Railways to take destination address of passengers for contact tracing, if required

In yet ar major decision, Indian Railways has decided to take details of destination address of all passengers who will book online tickets. Officials said that it is being done to help administration in contact tracing if required later.  Railways has started operating its passenger trains from May 12 with 15 pairs of special trains that departed from  New Delhi Station to major stations across country.

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Or order by Railways

Meanwhile, railways have decided to cancel all old bookings for regular trains scheduled till June 30 and provide a full refund for it. However, Shramik Special trains which started from May 1 and special trains which started operations from May 12 will continue to operate, an order from railways said.

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tickets, which are to be cancelled, were booked during lockdown period when railways were allowing bookings for journeys in June.  Regular mail, express, passenger and suburban services of railways had been suspended from March 25 due to coronavirus-triggered lockdown. Earlier, all bookings for regular trains were stopped till May 17, till lockdown 3.0 remains in force. 

Railways also said that passengers who are disallowed from travelling on trains because of symptoms associated with coronavirus will receive full refund for ir tickets. As per guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, all passengers shall be compulsorily screened and only asymptomatic passengers shall be allowed to enter/board train.

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