The\u00a0Indian Railways\u00a0have generated over Rs 16 crore and issued seat reservations to 82,317 passengers in just over a day- since it started bookings for passenger train services, informed the Railways officials on Tuesday.
On May 10, the\u00a0Indian Railways\u00a0had announced that it will run 15 pairs of trains and that the bookings for the passenger trains will start from Monday.
As per the railway officials, total 45,533 Passenger Name Records (PNRs) have been generated and reservations issued to 82,317 passengers for\u00a0special trains. The total collection is Rs 16,15,63,821.
The Railways decided to partially resume its passenger train operations after over one and a half months of halt owing to the COVID-19\u00a0lockdown\u00a0in the country.
Although \u2018Shramik\u2019\u00a0special trains\u00a0began plying at the start of May, ferrying stranded migrant workers back to their native places. However, the movement for the general public at large was still curtailed.
These trains will be run as\u00a0special trains\u00a0from New Delhi station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad, and Jammu Tawi.
The Railways had continued to run freight trains during the\u00a0lockdown\u00a0period to ensure the supply of goods and commodities around the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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