After denial on 10 August, Indian Railways now tweets suspension of all regular passenger trains

August 11: A notification issued by the Indian Railways on 10 August became viral, wherein it was stated that it will extend the cancellation of train services till 30 of September 2020, in light of rising cases of coronavirus in the subcontinent. However, Indian Railways in its official twitter handle on 10 August gave a clarification in this regard. The tweet read, “Some section of media is reporting that Railways has cancelled all regular trains till 30th September. This is not correct. No new circular has been issued by Ministry of Railways. Special Mail Express trains shall continue to run.” But on 11 August, the Indian Railways again tweeted to inform that, “All regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice.”

Some section of media is reporting that Railways has cancelled all regular trains till 30th September. This is not correct. No new circular has been issued by Ministry of Railways.

Special Mail Express trains shall continue to run.

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) August 10, 2020

A day later, that is, on 11 August, the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India came up with with a notification, wherein it was stated,  “As decided and informed earlier on as well, regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice. This is to brought to the notice of all concerned that, as decided and informed earlier on as well, regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice.”

All regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice.

Special trains shall continue to run.https://t.co/VyJsXCR8OS pic.twitter.com/hbwkB601st

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) August 11, 2020

The said notification by PIB further mentioned, “It may be noted that 230 Special Trains, which are running at present, will continue to operate. Local trains in Mumbai, which are presently being run on limited basis only on the requisition of state government, will also continue to run. The occupancy of special trains is being monitored on regular basis. Additional special trains may be run based on the requirement. However, all other regular trains and suburban trains run before lockdown, will remain suspended for the time being.”

The notification by PIB was also tweeted by Indian Railways on 11 August with the caption, “All regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice. Special trains shall continue to run.”

Two different tweets on two consecutive days in the same twitter handle of Indian Railways has indeed resulted in confusion among the people.