Around 30000 tickets were booked for more than 54000 passengers within 3 hours. After IRCTC started taking train bookings for several special trains.
According to a Times of India report, the overall revenue generated for the sale of tickets for these AC Trains was Rs 10 crore. According to reports, all AC-1 and AC-3 tickets of the train were booked fully within 10 minutes of the booking started.
The booking for 15 pairs of special trains resumed from 6 pm after the official website of the IRCTC, was down due to technical issues.
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