Railways Receive 120 Applications For Private Trains

Railways receive 120 applications for private trains, 14 out of 15 Indian companies. 15 companies have shown interest in the eligibility application for private train operations of the Ministry of Railways.

The Railways receive over 100 applications from companies such as L&T, GMR, and Welspun. It is noteworthy that under the Public-Private Partnership of the Ministry of Railways, there are plans to hand over the operation of passenger trains on 151 railway routes to private hands.

The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that out of the 15 companies applying, 14 are Indians and one is from Spain. According to the statement, the ministry had invited proposals from companies in this regard.

The ministry has received applications from Arvind Aviation, BHEL, Construction Y Oxillier de FerroCarriage, Cube Highways and Infrastructure, Gateway Rail Freight Ltd, GMR Hides Ltd, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited.

Apart from this, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Limited, Malemapathi Power Private Limited, Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited, PNC Infratech Limited, RK Associates & Hoteliers Private Limited, Sainath Sales & Services Private Limited and Welspun Enterprises Limited have also applied.

“120 applications have been received from 15 companies for 12 clusters,” the ministry said in a statement. The ministry had on July 1 published a proposal for eligibility application for 140 departure-destination stations under 12 clusters.

It is part of its private train operations plan on 151 railroads. Of these, 12 applications are for the Delhi-2 and Mumbai-2 cluster. 11 are for Bengaluru, 10-10 Prayagraj, Secunderabad, Jaipur, and Delhi-1 clusters. In addition, nine applications are for Chandigarh, Howrah, Patna, Mumbai-1, and Chennai cluster.

Amazon is offering reserved railway ticket booking facility, no service and payment gateway transaction charges, cashback will be available

Amazon India on Wednesday reported that it has partnered with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide reserved rail ticket booking facilities to customers on its platform.

With this, customers can now book reserved train tickets through Amazon Pay. Amazon has also talked about waiving service and payment gateway transaction charges for some time. This feature is open to Android and iOS app users.

Amazon said in a statement, ‘For the introductory period, Amazon.in has waived the service and payment gateway transaction fees. With this launch, Amazon Pay has added another travel category, allowing customers to book flight, bus and train tickets on a single platform. ‘