The Indian Railways has clarified that all normal scheduled trains are cancelled until further notice. Only special trains announced in June 2020 will continue to run.
This came on the back of a circular that did the rounds yesterday about cancellation of trains being extended to 30th September 2020.
The @RailMinIndia twitter handle clarified yesterday that no fresh circular was issued and that only special trains will operate.
An official statement was also released today clarifying the matter. See below:
This is to brought to the notice of all concerned that, as decided and informed earlier on as well, regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice.
It may be noted that 230 Special Trains, which are running at present, will continue to operate. Local trains in Mumbai, which are presently being run on limited basis only on the requisition of state government, will also continue to run.
The occupancy of special trains is being monitored on regular basis. Additional special trains may be run based on the requirement.
However, all other regular trains and suburban trains run before lockdown, will remain suspended for the time being.
