New Delhi: The Government told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that 13,000 more general tickets than the daily average were sold at the New Delhi train station on February 15, the day 18 people died due to a crowd. “On February 15, approximately 49,000 general tickets were issued from the New Delhi train station, which were 13,000 more than the daily average number of tickets sold during the previous six months,” Ashwini Vaishnaw Railroad Minister He said in a written answer to the TMC member, Mala Roy.
The minister, however, emphasized that “attending to this extra” (demand), five Kumbh Special TrainsEach with space to accommodate 3,000 passengers, were operated from NDLs. He also noted that “unreserved tickets issued from a particular station on a particular date may or may not be for that station and date”, in a reference to the usual practice of passengers who buy tickets very before the travel date.
‘5 Speical trains’
Five special trains were enough for 15,000 additional passengers, says the minister
Five trains were enough for 15,000 additional passengers, ”said the minister. Since then, Railways has transferred Delhi divisional and additional managers together with the director of the station and the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager pending an investigation into the crowd career.
Roy had asked for “details of the average sale of general rail tickets at the New Delhi train station per day during the last six months; the sale number of general railway tickets of the New Delhi train station on February 15, 2025; And if the sale of tickets was abnormally high and, if so, their reasons. ”
In his response, Vaishnaw gave details of how tickets can be acquired without reservations through several tickets of tickets and not necessarily at the station’s counter. “Unreserved tickets for the distance of up to 199 km can be purchased on the same day, while the advanced period to acquire unreserved tickets for a distance of 200 km and more is three days.
In addition, from a railroad station, tickets can be broadcast not reserved for the trip that originates in any of the cluster stations defined in the system, namely, from the New Delhi train station, tickets not reserved for the trip that originates in any of the 57 stations of the Delhi area can be issued, ”he said.
