EXPRESS, 11057/58 DADAR EXPRESS, 12137/38 PUNJAB MAIL, passing through Faridabad-Palwal section , 12919/20 Malwa Express, 12617/18 Mangla Express, 12721/22 Dakshin Express, 12415 Indore Intercity Express, 19325/26 Amritsar Indore Express, 11449/50 Katra Jabalpur Express, 12189/90 Mahakaushal Express, 11077/78 Jhelum Express, In trains like 18477/78 Utkal Express, 14309/10 Ujjaini Express, 12903/04 Golden Temple, 12279/80 Taj Express, 14211/12 Agar Intercity Express, passengers will be able to travel with a general ticket.
Railways will benefit:
According to the Railways, on getting the facility of traveling by general ticket in mail and express trains, the passenger will get a benefit of Rs 15 to 30 per ticket. If a passenger wants to travel from Palwal to Agar Cantt by Malwa Express, then he also has a reservation of Rs 95. But when the general ticket starts, he will be able to travel for Rs 65. Currently, for the reservation, the passenger has to pay a reservation charge of Rs 15 and a superfast charge of Rs 15.
Now pillows, blankets and bedsheets will be available again in trains:
Indian Railways has once again decided to start the facilities of pillow, sheet, towel, blanket and curtains in AC trains. Railway Board has issued guidelines regarding this facility in trains. As soon as the instructions are received from the board, the North Western Railway has started the necessary procedures to provide the facilities of pillow, sheet, towel, blanket and curtains in the trains again.
