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Railway announces 20 pair of clone trains to begin service from September 21

By Renu Valke
Railway announces 20 pair of clone trains to begin service from September 21
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The Railways on Tuesday declared that it will bring into play 40 ‘Clone Trains’. The trains will begin service from September 21. This is the first time when clone trains will be deployed on the railways network.

The tickets for 19 pairs of these trains will be charged according to the Humsafar Express rates. There will be one pair that will be at par with the Janshatabdi Express rate. The Janshatabdi rate will be for the clone train between Lucknow and Delhi.

The Railways said that the advance reservation period for these trains will be 10 days and the booking will open at 8 am on September 19.

Last week, Indian Railways in a bid to offer aid to the waitlisted passengers announced a special ‘clone train’ in the routes which generally has high passenger traffic.

These clone trains will run on notified timings and will be fully reserved trains with limited operational halts.

The plan will ensure both, availability on-demand trains and help boost revenues for the national transport.

 

According to the list of trains being run:

5 pairs (EAST CENTRAL RAILWAYS)

Bihar and Delhi

5 pairs (NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAYS)

Delhi and Bihar and back

West Bengal to Delhi

Punjab to West Bengal

Uttar Pradesh to Delhi

1 pair (NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAYS)

Katihar to Delhi and back

5 pairs (WESTERN RAILWAY)

Bihar (Darbhanga) – Gujarat(Ahmedabad)

Delhi – Gujarat

Bihar (Chhapra) – Gujarat (Surat)

Mumbai – Punjab

Gujarat(Ahmedabad) – Bihar (Patna)

1 pair (SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAYS)

Danapur to Secunderabaad and back

3 pairs (SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAYS)

Goa and Delhi

Karnataka-Bihar

Karnataka-Delhi

The ministry clarified on August 11 that all regular trains will stay still but additional trains will be operated according to the requirement.

Renu Valke

Renu Valke

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