Nearly after two years, the Central Railways (CR) will again resume the seasonal pass and unreserved passenger service for Deccan Queen Express, Intercity Express, Indrayani Express trains, Deccan Express and Sinhagad Express on the Pune-Mumbai route from March 22.
As per the order released by the Central Railways, for the unreserved ticket booking, passengers must provide a fully vaccinated certificate and passengers who have universal pass certificate can purchase unreserved coach tickets for travelling. Besides, for passengers below 18 age, it is mandatory to carry an age certificate and also a doctor’s certificate about not being vaccinated due to age criterion, said railway official.
This service was discontinued by the railways since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 as the operations were shut. However, even after the train operations resumed only passengers with reserved tickets were allowed to board the trains.
As per Central Railway, from March 25, 2020, the regular train operations in the country were closed down. Meanwhile, it has come to light that the Indian Railways had announced to resume these services normally, it was not yet started in Central Railway.
Due to this, daily passengers on the Pune-Mumbai route had to buy regular tickets of INR 210 for daily travelling to and from on the route. While earlier the second-class seasonal pass on the Pune Mumbai route was charged at INR 840.
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