With lockdown 4 end, Indian Railways plans to run 200 non-ac trains

New Delhi : The Indian Railways on Monday announced expansion of its rail network from 15 to 200 from June 1. New 200 trains, including non-ac coaches, will be put in service and the time table for the same will also be announced soon. The 15 passenger trains that have been running since May 12 were air-conditioned.

Like current situation, the train tickets will not be sold via windows and will be available only through the IRCTC website. All categories of passengers will be allowed to book tickets which will be available online.

The Indian Railways is yet to announce which routes the trains will run on.

The latest decision to resume more train services comes two days after the Central government decided to extend the lockdown till May 31 amid rising coronavirus cases.

In addition, the Indian Railways is also going to double the number of Shramik trains to bring more relief to the migrants rendered jobless and stuck in other states due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

More than 21.5 lakh migrants have been transported to their home states through Shramik special trains in 19 days. Till May 19, more than 1,600 trains to ferry migrants to their home states have been run.