Railway restrictions are back to haunt passengers. As COVID-19 cases surge, a number of states have enforced guidelines and restrictions on train travel and passengers from Maharashtra. This week, the railways issued fresh regulations to passengers to check health advisories of destination states. While a few states have sought compulsory RT-PCR tests and COVID-19 negative reports, some have been thermal screening outstation commuters on arrival.

Check travel rules
A senior official said, “Some states have made negative RT-PCR tests mandatory 72 to 96 hours before the train’s arrival. Passengers are often caught unawares due to the lack of knowledge about guidelines, resulting in hardships at destination stations at the last minute. Therefore, passengers are requested to check health advisories and guidelines issued by the destination states before undertaking the journey.”