A circular issued by SER late last month directed Ranchi, Chakradharpur, Adra and Kharagpur railway divisions and the platform ticket prices were raised last week.
RANCHI: The South Eastern Railways (SER) has directed its railway divisions in Jharkhand and West Bengal to raise the price of platform tickets in all its busy railway stations by 300% to regulate the footfall as part of Covid-19 safety regulations.
A circular in this regard issued by SER late last month directed Ranchi, Chakradharpur, Adra and Kharagpur railway divisions and the platform ticket prices were raised last week.
The circular came weeks after a January 5 order issued to the divisions, which allowed the sale of platform tickets on its premises. Since partial railway services began in June after 90 days of lockdown, only passengers with confirmed tickets were being allowed to enter till the January 5 order was issued.
Ranchi: After 10 months of closure, passenger trains will resume operations from the Ranchi railway division from January 2 onwards, a statement issued by the South Eastern Railways (SER) said on Thursday.
The statement said 10 trains Ranchi-Dumka special, Tatanagar-Hatia-Tatanagar MEMU, Ranchi-Tori-Ranchi MEMU, Ranchi-Lohardaga-Ranchi MEMU (three trains), Kharagpur-Ranchi-Kharagpur special, Adra-Barkakana-Adra MEMU, Hatia-Rourkela Passenger and Hatia-Tatanagar-Hatia passenger will ply from from Ranchi, Hatia and Adra railway stations.
The passenger train services were shut since March 2020 to comply with the nationwide lockdown norms. Though the railways introduced special trains and festival special trains since July, normal passenger train services remained grounded.
In Jharkhand, lawmakers from BJP demanded the restoration of the passenger trains since October citing the adverse impact on the local economy and the movement of thousands of workers, vegetable sellers and