Platform ticket price hiked to maintain social distancing: Railways

People who have confirmed train tickets will be allowed at stations, says Railway Board chairman.

The Indian Railways on Tuesday justified increasing the platform ticket price to Rs 50 and said it was a necessary step in the times of the coronavirus pandemic.

Talking to ANI on the issue, Chairman of Railway Board, Vinod Kumar Yadav said that such steps are necessary to maintain social distancing on the platform in the view of Covid-19 and it has been done under this view.

"At this time the whole country is struggling with Covid-19 pandemic. We had raised platform ticket prices to maintain social distancing at the time when the coronavirus started growing in March. Even now, the trains