New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways has announced to run 20 pairs of clone trains from September 21. Reservation for these clone trains is starting from today ie 19th September. These clone trains will be fully reserved and will run on the scheduled time. Their speed will be more than the main train. Also, their stops will also be less than the main train (Limited Stoppages). With this, both trains will reach the last station at almost the same time.
When and how booking will be done in cloned trains, what are the routes – how much will the fare be? Know everything …
How much will the cost of clone trains be?
The Ministry of Railways informed that 19 pairs of clone special trains will be run using Humsafar Rakes. At the same time, 1 pair Lucknow Delhi Clone Special train will be run like Jan Shatabdi Express. The fare of Humsafar rack (Fare) will be equal to Humsafar train. Whereas, the fare of Janashtabdi Rack will be equal to Janashtabdi Express.
Clone special trains will be run from these cities
The Ministry has clarified that the clone special trains will be additional trains already running. According to the timetable issued by the Railway Ministry, clone trains will be run from 5 stations of Bihar including Saharsa. These trains will run from Saharsa as well as Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Rajgir and Rajendranagar stations of East Central Railway. At the same time, 3 clone trains will start from Amritsar in Punjab. Starting from PM Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi, the Clone train coming to Delhi will stop at only two stations Lucknow and Moradabad. These trains will run between several states including UP, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Where will trains run from? (Clone Trains Routes)
- Saharsa to New Delhi – Everyday
- New Delhi to Saharsa – Everyday
- Rajgir to New Delhi – Everyday
- New Delhi to Rajgir – Everyday
- Darbhanga to New Delhi – Everyday
- New Delhi to Darbhanga – Everyday
- Muzaffarpur to Delhi – Sunday
- Delhi to Muzaffarpur – Monday
- Rajendra Nagar to New Delhi – Sunday
- New Delhi to Rajendra Nagar – Monday
- Katihar to Delhi – Friday
- Delhi to Katihar – Sunday
- New Jalpaiguri to Amritsar – Friday
- Amritsar to Newzalpai Gudi – Wednesday
- Jaynagar to Amritsar – Tuesday, Friday, Sunday
- Amritsar to Jayanagar – Sunday, Wednesday, Friday
- Varanasi to New Delhi – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
- New Delhi to Varanasi – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- Ballia to Delhi – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Delhi to Ballia – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- Lucknow to New Delhi – Saturday
- New Delhi to Lucknow – Sunday
- Secunderabad to Danapur – Everyday
- Danapur to Secunderabad – Everyday
- Vasco to Nizamuddin – Friday
- Nizamuddin to Vasco – Sunday
- Bengaluru to Danapur – Monday
- Danapur to Bangalore – Wednesday
- Yeshwantpur to Nizamuddin – Wednesday, Saturday
- Nizamuddin to Yesvantpur – Saturday, Tuesday
- Ahmedabad to Darbhanga – Friday
- Darumbhaga to Ahmedabad – Monday
- Ahmedabad to Delhi – Sunday, Wednesday
- Delhi to Ahmedabad – Monday, Tuesday
- Surat to Chapra – Monday
- Chapra to Surat – Wednesday
- Bandra to Amritsar – Monday
- Amritsar to Bandra – Wednesday
- Ahmedabad to Patna – Wednesday
- Patna to Ahmedabad – Sunday
Will get confirmed ticket
Railways has made this plan for those routes where the waitlist is continuously long. Under this plan, every passenger has been confirmed to get confirmed tickets on Busy Routs. For this, Indian Railways is running Clone Train. In easy terms, one hour after the main train leaves, another train of the same route will go through the same platform, which will take passengers on the waiting list. With this, passengers with waiting tickets will reach their destination at almost the same time without any trouble.
Can book from today
According to the information given by the Ministry of Railways, the ticket booking process of these cloned trains is starting from today i.e. 19 September 2020. Ticket booking of these trains can be done 10 days before the date of travel. That is, you have to travel within 10 days of the day you book the ticket. With this, the availability of tickets in the train will remain
