Railways forms empowered group to develop 50 stations, privatise 150 trains
5 years, 2 months ago

Railways forms empowered group to develop 50 stations, privatise 150 trains

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Railways has formed a task force to draw a blueprint for developing 50 railway stations with world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its network. The order comes days after Niti Aayog Chairman wrote to Chairman Railway Board V K Yadav proposing the formation of an empowered group to drive the process in a "time-bound manner". "Ministry of Railways has decided to constitute an empowered group of secretaries for development of 50 railway stations to world-class standards and permit private passenger train operators to operate 150 trains with world-class technology over Indian Railways," the order stated. Member, Engineering Railway Board and Member, Traffic Railway Board will also be involved in the empowered group.

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No plans to privatise Indian Railways, says Centre
2 years, 9 months ago

No plans to privatise Indian Railways, says Centre

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The Railways will continue to fulfil social obligations, the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, adding that Rs 60,000 crore subsidy is provided on passenger fares New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said the government has no plans to privatise the Indian Railways and opposition parties’ contention in this regard is hypothetical. Replying to a discussion on demands for …

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, …

Indian Railways Will Allow Private Train Operators to Choose Halt Stations For 150 Trains Handed to Them
4 years, 4 months ago

Indian Railways Will Allow Private Train Operators to Choose Halt Stations For 150 Trains Handed to Them

News 18  

Private operators who will be handed over 150 trains to ply on 109 routes by the Railways will have the freedom to choose halt stations of the trains they operate, documents released by the national transporter have shown. The private operators also have to provide the time in and time out at the intermediate railway stations, which shall form part …

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

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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 …

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

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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 …

Railway unions protest privatisation of 50 stations and 150 passenger trains
5 years, 2 months ago

Railway unions protest privatisation of 50 stations and 150 passenger trains

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Railway employee unions held protests in various parts of the country on Wednesday against the central government's move to "privatise" 50 railway stations and 150 passenger trains. Earlier this month, Railways had formed a task force to draw a blueprint for developing 50 railway stations with world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its …

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

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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

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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 …

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