According to an official order of the Railways, all special trains including 15 pairs on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 will, however, continue

For the January-March quarter of FY20, IRCTC profit surged 79.3 per cent to Rs 150.6 crore as against Rs 84 crore in the year-ago period

Spanish train manufacturer Talgo has said Indian Railways' move to offer train operations to private players is a win-win for all and the early bird into the business would make a lot of money given the size of the market and projected rise in passenger volume

During the last fiscal, over 1.78 lakh cars were dispatched through the rail mode, a 15 per cent increase over previous year, the auto major said

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Modi, who will connect remotely to the event pitched as one of the biggest international events on India's globalisation, is likely to lay out numerous investment and manufacturing opportunities that India has on offer

Railways has begun the formal process to allow private companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country

As of now, 132 railway employees, besides their family members and retired personnel, are undergoing treatment at the hospital, officials said

The high capital expenditure in rolling stocks and operational costs of running trains would make road to profitability an arduous journey for companies interested in Indian Railways' privatisation push

RIL, which operates the world's largest single location oil refining complex, plans to capture this opportunity through increased presence at airports to refuel airplanes

This development comes a day after the Railways issued a letter asking its GMs (general managers) to axe 50 per cent vacancies and hold creation of new posts

After 20 soldiers were killed in border clashes, India has resorted to what increasingly looks like a trade war with China, targeting Chinese companies and projects in India 

Railway Board chief Yadav reiterated that all train sets and coaches under this initiative will be procured under Centre's Make in India policy and majority of the coaches will be manufactured in India

Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said that private participation in passenger train operations will only be 5 per cent of the existing 2800 Mail/ Express trains operated over Indian Railways network

Congress's Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a jibe at the government over its move to allow private firms to run passenger trains. He said that Railways is a lifeline of the poor and that the government is taking it away from them. \"Rail is the only lifeline of the poor and the government is taking it away from them. Snatch whatever you want to. But remember, the people of the country will give a befitting reply,\" Rahul Gandhi wrote in one of his tweets. Watch the video for more.Railways employee unions to protest against privatisation policy

\"We are running trains professionally. There is no reason to privatise trains,\" says an employee union president 

The Railways achieved this feat at a time when only limited numbers of trains are running in wake of nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus

While IRCTC stock rose up to 7.29% to Rs 1,462, Texmaco Rail gained 17% to Rs 30.70 on BSE

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Former Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said that the project could take 3-5 years to take off given that the private parties will procure rolling stocks and then it will need to be certified for safety