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Indian Railways will now serve freshly cooked food in Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Tejas, and Gatiman Express trains. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

IRCTC restores catering services in premium trains

This facility will be available for e-tickets as well as counter-ticket passengers

24 Nov 2021 12:37 PM

All norms of State & Central Government regarding COVID-19 including social distancing, sanitization etc should be followed in trains and at the Railway stations, said the release.

IRCTC announces various special trains to clear extra rush during Christmas, New Year

The bookings for the trains will open from November 20, 2021, at all Passenger Reservation System Counters and IRCTC Website

20 Nov 2021 12:56 PM

IRCTC on Thursday said that the Ministry of Railways has asked it to share 50 per cent of its revenue earned as convenience fee from bookings on its website with the national transporter.

Railway Min withdraws decision on sharing IRCTC convenience fee; shares recover loss

Shares of IRCTC on Friday tanked nearly 10 per cent in opening trade to Rs 822.40 apiece

29 Oct 2021 12:04 PM

The fully air-conditioned train provides two types of accommodation- 1st AC and 2nd AC.

Railways to conduct 'Sri Ramayan Yatra' to promote 'Dekho Apna Desh' initiative

IRCTC has launched this special tourist train to promote the Government of India initiative 'Dekho Apna Desh'

04 Sep 2021 3:55 PM

A railway worker cleans a compartment of a train at a yard in the Patna railway station on March 20. The Indian Railways has cancelled on trains on Sunday in view of a nationwide shutdown called by prime minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Al trains cancelled on Sunday, no catering until further notice

Indian Railways responds to prime minister Narendra Modi's call for a 24-hour shutdown

21 Mar 2020 6:54 AM

The issue has come up just after the railway board formed an empowered group of secretaries led by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to develop 50 railway stations to world standards and to permit private operators to run 150 trains.

Dilli Ka Babu: Recipe for repatriation

Some politicians are insisting that the NRC coordinator should not be transferred until he explains how “each and every penny was spent”.

03 Nov 2019 1:30 AM

While from Lucknow to Delhi there were 450 passengers who will get Rs 250 as compensation each, from Delhi to Lucknow there were around 500 passengers who will be paid Rs 100 each, the official said. (Representational Image)

IRCTC to pay around Rs 1.62 lakh as compensation for late running of Tejas Express

Under IRCTC’s policy, an amount of Rs 100 will be paid in case the delay is for over an hour and Rs 250 for delay of over two hours.

21 Oct 2019 3:44 PM

It listed at Rs 644, reflecting a huge jump of 101.25 per cent as compared to the issue price on the BSE.

IRCTC makes blockbuster debut; zooms over 101 pc in debut trade

The company's market valuation stood at Rs 10,972 crore in morning trade.

14 Oct 2019 10:54 AM

Like the Indian Railways, the private players may also lease trains from the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC).

Why private trains may be on the right track

The freight trains have already been operated by private players in competition with the Indian Railways.

12 Oct 2019 3:47 AM

IRCTC will not receive any proceeds from the offer and all proceeds will go to the government, according to the red herring prospectus. (Photo: Representative)

IRCTC IPO was expected to raise 645 crore, investors poured in Rs 72,000 crore

The initial public offering (IPO) is in a price range of Rs 315-320 per share.

03 Oct 2019 8:49 PM

The IRCTC initial public offering (IPO) is in a price range of Rs 315-320 per share.

IRCTC IPO huge hit among investors; subscribed 112 times

The Rs 645-crore IPO received bids for 225 crore shares against total issue size of 2 crore scrips, according to the data available.

03 Oct 2019 7:47 PM

Price range for the IRCTC initial public offering (IPO) has been fixed at Rs 315-320 per share.

IRCTC IPO subscribed 81 per cent on opening day of bidding

IRCTC's public offer to raise about Rs 645 crore received bids for 1.63 crore shares as against the total issue size of two crore shares.

30 Sep 2019 7:17 PM

Passengers of IRCTC's Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to get free Rs 25 lakh rail travel insurance. The passengers of this train will also be given the facility of using retiring rooms at Lucknow junction station and executive lounge at New Delhi Railway station and lounge for meetings on demand, a document enumerating the operational details of the train said.

Free travel insurance of Rs 25 lakh each for passengers on board Del-Lucknow Tejas

This is for the first time that IRCTC will be fully in charge of train services.

12 Sep 2019 2:44 PM

Senior railways officials said this was a small amount that the passengers will have to pay for a big convenience.

Railway e-ticket booking to get expensive

The money collected from ‘convenience fee’ will be further used for modernisation of digital platforms, maintenance of sites.

01 Sep 2019 1:24 AM

Railway Board has given its approval to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to restore the mechanism of charging service charge from passengers booking online tickets.

Online train tickets to get costlier as IRCTC restores service charge

The service charges were withdrawn three years ago to promote digital payments.

09 Aug 2019 1:29 PM

Divisional Railway, Ranchi, has ordered a departmental inquiry and said strict action would be taken against the accused if found guilty. (Photo: File)

Woman molested on Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express

An acquaintance of the woman, who is a student, tweeted on Tuesday night, alleging that the victim was drugged by the railway staff.

07 Aug 2019 1:26 PM

In a big step aimed at enhancing passengers' convenience, the IRCTC has brought 34 trained air hostesses and flight steward on Vande Bharat Express. (Photo: ANI)

Vande Bharat Express to give flight-like hospitality by air hostesses to passengers

IRCTC spokesperson Siddhartha Singh said, 'The IRCTC is working hard to provide supreme services to passengers'.

05 Aug 2019 1:14 PM

Responding to a query on the privatisation of these trains and the entire network, Goyal told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that 'no plan has been made'. (Photo: File)

No plan to privatise railways or trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi: Piyush Goyal

The ministry in its 100-day plan has proposed that it will offer two trains to IRCTC, to operate on haulage concept.

28 Jun 2019 5:55 PM

The complaint was received on June 9. (Photo: File)

Stale food served on board Vande Bharat Express, IRCTC to penalise 5-star hotel

They have noticed that they are carrying the food in a non-AC vehicle which could have caused the problem.

11 Jun 2019 5:11 PM

'Rs 100 was deducted instead of Rs 65 against cancellation of a wait listed ticket. I have been following up the case since 2017 and was given only assurances that the amount would be refunded,' Swami said. (Photo: Facebook I Sujeet Swamy)

Kota man struggles for 2 years to get Rs 33 refund from IRCTC

The extra amount of Rs 35 was charged to him as service tax, even though he cancelled the ticket prior to the implementation of GST.

09 May 2019 11:02 AM

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