Indian Railways on Wednesday announced to cancel all train ticket bookings made earlier for journeys till June 30. The cancellation process will be automated and the refunds will be given to the passengers with effect from March 21. However, Shramik specials and other special trains will continue ferrying migrant workers, travellers and passengers.
While confusions surfaced over whether this is a move taking a step back, it has been clarified that all tickets booked earlier for the period till June 30 will stand cancelled. New booking will go on, as prescribed as they fall under Indian Railways’ special train services. For instance, if you have booked a ticket earlier for a planned journey sometimes in June, then that ticket stands cancelled. But if you are planning to go back to your home state in the coming few days and of course the tickets are not booked (as the booking is not yet open), it won’t be affected.