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Covid-19 Second Wave: Migrant Crisis Returns! Indian Railways Steps Up Special Services

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  Currently, the  Indian Railways  is running 1,512 superfast/express and covid19 specials train, on an average per day, up from the 1,490 train such services last week. In view of the promptly spreading coronavirus pandemic and emigrant crisis, the Indian Railways has stepped up special train operations, including superfast/express trains, local trains, and EMU/DMU trains, for the comfort of train passengers. With Delhi undergoing a 6-day strict lockdown and migrant workers/labours queuing up to return to their native place/village, the  Indian Railways  has announced 3 more  covid-19 special trains  from Delhi railway station or Anand Vihar Terminus to Bihar(Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, and Gaya). These special trains are from New Delhi Railway Station to Darbhanga Railway Station, Anand Vihar Terminus to Sitamarhi Railway Station, and New Delhi Railway Station to Gaya Railway Station. While more than 50+ covid-19 special train services are being run from N...

Self Servicing Kiosks Introduced in Indian Railways For Tickets and Health Assessment

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Minimal contact is the new fashion, be it travel, essential services or online food. The strategy running around all the business verticals is to bring services into completely seamless mode keeping in mind, the contactless nature of offering services. Indian Railways aims to provide a seamless train boarding process while maintaining minimum contact between the passenger and railway officials.   Railrecipe   brings to you the latest details on what the self servicing kiosk is and what are the benefits of the this initiative by Indian Railways. In a bid to make the train boarding process contactless, Indian Railways may soon automate passenger health and ticket check. The Railways has introduced a new automated ticket checking and access control machine that checks the body temperature of the passenger and whether they are wearing a mask before checking their ticket and ID. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted a video that demonstrates the process of the new automated ticket ...

Railway Unveils Full List of 151 Trains to Be Open For Bidding By Private Players

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With a view to improving upon the facilities and enhance the available amenities, Indian Railways has been planning to privatize some of its fleet across the nation. The long discussion came to an end in the recent joint press meet of Railway Board chairman VK Yadav, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday (Sep 17). In the press conference, the honorable chairman mentioned that part privatization of the railways will create a win-win situation for both the Indian railways as well as the investors, and also the rail users across India. What’s the Roadmap as per the Privatization Plan of Indian Railways? The Railway ministry provided details on the roadmap, timelines, and implementation framework for two major initiatives for which the national transporter is seeking private investment- Running of passenger trains by private operators on the existing Railways network, and Redevelopment of railway stations across the country.                ...

List of 40 New Clone Trains To Commence From 21st September

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  Indian Railways is going to start 40 new clone trains. After the long period of lockdown, now people started travelling by trains. For the safety concern of passengers Indian railway has decided to start the colne trains.These clone trains comes with the same train number. Read More  

What is ‘Clone Train Scheme’ – An End for Wait-Listed Passengers

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 Indian railways announed to start several new clone train. The clone trains will have the similar train number.  When there is heavy demand of waitlisting passengers then the clone trains will start.                                                                                                                                           Read More