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IRCTC: A predictable journey at a reasonable price | Stock of The Day

IRCTC has an envious position with monopoly in internet ticketing, catering and packaged drinking water businesses. It’s affordable holiday packages are also quite popular. While internet ticketing is extremely high margin, it is almost fully penetrated and the growth is likely to come from addition of new trains including Vande Bharat that could have a positive rub off on catering and water business as well

Indian Railways: 14% newly commissioned diesel locos failed within 100 days, not enough LHB coaches manufactured, says CAG

Defective material in loco manufacturing, bad workmanship main reasons. CAG also pulls up Railways on LHB coaches. A committee had recommended a switchover to the manufacture of these coaches by 2012. However, it came into effect only from April 1, 2018.

Indian Railways begins 80 new passenger trains; Here's all you need to know

There are currently 230 passenger trains run by Indian Railways and these 80 will be in addition to those, Indian Railways said, adding, these are basically 40 pair of new trains running to-and-fro making it a total of 80 new trains.

Indian Railways announces five new trains—See the complete list

The new trains will be flagged off by Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu and Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha

New train services from Agartala to Delhi, Kolkata this month

New train services from Agartala to Delhi and Kolkata will be introduced after May 20, an official said.

Rail Budget 2015 Highlights: No passenger fare hike; better consumer experience assured

In his Budget announcement, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu thanked PM Narendra Modi and said the Indian railways will play major role in development of country.

Railway Min to announce several new trains on Feb 12

Since Lok Sabha elections are round the corner, there are demands from many zones and MPs for new trains. Kharge has conceded some demands and as a result survey of new lines, extension and increase of certain train service are also to be announced in the vote-on-account statement, sources said.

Railway Budget disappointing, says BJP in RS

BJP today dubbed the Railway Budget 2013-14 as "disappointing" and said it was full of promises made by his predecessors in the last eight years that still remained unfulfilled.

Railway Budget 2013: Oil cos may not pass on freight hike to consumers

Indian Railways today increased freight charges for transporting diesel, cooking gas and kerosene by 5.8 percent, but oil firms may not immediately pass on the hike to consumers.

Rail Budget 2013-14: Railways to increase e-ticket capacity to 7,200 per minute

Raising hopes of smooth and much faster online bookings of rail tickets, Railways Minister P K Bansal today said a new e-ticketing system will be deployed by December-end which will allow 7,200 bookings per minute against the present 2,000.

Railway Budget: Cement may get costlier following freight rate hike

Cement may get costlier by Rs seven per bag of 50 kg because of the hike in freight rate by 5.79 per cent in Railway Budget today, but manufacturers of the building material said a final call will be taken after the Union Budget.

Railway Budget 2013: Railway Budget a mixed bag for India Inc

The Railway Budget was a mixed bag for India Inc with industry bodies cautioning that the hike in freight charges will fuel inflation, while other chambers said some proposals if implemented could set the growth multiplier in motion.

Indian Railway Budget: Hike to improve system, add Rs 4,683cr to revenue: Bansal

An over five per cent increase in freight tariff due to imposition of fuel adjustment component (FAC) from April and a hike in supplementary charges on super fast trains will fetch the Railways an additional revenue of Rs 4,683 crores in the next fiscal.

Railway Budget 2013: Rail Budget disappointing for suburban commuters

The suburban railway commuters' bodies today said they were disappointed by the budget as it has overlooked the hardships faced by about 75 lakh daily commuters even as the railway minister announced the much awaited introduction of AC local from the next fiscal.