Passengers traveling by train will be relieved to know that special trains that were running with a zero prefix since the COVID-19 pandemic will now run on their regular schedules and with their original numbers. This means ticket prices have been reduced to their pre-pandemic rates. In March 2020, the Indian...
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Railways suspended train operations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Passenger trains had their fares increased two to three times on different routes. However, the old rates have now been reinstated. The railway has removed the lock in the software that was keeping the fares at the inflated prices. For example, the fare from Jhajjar to Rohtak was ₹30, but now it's back to ₹10. Similarly, the fare from Jhajjar to Jind has dropped from ₹50 to ₹25, and the fare from Jhajjar to Rewari has been reduced from ₹30 to ₹10. The station master, Ramkishan Meena, confirmed that these fares are being charged based on the software update. During the pandemic, special trains were charged at a higher rate, but now the normal fares are back in effect.