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Railways earn over INR 2,800cr in 7yrs with revised child travel norms: RTI

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 21 September 2023, 1:00 PM 331

Indian Railways has earned an additional revenue of more than INR 2,800 crore from child travellers in the last seven years by revising child travel fare norms, an RTI response has found. The response from the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) under the Right to Information (RTI) Act further indicates that the financial year […]Continue Reading

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Railways to develop 57 Amrit Bharat Stations in Odisha

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 3:30 PM 732

The Indian Railways is undertaking modernisation of 57 railway stations in Odisha under the Amrit Bharat station scheme. Under this scheme, the selected railway stations under the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone will be developed with improved amenities for passengers. The East Coast Railway in a release on Tuesday shared the list of railway stations […]Continue Reading

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Railways to likely introduce special trains for lower income groups next year

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 20 July 2023, 4:30 PM 764

The Indian Railways is planning to introduce trains for lower income groups, mainly manual labourers. “These are not special but permanent trains that are aimed to help the labour class passengers travel with ease,” a senior government official said. “The service is expected to operate from next year,” the official added. Officials said the trains […]Continue Reading

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Indian Railways to roll out 2-3 Vande Bharat trains every week in 2024

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 11:00 AM 1026

The Indian Railways is set to ramp up the production of Vande Bharat Express trains as it is planning to roll out two to three semi-high speed indigenous trains every week by the end of the next financial year, reports Siddhi Garahwar for Times Now. So far, eight Vande Bharat Express trains have been launched […]Continue Reading

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Indian Railways to run 179 special trains to manage festive rush

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 3:19 PM 683

According to a TOI report, the Indian Railways is geared up to cater to the rising number of Indian passengers in this festive season which started with the Navaratris. As such, as per the latest reports, the railways will be running 179 special trains to ease the burden of passenger traffic. And if reports are […]Continue Reading

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Railways removes INR 50 service charge on un-booked F&B; adds it to meal cost

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 12:00 PM 1008

The Railways has removed on-board service charges on all meals and beverages that are not pre-ordered on premium trains. However, the INR 50 charge has been added to the prices of snacks, lunches and dinners. The prices of tea and coffee will be the same for all passengers, who have pre-booked it or ordered those […]Continue Reading