Indian Railways have started special trains to enable passengers to go from one city to another for COVID duration. These trains are rajdhani like trains and will be having only air conditioned classes. Only confirmed seats will be allotted in these trains. No waiting list or RAC tickets will be issued. No concessional fare allowed. Also Tatkal and Premium Tatkal quota booking wont be permitted in these trains. The passengers travelling on the train will be screened for coronavirus and those found asymptomatic will be allowed to travel.Railway board has also added that it will be mandatory for all the passengers to keep his or her mouth covered by a face cover. 1 covid train runs from Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn - Thiruvananthapuram Central Hazrat Nizamuddin SF Special (via Kottayam) (06083).
Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn Thiruvananthapuram Central Hazrat Nizamuddin SF Special (via Kottayam) (06083) departs from Ernakulam Town station (ERN) at and arrives Ratlam Jn station (RTM) at .
Duronto express is a newer premium class of train which runs as fast as Rajdhanis. Duronto word comes from restless in Bengali as these trains had no intermediate commercial stops when they started. But since Indian Railways incurred losses for these trains, some technical stops were converted to commercial stops. On some routes (such as Delhi-Kolkata) they take lesser time than corresponding Rajdhani express. Unlike rajdhani some durontos also have non-air conditioned sleeper class. Thus, Duronto trains have classes First AC (1A), AC II-tier, AC III-tier and Sleeper. Bed-rolls in sleeper class of Mixed Duronto Express trains will be supplied to passengers on demand, on payment of stipulated charges. Duronto trains are distinguished by vibrant and colorful vinyl coating on the outer surface of the coaches. 2 duronto trains run from Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn - Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin COVID 19 Duronto Special (02283) and Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express (12283).
Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin COVID 19 Duronto Special (02283) departs from Ernakulam Jn station (ERS) at and arrives Ratlam Jn station (RTM) at . This train has 8 stoppages. Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn duronto fare is Rs.5585 in First AC, Rs.2230 in Third AC, Rs.3255 in Second AC and Rs.845 in Sleeper for this train which includes meal charges also.
Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express (12283) departs from Ernakulam Jn station (ERS) at and arrives Ratlam Jn station (RTM) at . This train has 8 stoppages. Ernakulum to Ratlam Jn duronto fare is Rs.6050 in First AC, Rs.2625 in Third AC, Rs.3650 in Second AC and Rs.1115 in Sleeper for this train which includes meal charges also. Ernakulam Duronto 12283/84 is the second fastest train after Rajdhani Express between Ernakulam Junction of Kerala and Hazrat Nizamuddin of Delhi. This is the longest running Duronto train in India. This train crosses some of the important cities of India namely Mangalore, Goa, Ratnagiri, Panvel, Vadodara, Ratlam and Kota. As with any other Duronto, this Duronto also have not had any stops initially and used to run non stop for such long distance.
- RAC is considered as confirmed for evaluating confirmation chances.
- Colors under confirmation chances mean following:
- Red - Not likely to confirm.
- yellow - Difficult to say if this will confirm or not.
- Green - Very likely to confirm.
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