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 …
After taking the charge for the second tenure, the Railway ministry is planning to get rid of all 2,568 manned level crossing in the busiest corridors of Golden Quadrilateral of the country. In its second term, the Modi government led Railway ministry has drawn up an ambitious plan to eliminate all manned level crossings terming it as a National Project. …
Tray-tables and charging points for every seat, better seat covers, new taps in the toilets, even photographs in the passages, these are some of the upgrades planned by Indian Railways for 2,000 old coaches it plans to refurbish this year at a cost of ₹600 crore as part of its effort to better customer experience. Over 40,000 coaches will be …
