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After nearly two months of a total shutdown, the Indian Railways opened up its services again on 12 May with limited offers. Fifteen passenger trains have begun running between New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai and also go via Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon,  Ahmedabad, and Jammu. Even as it brought some relief to the stranded citizens, the re-opening didn't go without hiccups. Indian Railways wasn't nearly braced for the number of passengers who are desperate to go back home. As the bookings opened up on the IRCTC website, approximately 30,000 tickets got booked within 3 hours and the website crashed eventually from a huge surge in user traffic. But how was day one of the opening like? How did passengers manage a ticket for themselves? Tune in to The Big Story! Producer and Host: Shorbori PurkayasthaGuests:Zijah Sherwani, Sr Producer, The QuintVrinda Bhandari, Supreme Court advocate, of-counsel for the Internet Freedom FoundationEditor: Shelly Walia Music: Big Bang FuzzAlso Listen to: Aarogya Setu App Row: Health Surveillance or State Surveillance? Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng Castbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur