Update 1: SCR will start 10 services with effect from Wednesday, June 23rd. Six of these would be on the Falaknuma – Lingampalli – Falaknuma sector ( 3 Up and 3 Down services) while Four will be on the Hyderabad – Lingampalli – Hyderabad sector ( 2 Up and 2 Down services). More services will be added in due course. All Covid-19 precautions would be adhered to.
Update 2: MMTS Passengers can avail benefits of Extended Season Tickets & Additional Bonus on Cash-less Purchases Railway Board has extended the validity of all the season tickets to the extent of number of days lost (calculated based on date of implementation of lockdown and cancellation of services), from the date of resumption of the train services i.e., 23rd June 2021.
Original article:
South Central Railway will restart MMTS services in Hyderabad and Secunderabad after a gap of more than 15 months. These services have remained suspended ever since the first Covid-19 induced lockdown began in March 2020.
While there has been no official communication from SCR as yet regarding the same, Union Home Minister Mr G Kishan Reddy who is a member of Parliament from Secunderabad constituency, shared the news on twitter, saying that he had gained approval for the same from Mr Piyush Goyal, the Minister for Railways. This follows the complete removal of lockdown in the state of Telangana.
Full details are awaited regarding the number of rakes and services that would be pressed into service and the actual date of restarting the services.
This follows a long pending demand from commuters who had experienced trouble commuting in the city in Covid affected times.