The Indian Railways has allowed waiting lists to be issued from May 22 for the special train that began operating on Tuesday.
The booking for the new lot of passenger trains will begin on May 15. It also decided that there will be no RAC (reservation against cancellation) in special trains restored w.e.f May 12, and waiting list tickets shall be issued subject to maximum limits:
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Indian Railways has taken some other decisions with respect to Special Trains restored w.e.f May 12 which are as under:
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- Other rules concerning waiting list shall be applicable.
- No Tatkal/Premium Tatkal Quotas shall be defined.
- Senior Citizen Quota, Ladies Quota and Quota for Divyangjans(HP) shall be defined as per extant instructions.
- The refund rules i.e. cancellation up to 24 hours with a refund of 50% of the fare and NIL refund within 24 hours of train departure shall be discontinued and extant refund rules i.e. Railways Cancellation and Refund rule 2015 shall be made applicable.
- The above changes shall be made applicable for the trains starting on May 22, 2020, i.e. booking for which shall commence from May 15, 2020.