The Indian Railways has made an official announcement on increasing the number of operational passenger train services from 15 to 200 from June 1. Indian Railways will be running 200 new time-tabled non-air conditioned trains from next month.

It must be noted that the 15 passenger trains that have been operating since May 12 were air-conditioned ones.These trains which can be availed by anyone will have minimal sleeper rate fares, said a railway official. Currently, Shramik special trains and air-conditioned special trains are operated on Rajdhani routes connecting 15 cities to Delhi.

Tickets will not be sold at any railway station to travel in these 200 new passenger trains and passengers will have to book tickets available online. Online booking of these 200 trains will begin in a few days and the routes and schedule of trains are expected to be announced soon.