January 2, 2018 – Passengers to get Discount for Late Delivery of Food in Trains
In a new initiative, Indian Railways would issue an “apology” in form of a cash discount of Rs. 100 to a passenger if food booked for the journey is not served on time aboard a train. Read More…
January 3, 2018 – Indian Railways extends SMS delay alerts to 1,400 trains
Indian Railways will extend its SMS alerts for departure delays of over an hour starting January 3, covering around 1,400 trains that will include premium, super-fast and express trains. Click here for more information…
January 4, 2018 – Soon all Trains to have 22 Coaches making them suitable to run on all routes
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that railways is planning to standardized trains in terms of a number of coaches so that all the trains can run on all routes irrespective of the time taken by each train to complete the journey. Click to read more…
January 5, 2018 – Aadhar Number not Compulsory for booking Train Tickets
Aadhaar Number is not mandatory for booking train tickets but a number of initiatives have been taken by the railways to promote it. Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said, “A reward scheme has also been introduced by IRCTC to incentivise linking of Aadhaar with the user ID”. Know More about it…
