IT Correspondent
New Delhi/Mumbai, Aug 11:
: In response to a fake message being circulated on social media that the train services will remain suspended till 30 September, the Railway Board on Monday clarified that no new circular has been issued about cancellation or resumption of trains and the trains will remain suspended till 12 August, till further notice.
The Board issued clarification in response to the fake notification dated 10 August 2020, purportedly issued in the name of the Chief Passenger Transportation Manager, Eastern Railway, which was doing the rounds on social media stating that all mail/express, passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till 30 September in the country.
The Railway Board clarified that there has been no change in the notification issued on 25 June, which had announced cancellation of all regular trains till 12 August 2020. “It has been decided that regular time-tabled passenger services including Mail/Express, passenger and suburban services stand cancelled up to 12 August 2020. It has also been decided that all the tickets booked for the regular time-tabled trains for the journey date from 01.07.20 to 12.08.20 also stand cancelled and full fares will be refunded, the original notification had stated..
The train services were suspended from 22 March onwards in view of the COVID-10 induced lock down. Then the special Rajdhani, mail and express trains began operating from 12 May and first June respectively.
Then on 15 May, the Railways cancelled all trains scheduled for travel till 30 June and decided to refund the tickets. Subsequently the Shramik Special trains were run from first May onwards to transport migrant workers stranded in different states. Subsequently the special trains were run from 12 May onwards on Rajadhani route and from first June onwards the number of trips were increased on that route.
