Private trains

In order to run 150 pairs of passenger trains through the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, Railways, has for the first time ever, invited bids from private entities. The passenger fares on these trains, which can run at a…

Only 3 out of the 12 clusters up for bidding saw any response. The Ministry of Railways is canceling the tender for running 151 private trains along 109 major routes. It will reevaluate the process due to weak response on the bids…

IRCTC Joins Forces With BHEL To Run Private Trains On These Routes Indian Railways’ ticketing arm, IRCTC is now collaborating with BHEL with the aim to run private trains. Both these PSUs are also working on forming an SPV to…

India’s 1st Private Train Cancelled Indefinitely: Why Tejas Express Will Not Run Anymore? In a huge setback to the idea of running private trains in India, IRCTC has canceled India’s 1st private train: Tejas Express, indefinitely. …

Private Trains In India: These Routes Most Likely To Be Controlled By Private Firms?; Fares Can Be Anything! Indian Railways has been working on putting up railways to be run by private players for a long time now. Recently, there…

Ministry of Railway makes it clear that the train fare decided by the associated private concessionaire will not be required to run by a government regulator. In 2017, the government approved setting up a Rail Development Authority…

Private Trains Will Pay You For Being Late; These Firms Wants To Run Private Trains On 12 August, private firms attended the pre-application meeting for running private trains, another step towards introducing private train services on…

Book Preferred Berths In Private Trains Like In Airlines; Train Fare Will Be More? As per the reports, Indian Railways is allowing the entry of private players in their latest megaproject to operate passenger trains, which will have…

Indian Railways Want 150 Private Trains On 109 Routes; Rs 30,000 Cr Investment Expected Via Privatization Indian Railways has finally come through on its promise of opening up the operations of passenger trains to private…

Indian Railways’ Biggest Privatisation Push: 150 Private Trains Across 100 Routes (Here Are The Routes) In one of the biggest ever privatization push by Indian Railways, it has been decided that 150 private trains will now run across…