On Thursday, the Indian Railways announced the cancellation of all regular trains till Aug 12.
The Railway Board said in a notification, “It has been decided that regular time-tabled passenger services including Mail/Express, passenger & suburban services stand cancelled up to 12.08.2020".
“It has also been decided that all the ticket booked for the regular time-tabled trains for the journey date from 01.07.20 to 12.08.20 also stand cancelled.”
All tickets booked for the regular time-tabled trains from July 1 to Aug 12 also stand cancelled & full fares will be refunded.
However, all special Rajdhani, mail & express trains that started operating from May 12 & June 1, will continue to operate.
The latest round of cancellations of trains comes in the background of a surge in Coronavirus cases across India.
In a notification on May 15, the Railways had cancelled all trains scheduled for travel till June 30, 2020, & decided to refund the tickets.
On Tuesday, the Railways had announced the cancellation of all tickets booked for regular trains on or before April 14 & said it would soon start generating refunds for those tickets.
Trains were cancelled across the country due to the lockdown that began on March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19. It was only on May 16 that restricted passenger train services resumed in the country.
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