Indian Railways has issued a clarifying notification as few media sections information were confusing the general public. Indian Railways in its statement said, "It is informed for guidance of all that there has been NO change in policy to run all express trains including festival specials and clone specials as fully reserved train ONLY as yet".
It added that till further notification from the Union Government, the existing mail express special trains including festival/holiday specials, clone specials which are running on fully reserved basis (as on date) shall be continued as fully reserved only, by issuing reserved tickets for second class coaches and passenger portion of SLRs also. The Permission given to the Zonal Railways to issue unreserved tickets is meant ONLY for suburban and limited no of local passenger trains operating on few zones.
Running of trains, norms of travel and reservations are constantly changing under Covid times. Further changes, as and when they happen, would be informed by further notification to all concerned. As of today, Indian Railways is running 736 special trains, 204 services of the Kolkata Metro, over 2,000 Mumbai suburban services, and 20 special clone trains.
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