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The railways is exploring the idea of inducting private operators to run passenger trains on low congestion and tourist routes and will invite bids in the next 100 days, a government document showed.
To begin with, the railways will experiment by offering two trains to its tourism and ticketing arm, IRCTC, to operate. The ticketing and on board services will be provided by IRCTC and the railways will receive a lumpsum amount in return. These trains will be run on routes which have “low congestion and connect important tourist spots”, which will be identified by the national transporter. These will run on the routes like Golden Quadrilateral and connecting major cities. The custody of rakes will be transferred to IRCTC, which will pay annual lease charges to the railways financing arm, IRFC.
The railways is exploring the idea of inducting private operators to run passenger trains on low congestion and tourist routes and will invite bids in the next 100 days, a government document showed.
To begin with, the railways will experiment by offering two trains to its tourism and ticketing arm, IRCTC, to operate. The ticketing and on board services will be provided by IRCTC and the railways will receive a lumpsum amount in return. These trains will be run on routes which have “low congestion and connect important tourist spots”, which will be identified by the national transporter. These will run on the routes like Golden Quadrilateral and connecting major cities. The custody of rakes will be transferred to IRCTC, which will pay annual lease charges to the railways financing arm, IRFC.
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