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Railways started the ticket booking process from April 15..Can book through IRCTC site

new Delhi. Due to the increasing influence of Corona, the railway canceled its trains by 14 April, after which now the railway started the process of booking tickets from 15 April, now the number of online ticket bookers has increased rapidly.

As soon as the ticket booking process started, the waiting list started increasing in many trains including Goa, Pratapgarh Express from April 15. However, the seats of many trains still seem empty. The running of trains from April 15 means the lock-down will not be extended further. Earlier, the central government’s chief secretary Rajiv Gauba also said that at present, the government has no plans to extend the lock-down period. It is completely rumored.

No connection between ticket and train 

It is worth noting that earlier rumors had started flying that people are not following the lockdown, due to which the duration of the lockdown can be extended. And after which people started getting more panic about this thing. After which the Chief Secretary had to clarify on this issue that we do not have any such plan yet. He also expressed surprise at such a rumor. At the same time, even though the tickets are being booked, the final decision to operate the train will be taken by the Railway Board. IRCTC has started booking tickets in anticipation of the Railway Board’s earlier order that the train operations will be closed till 14 April, i.e., trains will start from 15 April.

Let us tell you that after the Prime Minister’s call, the operation of all classes of trains, metro, rail, buses across the country was completely stopped. At that time, the Indian Railways stopped all trains together. Earlier, all trains were canceled till 22 March itself. Thereafter, the cancellation period was extended to 14 April. After this, all the riding vehicles stopped, only goods trains are running on the tracks.

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