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Bhubaneswar: In what could turn out to be a dampener for train passengers during upcoming festive season in the country, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is mulling to reimpose service charge on online ticket bookings from September 1. The government-run company had removed the service charge in 2016 after demonetisation to give a […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Indian Railways, country’s largest transporter is drawing a plan to rationalise passengers’ fares to reduce the losses in the segment so that the collective revenue can be used to develop amenities in the trains. According to a report published in the Financial Express Online, the Railway Board is finalising an option to […]

New Delhi: Good news for train passengers as Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that presently there is no proposal to discontinue the flexi fare scheme. At present, flexi fare is applicable to only 141 out of 13,452 trains and railways has not lost traffic to other mode of transport like airlines. Goyal also […]

The Indian Railways in coordination with Government Railway Police (GRP) has taken several measures to ensure security of passengers including women passengers. Policing on Railways being a State subject, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law & order in Railway premises as well as on running trains are the statutory […]

Boarding or alighting a moving train will win you ‘NO AWARD’, the Indian Railways recently came up with a jocular yet earnest message in order to create an awareness among the passengers so that they avoid risking their lives by boarding running trains in platforms. The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter to state: “Railway […]

In a heart-warming gesture earning it praise, the Ministry of Railways took to Twitter on Tuesday to post a message for the travellers, obliquely conveying that it is no less than a family that cares. The tweet of the Indian Railways read, “Never travel on the foot-board of train and discourage others to do so. […]

Today on the occasion of Christmas, the Indian Railways introduced a special heritage train between Patalpani and Kalakund stations at around 11 am. This picturesque and scenic section of Ratlam Division of Western Railway has recently been declared a Heritage Section. If this wasn’t enough to bring smiles on your face, we are sure people […]

Mumbai: Over two weeks after the railway authorities requested the Maharashtra Environment Ministry to authorise them to act against the plastic ban violators and penalise them, they are still waiting for a response, officials said today. A couple of days before the state-wide ban on plastic items came into force on June 23, the Central […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to clear the extra rush of passengers for ensuing Eid al-Fitr festival, the Eastern Railways will run Special Passenger trains between Sealdah & Krishnapur for two days on June 14 and 15 and between Krishnapur & Sealdah on June 15 & 16, 2018. This apart, to clear the rush, the South Central […]

Bhubaneswar: With a view to clearing additional rush of passengers and also provide comfortable journey to the commuters during Summer Season, 2018, Ministry of Railways have decided to run 11 pairs of weekly & bi-weekly Summer Special Trains towards different destinations of the country from East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction by creating a number of […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In order to clear extra rush of passengers during the Summer, several Weekly Special trains will now run from tomorrow till the last week of June as per the direction of Indian Railways. The trains will run between Habibganj-Dharwar, Yesvantpur-Pandharpur, Yesvantpur-Jaipur,  Yesvantpur – Ernakulam, Yesvantpur –Visakhapatnam, Kacheguda – Krishnarajapuram and Sambalpur–Banaswadi as detailed […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to clear extra rush of passengers during the Summer, as many as 42 Weekly Special trains will now run as per the direction of Indian Railways. The trains will run between Jabalpur – Secunderabad and Kochuveli –Kamakhya as detailed below:- Jabalpur –Secunderabad – Jabalpur weekly special train via Itarsi, Khandwa and Akola […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to clear extra rush of passengers during the summer, as many as 26 Weekly Superfast Special trains will run as per the direction of Indian Railways. The trains will run between Jabalpur and Tirunelveli as detailed below:- Jabalpur – Tirunelveli – Jabalpur (26 Services): As per sources, Train No. 02194 Jabalpur – […]

New Delhi: With increased complaints from passengers about overcharging by vendors, the IRCTC has decided to introduce billing through Point of Sale (POS) devices on-board trains. The POS hand-held devices are being introduced in a phased manner, beginning with 100 such machines getting introduced on 26 trains, an official statement by the Indian Railway Catering […]