Railway Is Going To Make Major Changes For Passengers, See


Indian Railways has canceled all its passenger trains till 3 May 2020. Not only this, it has also stopped railway reservations after May 3. Its direct aim is to send a message to the railway passengers that on May 4, they should not make any estimate nor go towards the railway stations. Center will also issue a directive on this issue only after talks with all the states. Therefore, officials of different zones and divisions in the railways are also considering many possibilities.
1. When the train operation starts, only a few selected trains are run first. These should be like special trains and its fare should be kept high. This will initially help in reducing the congestion in trains and only those people will travel for whom it is very important.
2. Since 19 March Railways has banned all exemptions except concession on tickets at Divyang, Students and Medical Grounds. The aim was to reduce congestion in trains. Especially senior citizens had to be kept away from traveling by trains. The possibility is that the Railways will continue with this order so that more and more people are kept away from the journey.
Railway Is Going To Make Major Changes For Passengers, See
3. Railways initially run trains with sleeper class coaches only. In this, only those people who have a confirmed ticket should be allowed to travel. This can avoid the crowd of general class boxes. On the other hand, the possibility of infection of AC coaches in closed environment can also be avoided by sleeper train.
4. Railways has converted more than 5 thousand coaches of sleeper class into isolation ward. For this, a middle seat has been removed. However, as of isolation ward these boxes are not needed. Also, due to the heat they are less likely to be used at present. In such a situation, Railways can also run special class trains as Sleeper-2 from these coaches. This will also help in following social distancing.
5. Initially, trains should be run only between select stations and no one should come from the areas where there are more cases of corona. The biggest challenge before the railways is to keep its millions of employees and passengers safe. railways has to follow all the protocols as per the instructions of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Home Affairs.
In such a situation, whenever the train service starts for passengers, there will be a huge responsibility for the safety of everyone over the railway. Therefore railways is considering several possibilities for train operations.