Indian Railways dedicated two more services to the Nation : (I) Printing of Bar Code on Unreserved tickets to Prevent Fraud and (II) Auto Hub on Walajabad, near Chennai in Southern Railway Indian Railways is committed to make Railway System Passenger Friendly and respond to the needs of Passengers : Suresh Prabhu In its… Read More »
Modernization of Railway Stations Indian Railway has advertised its plan to redevelop ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category stations (about 400 in number) on ‘as is where is’ basis, by inviting proposals from developers with their designs and business ideas. Public Sector Undertakings can also participate under this scheme. During various interactions with the stake holders, their… Read More »
On Board Catering Services in Trains A policy guideline on “Ready to Eat Meals” was issued to Zonal Railways on 30.01.2015 wherein all Mail/Express trains running with pantry car have been covered to serve precooked ‘Ready to Eat meals’ as an ‘add on’ option under the category of a-la-carte to the passengers. Non-provision of the… Read More »
Bullet Train Project Ministry of Railways have formed a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited to implement the project of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Bullet Train . The salient features of Project are: Total length of corridor – 508 kms . Maximum design speed of 350 kmph and… Read More »
High Speed Rail Corporations Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of Ministry of Railways had formed a subsidiary named High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited in 2013, inter alia, to undertake feasibility studies pertaining to High Speed corridors. It has awarded feasibility studies for (i) Delhi-Mumbai, (ii) Mumbai-Chennai, (iii) Delhi-Kolkata,… Read More »
Improving Amenities for Patients and Differently Abled Passengers Improvement/augmentation of amenities at stations, including those for differently abled and patient passengers is a continuous process. In order to provide better accessibility to differently abled and patient passengers, short term facilities as detailed below have been planned at all stations, beginning with ‘A-1’, ‘A’ & ‘B’… Read More »
Paperless Unreserved and Platform Tickets With a view to cut down queues at counters at Railway stations and to facilitate convenient booking of tickets by passengers, Indian Railways have introduced the facility of paperless unreserved tickets through mobile phone over suburban sections of Central, Western, Southern, Northern (New Delhi- Palwal section), Eastern and South Central… Read More »
Arrangements for Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh To cater to the expected influx of pilgrims during Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Ujjain, Indian Railways has planned to run special trains including DEMU/MEMU, augmentation of load of existing trains and, also, providing of temporary stoppage on Mail/Express trains to the extent justified and feasible. In… Read More »
WI-FI Facility at Railway Stations Initially, the Wi-Fi services have been proposed to be provided at 400 railway stations covering almost all ‘A1’ and ‘A’ category stations, after which the facility is proposed to be provided at remaining ‘A’ & ‘B’ category stations. Presently, Wi-Fi facility is available at 12 railway stations viz. Bengaluru, New… Read More »
Ready to eat meals in Trains Allotment of tenders to private licensees for providing onboard catering services to the passengers through pantry cars is an ongoing process. Further, a major initiative viz. E-catering has been taken by Railways through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to enable passengers to book the food of their choice.… Read More »