Indian Railways to Start 200 Non AC Trains from 1st June: Minister Piyush Goyal

The Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal has just announced that the Indian Railways will start 200 timetabled Non AC trains from 1st of June 2020.

Online booking for these trains is to begin shortly, he said in a tweet. However, the date of starting bookings on the IRCTC website has not been announced yet.

The Indian Railways had recently cancelled all normal services till 30th June 2020. Therefore, the trains that are to start from 1st June are likely to be special trains with only online bookings available, similar to the AC trains currently in operation.

Official Indian Railways Release:

Indian Railways transport more than 21.5 lac migrants  to their home states through “Shramik Special” trains in 19 days and operate more than 1600 “Shramik Special” trains.

Indian Railways to double the number of Shramik Trains to bring more relief to Migrants. Around 200 trains to run by tonight.

Indian Railways to introduce 200 Time Tabled Daily New trains from June 1, 2020.

The booking will done ONLY  online and shall commence in few days. Trains will be  non AC. Schedule and trains to be announced soon.

Move is a major relief to migrants all across the country

Indian Railways plans to double the number of Shramik Trains to bring more relief to Migrants.

In addition to these Shramik Special trains, Indian Railways is going  to start 200 new Time Tabled trains from June 1, 2020.  The routes and schedule of these trains will be intimated soon.

The booking will ONLY  online and shall commence in few days .

Trains will be  non AC. No tickets will be sold at any railway station and prospective travellers should not come to the railway station to buy tickets.

Indian Railways appeals to the migrants not to panic. Efforts are being made to ensure that all of them are able to travel to their home states at the earliest.

Efforts will be made such that they will be able to board trains from Railway Station Head on main line which is close to their existing location.

Railways has asked the State Governments to identify and locate these migrants who are walking on roads to go to their home states and transport them to the nearest main line railway station after doing their registration at the nearest district.

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