The railways has made provision to ferry 700,000 passengers by train this Ganeshotsav, rolling out a record 380 special services, each with a carrying capacity of 2,000 to 4,000 passengers.
The Indian Railways will install CCTV cameras in all its 74,000 coaches and 15,000 locomotives to enhance safety, the national transporter announced on Sunday.
Indian Railways may allow use of more documents in addition to Aadhaar for authentication of their IRCTC account to book Tatkal tickets, reports said.
The Railways has also decided no agent bookings will be permitted during the first 30 minutes after Tatkal bookings open for both AC and non-AC classes.
The move comes a week after the ministry had authorised the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) to authenticate a passenger's Aadhaar ID to establish his or her identity.
Indian Railways has started a special train service to help stranded passengers and handle the spike in demand for travel in the wake of the horrific terrorist incident in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir.
Central Railway on Thursday announced a two-day special mega block from Friday night to carry out extension of a platforms at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to accommodate 24-coach trains.
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