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Indian Railways to rope in private players for key train routes! Soon you may get to travel between Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Shirdi on Indian Railways trains that are being run by private sector players. In a big policy shift, Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways is looking to offer two trains to IRCTC for operation on haulage concepts with ticketing and on board services, learns Financial Express Online. The landmark move has been proposed as part of Indian Railways 100-day roadmap that has been drawn up by the Railway Board. According to an IE report, Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Shirdi routes have emerged as the frontrunners for this experiment by Indian Railways.According to the report, while Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Shirdi routes are top...
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on the list of internal considerations by the Railway Board, Ahmedabad-Mumbai, Bengaluru-Chennai, and Trivandrum-Kannur in Kerala are also being considered. All these routes are under 500 kilometres distance, as per the policy decision taken by Indian Railways. nitially, the official e-ticketing and catering arm of the national transporter, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will be given two trains to run. Indian Railways officials are hopeful that they will be able to operate at least one train within 100 days. The minimum specifications of on-board amenities, as well as the ticket cost, will be decided by IRCTC.