In view of the large inflow of vacationers visiting Shimla within the coming months, the Northern Railway on Tuesday determined to renew its ‘hop-on, hop-off service’ on the Kalka-Shimla slender gauge part from July 1. Will final six months.
The Kalka-Shimla slender gauge part is a UNESCO-declared World Heritage Site since 2008, listed below the “Mountain Railways of India”. This part is about 118 years previous railway part which was commissioned within the 12 months 1903.
Divisional Railway Manager, Gurinder Mohan Singh stated, “This service will facilitate passengers to go to all of the locations of vacationer curiosity on buy of a single ticket in KSR part, in any coach of any practice topic to the provision of passenger seats. can trip. The passenger can board/disembark from any station/at any station topic to the prescribed stoppages of the practice. Tickets for ‘hop-on, hop-off’ service will likely be issued from all stations on Kalka-Shimla slender gauge part.
Passengers choosing this service is not going to be entitled to avail different paid/worth added companies on the practice. Hop-on hop-off tickets are non-transferable and no concession will likely be allowed on them. These tickets are additionally non-refundable.
To purchase a ticket for the service, a vacationer must submit a photocopy of his voter picture ID, passport, PAN card, driving license, pupil ID card, nationalized financial institution passbook, bank card, Aadhaar, m-Aadhaar. and e-Aadhaar, and picture identification playing cards having serial numbers issued by State/Central Government Public Sector Undertakings, District Administrations, Municipal Bodies and Panchayat Administrations.
New Shatabdi to Delhi
The operation of three Shatabdi Express trains between Chandigarh and Delhi will resume from Monday. An Indian Railways official stated that trains have been suspended from the primary week of May this 12 months in view of the rising variety of Covid-19 circumstances through the second wave in addition to throughout low occupancy.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
