New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Northern Railway has implemented temporary restrictions on the sale of platform tickets at New Delhi railway stations to ensure smooth passenger movement. For the next week, platform tickets will not be issued at New Delhi railway stations between 4 PM and 11 PM.

"The suspension of platform ticket sales from 4 PM to 11 PM at New Delhi Railway Station has been implemented for the next week to manage crowd control," said Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, CPRO, Northern Railways.

This comes hours after a stampede took place at the New Delhi Railway station on Saturday at around 10 pm, which claimed 18 lives, leaving several injured.

Railway authorities have repeatedly taken such steps as restricting the sale of platform...