Rail travellers from Mumbai will have a matchless opportunity to experience the spectacular and fun-filled 'Goa Carnival' as Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) launches the first of its kind rail tour package for the picturesque coastal state, scheduled for February 5.

The five nights-six days all-inclusive package, which will also include sightseeing and cruise ride in Goa capital Panaji, has been chalked out by IRCTC's West Zone in collaboration with Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC).

After requesting the finance ministry to “handhold” it to meet a likely 45% surge in the Indian Railways’ staff bill in FY17 from the 7th Pay Commission, the railway ministry is now firming up a consolidated proposal for a Rs 1.1-lakh-crore non-lapsable National Railway Safety Fund (NRSF), with up to 60% of the resources expected to come from the exchequer.

The proposed fund — Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh — is in sync with the Zero Accident Mission that the transporter has embarked on, a senior official told FE.

New Delhi: Extending its engagement with Paytm, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp. (IRCTC) allowed passengers to order food on a train by using Paytm’s mobile wallet.

Travelers can already make payments for e-tickets booked through the IRCTC website using Paytm’s service.

MUMBAI: Revenue from online ticketing on Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp crossed the Rs 20,000-crore mark during the year to March 2015, nearly double the turnover of India's largest online retailer Flipkart. IRCTC generated Rs 20,620 crore, or nearly $3 billion, through online ticket sales in the last financial year, up 34 per cent from a year ago when it sold tickets worth Rs 15,410 crore.

Hello Curry, a Hyderabad-based fast food chain start-up, has entered into a partnership with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to supply meal options to railway passengers.

"A majority of passengers do not have the time or the means to carry food for their journey duration. They are dependent on the options provided by local providers who vend fried snacks and/or confectionery that replace their lunch/dinner while on the train.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) will start two premier train services for travelers to enjoy the charm of the country's sprawling deserts and heritage.

Both semi-luxury trains will depart from New Delhi with an array of deluxe facilities across its five days of round trip dotted with sightseeing facilities.

Come November 12, you can book a railway ticket online 30 minutes prior to the departure of a train.

In a passenger-friendly move, Railways has also made changes in its system of preparation of chart, which would now be prepared twice.

The Indian Railways has doubled the ticket cancellation charge as it has proposed to change the refund rules to help genuine passengers getting confirmed tickets.

Indian Railways sais that there will be no refund after the departure of train and one has to get the refund four hours before the departure, according to the new refund rules.

Spurred by a string of IT-driven passenger-friendly initiatives, Indian Railways is driving IRCTC to set up an ambitious agenda to emerge as an efficient, single window solution for e-ticketing, catering, tourism and online shopping.

Indian Railways says this includes everything from improving the capacity of portal based ticket booking to expanding the operations of e-catering.

The arrests of two senior Northern Railway officials by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based on the complaints by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for conniving with private catering firms to elbow out the latter's bottled water business just shows how IRCTC now means business with its brand — Rail Neer. In a country where summers are getting hotter and several water dispensers at stations too dirty and unhygienic, the railways own estimate of packaged water bottles on the railway network is around 25 lakh per day. Of this, IRCTC with its four bottling plants has a capacity of 6.

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