Proposal approved to run 196 pairs of Festival Special trains from Oct 20: Indian Railways

The Railways Ministry has approved Zonal Railways' proposal for the operation of 196 pairs of Festival Special trains. 

This comes a few days after Railways announced to resume services of 39 pairs of AC special trains in the coming days. The Indian Railways is resuming towards pre-COVID train-table in a phased manner as the country also exists from the coronavirus lockdown.

The 392 (196 pairs) of festival special trains will be



operated between October 20 to November 30, 2020.

 

The fare applicable for these services will be that applicable for special trains.

Last week, Railways said it was planning to introduce 200 special trains between October 15 and November 30 to cater to passengers travelling during the festive season. The Railways has currently suspended all regular passenger trains indefinitely. Regular trains have remained suspended since March 22.