Booking of train tickets never stopped except for lockdown period

Rail Ministry of India has clarified on twitter that booking of reserved train tickets never stopped except for the lock down period from March 24 to April 14, 2020.

CLARIFICATION

• A section of Media is reporting that Railways has resumed ticket booking from 15th April, which is not correct.
• It is clarified that booking of reserved train ticket never stopped excel for the lock down period i.e. 24th March to 14th April.
• Since, Advance reservation period for taking reserved ticket is 120 days, ticket booking for 15th April and beyond were made open much prior to lock down period.