Indian Railways Latest News: 20 Pairs of Clone Trains to be Run from September 21

The advance reservation period for these trains will be 10 days and the bookings will open at 8am on September 19, said the Railways.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Priyanka

Updated: September 16, 2020, 12:04 PM IST

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New Delhi: The Indian Railways announced on Tuesday to run 20 pairs of clone trains from September 21. Most of these trains will be to and from Bihar. While the tickets for 19 pairs of these trains will be priced at the rates of Humsafar Express, the clone train between Lucknow and Delhi will be at par with the Janshatabdi Express rates.

The advance reservation period for these trains will be 10 days and the bookings will open at 8am on September 19, said the Railways.

These trains will run in addition to the 310 special trains already in service and their stoppages will be limited to operational halt or the Divisional Headquarters en-route (if any).

Railway Board chairman VK Yadav had recently said that the national transporter will operate clone trains on the routes that have a long waiting list, so that the passengers with such tickets can travel. These clone trains will run ahead of the actual train so that passengers do not face any problem in travelling.

On Tuesday, the Railways said that these trains will operate on notified timings and will be fully reserved services.

While the 19 pairs of Humsafar Express trains will be of 18 coaches, the Lucknow-Delhi train will have 22 coaches. According to the list of trains being run by the Railways, 10 trains (five pairs) will operate between Bihar and Delhi under the East Central Railways. These trains will originate and terminate in Bihar’s Saharsa, Rajendra Nagar, Rajgir, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur. The two trains operating under the Northeast Frontier Railway are also from Bihar: Katihar to Delhi and back. The Northern Railway will also run 10 trains (5 pairs), which will operate between Delhi and Bihar and back, West Bengal to Delhi, Punjab to West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh to Delhi among others.

The Western Railway will run 10 trains (5 pairs) between Bihar (Darbhanga)-Gujarat(Ahmedabad), Delhi-Gujarat, Bihar (Chhapra) to Gujarat (Surat), Mumbai-Punjab, Gujarat(Ahmedabad)-Bihar (Patna) These trains will run in addition to the 310 special trains already in service and their stoppages will be limited to operational halt or the Divisional Headquarters en-route (if any).

The South Central Railway will operate two trains between Danapur (Bihar) to Secunderabad (Telangana) and back. The South Western Railway will operate 6 trains (3 pairs) between Goa and Delhi, Karnataka-Bihar and Karnataka-Delhi.

The suggestions of state governments may also be considered while restricting the halts, the national transporter said.