Coronavirus : Train ticket bookings to start at 6 pm, data being uploaded, says IRCTC
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A pop-up on IRCTC’s website says that train ticket bookings will start at 6 pm. Indian Railways is set to partially resume passenger train operations from May 12, the bookings for which were slated to open at 4 pm today. However, after complains of the site being slow and crashing, IRCTC has clarified that data is being uploaded currently and the bookings will now open at 6 pm.
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