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Indian Railways removes service charges for food, drinks
Meals on trains become expensive
The prices of tea and coffee will be the same for all passengers
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Indian Railways cancels over 165 trains today (July 19)
Passengers are requested to check the status of their trains before heading out for their journey
IRCTC partially cancels 44 trains
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Indian Railways cancels over 160 trains
Train services are disrupted due to maintenance work and operational reasons
Railway authorities have further changed the sourced stations of 22 trains
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A rail passenger was fuming after being asked to pay Rs 70 for a cup of tea
The bill mentioned the price of the tea as Rs 20 on which a service fee of Rs 50 was charged
The passenger tweeted the picture where he was charged 250 percent of the price
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Indian Railways has observed increase in reservations
To manage passenger inflow, authorities have increased train coaches
Recently, 18 coaches have been increased
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Monsoon special trains will run from June 10 till October 31
Trains including Mail/Express and passenger trains on Konkan Railways will get rescheduled timings
Passengers can check the status of the train online through KRCL App
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Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh to resume from May 29
The train services between Kolkata and Bangladesh were suspended in March 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic
The services of NJP-Dhaka Mitali Express will be resuming on June 1
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Clone trains started as experiment.
Clone train services have been successful.
Railways has decided to continue with the operations.
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NRP 2030 to focus on building infra.
Railway targetting for freight movement of 47% of total movement.
Railway plans to build 4 more Dedicated Freight Corridor by 2030.
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In order to provide safe, secure and comfortable journey to passengers, Indian Railways has taken numerous steps in the recent past.
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The flexi-fare scheme, was launched two years ago.
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The government had waived service charges after demonetisation in November last year to encourage digital modes of booking.
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Fifty percent of train tickets in the country are still purchased in cash, thanks to the dependence on neighbourhood ticketing agents, said a study.
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IRCTC is offerring delivery of rail tickets allowing passengers to make payment through any payment mode.
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British rail passengers are facing major disruption on Boxing Day with 200 sets of rail works planned over the festive period.
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Train passengers booking their tickets online through the IRCTC website will be able to opt for travel insurance cover from September for a premium of just Re 1.
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Passengers can now look forward to enjoying home cooked local food supplied by self-help groups during their train journey.
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While a passenger has to shell out Rs 200 for the Tatkal booking of Sleeper class instead of Rs 175, for AC-3 the maximum revised charge is Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 earlier and minimum is Rs 300 instead of Rs 250.
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Know about the new rules for cancellation and refund of railway tickets...
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