Guntakal: To curb Covid, SCR reduces number of stoppages for special trains

Guntakal: In view of the Covid-19 pandemic and as was requested by state government, South Central Railways has reduced the number of stoppages for the special trains which were introduced from 1st June, 2020 in their respective states.

Accordingly, some of the stoppages were deleted in Andhra Pradesh for the trains originating / terminating, passing through the State, according to a Railway press release.

All the tickets booked for the stoppages which that have been deleted shall be cancelled and full refund will be granted.

The detailed procedures in this regard, included all tickets booked for the destinations that have been deleted, shall be automatically cancelled.

Further, IRCTC shall refund fare for such cancelled tickets without deduction of cancellation charges. The PNR shall be cancelled in the reservation system prior to the preparation of first reservation chart.

Full refund of fare shall be granted without deduction of cancellation charges on surrendering of original tickets across any reservation counter within 30 days of the date of journey.

In case of counter tickets booked through digital transactions, refund of fare shall be credited to the account from which transactions has been made.