Indian Railways' clone train scheme: A friend of waitlisted passengers

Considering the huge demand for travel on specific routes, the ministry of railways has announced that it will start 20 pairs of ‘clone special trains’ from September 21. This will be in addition to 310 special trains operating currently. This is for the first time that such trains will be running on Indian tracks.

What are ‘clone trains’?

This is a special scheme to transport waitlisted passengers to their destination. These trains will be operated as an alternative to existing trains, when the actual trains will have a large number of waitlisted passengers. Though only 20 pairs are being introduced now, 20