A circular dated March 6, 2020 of the Ministry of Railways states that children under five years of age shall travel for free. However, it said that in that case, a separate berth or seat (in chair car) shall not be provided.
With the operation of special trains and no concessions, the Railways' revenue too has seen a substantial growth. The transporter registered an increase of 113 per cent in earnings from the passenger segment during the second quarter of 2021-2022 as compared to the first.
In a major development, the Indian Railways has now decided to revamp the booking codes used by passengers to reserve tickets for traveling in various categories of coaches operating in the network.
With rules and procedures changing from time to time, the Indian Railways is now offering different concession for different categories The detailed rules, procedures, entitlement, purposes, etc for grant of concession have been explained below. Passengers are advised to go through the details provided before booking rail tickets. The important rules for concession, are as […]
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Here’s a good news for train passengers. The Indian Railways has come up with some new changes helping lakhs of railway commuters get tickets at a cheaper rate. As per reports, Railways has announced that the train passengers are now exempted from the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR)—MDR will now not be levied on […]
Booking train ticket? Things are just getting simpler for rail passengers. Now Go Cashless !! Go Paperless !! The Indian Railways has been promoting three C’s- Cashless transactions (Digital payment), Contact less ticketing (no need to physically visit the point of sale) and Customer convenience and experience. Follow the steps for Mobile ticketing: Install “UTS” […]
In another good news ahead of the festive season, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has come up with some changes in order to help lakhs of railway commuters get train tickets at a much cheaper rate. As per sources, IRCTC is offering a discount of 10 per cent if you book tickets […]
New Delhi: In a bid to promote digital transactions, the Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday launched its much awaited payment aggregator system ‘IRCTC iPay’. The exclusive digital payment gateway will provide better digital experience and improved online digital payment convenience to rail passengers availing online travel-related services through the website, IRCTC […]
The Indian Railways has always been committed in upgrading its facilities bringing joy to millions of commuters. With around six to seven lakh bookings every day, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the Indian Railways ( and […]
New Delhi: Did you ever get the feeling that Indian Railways and IRCTC are looting the passengers in the name of cancellation fees? Many of the travellers complained “Why should we pay cancellation fee for no fault at all”. If you are one among them, you will now definitely change the way you look at […]
New Delhi: Popular e-ticketing website and app, RailYatri, has now been authorised by the IRCTC to continue its ticket booking services, months after the Delhi High Court termed the services “unauthorised”. The court had in April this year ruled that the businesses and operation of the website and mobile application RailYatri were unauthorised. Dismissing the […]
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: The Indian Railways has issued a set of guidelines for Shramik Special trains being run to ferry the migrants stranded across the country, saying the trains will ply only if they have 90 per cent occupancy and the “states should collect the ticket fare”, inviting fierce criticism for charging for their services. A […]
Bhubaneswar: As the Indian Railways is all set to run 15 pairs of special trains comprising only AC coaches, East Coast Railway (ECoR) today issued advisory for passengers boarding Delhi-Bhubaneswar daily special train. Here are the details of the operating special trains (train route, timing, ticket info and other essential rules) you must know. 1. […]
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the festive season, the Indian Railways is gradually normalizing the passenger train services with the introduction of some new specials, ticket reservation rule modifications in sync with the step-by-step unlocking process adopted by the government amid Covid-19 pandemic. In order to provide relief to passengers, the national carrier will now prepare the […]
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