Passenger footfalls have doubled from a month ago: Railway Board chief

Spike in demand over two months likely to sustain for next two months; Railways trying to meet surge with clone trains

Passenger footfalls have more than doubled from around a month ago according to Chairman & CEO, Railway Board, Suneet Sharma.

Responding to a query on the position of passenger demand, Sharma said, “There used to be 500,000 daily reserved passengers around a month ago. This has now increased to 1.3 million per day. The surge in demand over two months is expected to sustain for the next two months. Depending on the position of waiting list, we have been trying to meet this demand by plying clone trains. There are 26 clone trains operating right now. We also getting indications