All Passenger Trains Cancelled Till May 3; Here's How To Get Refund Of Your Bookings

Keeping up with the fresh lockdown guidelines as announced with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Railways cancelled all the passenger trains till May 3

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New Delhi: Keeping up with the fresh lockdown guidelines as announced with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Railways cancelled all the passenger trains till May 3. Indian Railways continues to run its freight trains to ensure the supply of essential goods across the country. E-commerce companies and India Post are continuing to use Indian Railways special parcel trains to ferry goods. The national transporter has introduced 109 parcel train services over 58 routes. The IRCTC issued a new notice regarding booking and cancellation of tickets: IRCTC issued a new notice stating that a full refund will be provided automatically by IRCTC for trains cancelled by Indian Railways. Users need not cancel their e-tickets. Full fare will be credited back into users accounts from which payment was made. Ticket booking will remain shut until further notice, all the counters for booking of train tickets, whether reserved or unreserved, will remain closed both on railway stations and outside the station premises. "We have taken the decision keeping in view the extended lockdown period. More updates will be available shortly," the official said. Also Check:  

Similarly, all domestic & international flights will remain closed until 3^rd May as well. According to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, this was an important decision and has requested people to “bear with us” he tweeted.

There were good reasons for the Lockdown to be extended till 3rd May. We can consider lifting restrictions on both domestic & international flights thereafter. I understand the problems being faced by people who need to travel & request them to bear with us.

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) April 14, 2020

With people stranded in different parts of the country and a number of them stuck in different parts of the world and the Coronavirus cases rising rapidly in the country, nobody really knows when the government will resume flight operations. The number of positive COVID-19 cases has reached 10,363 while the death toll is on the rise with the number reaching 339 in the last 24 hours.