SCR opens 14 train ticket booking counters across Telangana, gets poor response

The South Central Railway (SCR) has opened 14 ticket booking counter across Telangana in a bid to normalise the train services in the state. However, the railway stations wore a deserted look with no passenger rush at the counters.

Only a few passengers were seen at the counters maintaining a two-feet distance. Sanitiser bottles were placed at every window and the counter operators were told to wear masks.

Following physical distancing strictly, the SCR is permitting only alternative chairs to be occupied in the waiting areas at the Nampally and Secunderabad stations. Telangana would have nine pairs of new trains operating from June. Currently, it has three pairs going to Bengaluru, New Delhi and Chennai.

The new trains would be operated to Mumbai, Howrah, New Delhi and Amritsar, among other destinations.