Indian Railways begins process for entry of ‘private trains’
4 years, 6 months ago

Indian Railways begins process for entry of ‘private trains’

The Hindu  

The Indian Railways on Wednesday kick-started the process to allow private players to operate certain trains on its network by inviting Request for Qualifications for operation of passenger train services on over 100 routes with 150 modern trains. The Ministry of Railways said this is the first initiative of private investment for running passenger trains over the Indian Railways network and will attract investments of about ₹30,000 crore. “Ministry of Railways has invited RFQ for private participation for operation of passenger train services over 109 Origin Destination pairs of routes through introduction of 151 modern Trains.Each Train shall have a minimum of 16 coaches,” the national transporter said in a statement. Operation and maintenance of the passenger trains would be governed by standards & specifications and requirements specified by Indian Railways,” it said.

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First private train in India flagged off from Coimbatore, check details here
2 years, 6 months ago

First private train in India flagged off from Coimbatore, check details here

India Today  

On Tuesday, June 14, at 6 pm, India's first private train, the Bharat Gaurav Scheme, began its operation from the Coimbatore North Station in Tamil Nadu to Sainagar Shirdi in Maharashtra. Southern Railway becomes the first zone to get its first Registered service provider under the 'Bharat Gaurav' Scheme and begins operations of the first service from Coimbatore North to …

Indian Railways to lease passenger coaches to private payers
3 years, 3 months ago

Indian Railways to lease passenger coaches to private payers

Op India  

Indian Railways has decided to lease passenger train coaches to private parties who can run them as theme-based circuit trains. According to the Ministry of Railways, interested private parties will be able to lease coaching stock to run them as theme-based cultural, religious and other Tourist Circuit trains. The trains will be hauled by locomotives operated by Indian Railways, as …

Railways to run private trains: 13 players including GMR, L&T shortlisted | What we know
4 years, 1 month ago

Railways to run private trains: 13 players including GMR, L&T shortlisted | What we know

India TV News  

As railways plan to introduce new private trains in the coming years, companies including GMR, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Welspun Enterprises are among 13 players who have been shortlisted by the Indian Railways to run private trains. Railways to run private trains | What we know In August this year, …

With Railways Set to Go Private, Govt Allows Incoming Players to Set Passenger Fares: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

With Railways Set to Go Private, Govt Allows Incoming Players to Set Passenger Fares: Report

News 18  

As India’s nearly two centuries-old Railways open up to private players, the government has decided to allow these companies to set the travel fare for passengers when the begin operations, in a bid to invite investors. Yadav further said that Alstom SA, Bombardier Inc, GMR Infrastructure Ltd and Adani Enterprises Ltd were among companies that are interested in undertaking projects …

Bombardier, GMR Among 23 Players to Attend Meeting on Running Private Trains: Railways
4 years, 4 months ago

Bombardier, GMR Among 23 Players to Attend Meeting on Running Private Trains: Railways

News 18  

As many as 23 firms including Bombardier, Alstom, Siemens and GMR have shown interest in running private trains in the country and attended a pre-application meeting Wednesday as a first step, the Railways said. Other companies that attended the meeting on running private trains in 12 clusters included BEML, IRCTC, BHEL, CAF, Medha Group, Sterlite, Bharat Forge, JKB infrastructure and …

The Hindu Explains | Why has Indian Railways opened doors for private players?
4 years, 6 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Why has Indian Railways opened doors for private players?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Indian Railways has launched the process of opening up train operations to private entities on 109 origin destination pairs of routes using 151 modern trains. The present invitation for private operators to submit qualification bids for 151 trains would be, in the assessment of the Railway Board, only for a fraction of the total train operations …

Private trains will benefit travellers: Railways
4 years, 6 months ago

Private trains will benefit travellers: Railways

The Hindu  

With private trains expected to begin operations by April 2023, the Railways on Thursday said the move would only benefit travellers by way of confirmed tickets and faster trains. Mr. Yadav said the Railways was running 2,800 Mail Express Trains, and 151 modern trains — for which the RFQ was invited — accounted for only 5% of them. So it …

Private train operations likely to begin by April 2023: Railway Board Chairman
4 years, 6 months ago

Private train operations likely to begin by April 2023: Railway Board Chairman

India TV News  

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Thursday announced that the private train operations are expected to begin by April 2023. While addressing a press conference, Railway Board Chairman Yadav said, "Private participation in passenger train operations will mean a quantum jump in technology, higher speeds. While private participation in passenger train operations will only be 5 percent of the …

Railways to start limited train services from tomorrow: Details here
4 years, 7 months ago

Railways to start limited train services from tomorrow: Details here

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian Railways said it plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from Tuesday initially with 15 pairs of trains. These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi station connecting 15 important cities of the country, namely Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Trivandrum, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi. "Thereafter, …

Indian Railways: How private players lining up to run trains is real reform
4 years, 10 months ago

Indian Railways: How private players lining up to run trains is real reform

Op India  

Twenty years ago, air travel was a distant dream for most Indians. We had Indian Airlines and Air India, both creaky government monopolies, run from equally creaky government-run airports. Read: Congress lies about Budget 2020, claims Modi Govt has reduced funds for Indian Railways: Here are the facts Smaller airports are buzzing too. Tata, Adani and Hyundai queue up to …

A lowdown on India's controversial private train concept
4 years, 11 months ago

A lowdown on India's controversial private train concept

Business Standard  

Last October, railway employee unions staged protests against Tejas Express, the country's first private train that runs between Lucknow and Delhi. The All India Railwaymen's Federation held nationwide protests to oppose the railway board's decision to launch Tejas and give another 150 trains to be operated by the private sector. So, let’s start with October 2019, when the Indian Railways …

150 private trains on 100 routes: Niti Aayog proposes ₹ 22,500 crore plan
5 years ago

150 private trains on 100 routes: Niti Aayog proposes ₹ 22,500 crore plan

India TV News  

Niti Aayog and Indian Railways have come out with a discussion paper for running 150 trains on 100 routes by private operators, envisaging an investment of Rs 22,500 crore. The discussion paper titled 'Private Participation: Passenger Trains' has identified 100 routes, including Mumbai Central-New Delhi, New Delhi- Patna, Allahabad-Pune and Dadar-Vadodara. The paper, prepared for discussions with stakeholders, has split …

Railways to soon invite bids from firms to operate passenger trains
5 years ago

Railways to soon invite bids from firms to operate passenger trains

Live Mint  

Indian Railways, in a first, plans to offer private players the opportunity to run 150 modern trains based on a revenue-sharing model, the bids for which will be invited in the next two weeks, Railway Board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said on Monday. The trains to be run by the private operators will offer world class technology and services to …

Proposal to outsource commercial, onboard services; but no large-scale privatisation plans: Railway Ministry
5 years, 1 month ago

Proposal to outsource commercial, onboard services; but no large-scale privatisation plans: Railway Ministry

India TV News  

There is a proposal to outsource commercial and onboard services of a few trains, but no large-scale privatisation plans are underway, the Railway Ministry informed Parliament on Friday. Railway subsidiary IRCTC, its tourism and catering arm, has already started running railways' first "private" train, Tejas Express from Lucknow to Delhi. There is a proposal to outsource the commercial and onboard …

India's first private train Tejas Express posts ₹ 70 lakh profit in first month
5 years, 1 month ago

India's first private train Tejas Express posts ₹ 70 lakh profit in first month

India TV News  

IRCTC's Tejas Express has made a profit of around 70 lakh till October this year while earning a revenue of nearly Rs 3.70 crore through sale of tickets, sources said, signalling a steady start for the Railways' first "privately" run train. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express is part of the Railways' bid to develop 50 …

Railways: Private players to run trains on key routes
5 years, 3 months ago

Railways: Private players to run trains on key routes

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is mulling the idea of handing over operations of more trains to private players in the coming days on several important routes with improved services and amenities for passengers. In a letter to all the Principal Chief Operations Managers of the Central, Northern, North Central, South Eastern, South Central and Southern Railway dated September 23, …

Railway officials meet stakeholders to finalise private operations of two trains
5 years, 5 months ago

Railway officials meet stakeholders to finalise private operations of two trains

India TV News  

Top officials of the Railway Board on Thursday met investors, developers and other stakeholders to finalise the modalities of its 100-day agenda of offering two trains to private operators, sources said. As part of its 100-day agenda and the proposals made in the Budget whereby the railways has been encouraged to seek public-private partnership models to unleash faster development and …

No proposal to privatise Railways: Union Miniter Piyush Goyal
5 years, 5 months ago

No proposal to privatise Railways: Union Miniter Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

There is no proposal to privatise Indian Railways, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said "no specific passenger train has been identified to be run by private payers so far." In his written response, Goyal said, ".there is no proposal to privatise Indian Railways". In a separate written reply, Goyal said that …

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators

India TV News  

The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express is set to be the first train to be operated by private players, sources said on Monday, indicating that the Railways is going ahead with its 100-day agenda of handing over operations of two of its trains to the private sector, despite protests from its unions. The train, one of the most-awaited trains on the route, …

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators

Live Mint  

The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express is set to be the first train to be operated by private players, sources said Monday, indicating that the Railways is going ahead with its 100-day agenda of handing over operations of two of its trains to the private sector, despite protests from its unions. The train, one of the most-awaited trains on the route, is …

Railways plans to run Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah trains at 160 kmph
5 years, 6 months ago

Railways plans to run Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah trains at 160 kmph

Live Mint  

In a bid to reduce travel time, the Indian Railways, under its 100-day action plan, envisages increasing the speeds of trains on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes at an investment of over ₹13,500 crore, officials said. A senior railway ministry official told IANS: "In a proposal approved by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, the Railways plans to increase the train speed …

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