Some Major Rail News for the Week:
1. Exemption of Service Charge on Train E-tickets Till March 2018
A good news for train travellers as they will continue to avail service charge exemption for tickets booked online till March 2018. The idea is to encourage cashless transactions so that people feel at ease after the demonetisation that happened last year in november. Read more…
2. Railways asks Senior Officials to travel in sleeper coaches to understand common people problems
Indian Railways has asked its top officials to travel in sleeper and 3AC train coaches instead of luxury saloons and first AC. This decision has come four days after a stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station, which killed 22 people and injured at least 37. The major aim of this decision is to gain firsthand experience of railways’ facilities provided to commoners in these coaches and the problems they face during their journey. Click here to read the complete news…
3. Railways to introduce airline pricing model
The much-hyped dynamic pricing system which has invited a lot of criticism earlier for the Indian Railways may soon be converted into an airline-like model. Now the railway fares would go down during the lean seasons. Know all about it…
