Indian Railways

Hopefully, with the new train, the Mumbai-Delhi line will once again become the reserve of business travellers, who now prefer to travel by air.

The Railways will put an end to pasting reservation charts on reserved coaches of all trains originating from selected stations, on an experimental basis for a duration of three months.

With the setting up of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in 1999, the aim was to tackle the crises of the poor quality of food, tardy service and overpricing.

Passengers on premium trains like Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi will now be able to rate the food served through an online feedback form on tablets provided by the Railways.

To render the m-Aadhaar as identity proof, the passenger has to open the app and enter his/her password.

LHB coaches are superior to ICF coaches for multiple reasons, including a better design of the ‘couplers’, which help join two coaches to form a rake.

The Southern Railway conducted the sixth heritage run of the steam loco, Express EIR 21, which lugged a single coach from Chennai’s Egmore to Kodambakkam.

The rationale behind the move is the unavailability of direct flights between the two cities. Also, a flight with a stopover may take over four hours.

Manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), the ‘Anubhuti’ coach is finally ready to make an entry into the Indian Railways, four years after the proposal of luxury coaches was presented.

When 23 TG employees were deployed in June, the criteria for recruitment included their educational qualifications. While Kudumbasree trained them with soft skills, the Metro agency upskilled them in managing ticket counters and housekeeping.