Being the most trafficked travel mode for Indian population, Indian Railways carries a major load of population everyday across nation. When it comes to travel, safety is the prime concern for all and new tech enabled methods are being roped in, in order to ensure the safety concerns of travellers. With recent implementation or RTIS with aid from ISRO, Railways have ensured real time tracking of trains. The recent developments in making train travel a preferred mode of travel, new technologies a...

From introduction of the country's first private train to setting up new retiring rooms and lounges at railway stations, the e-ticketing, and e-catering arm of Indian Railways, IRCTC launched many new measures to enhance the travel experience of passengers. With just a few days left for the New Year 2020 to began, we take a look at some of the key steps taken by IRCTC in the year 2019 in its attempt to provide better service to commuters and railway users: Introduction of India’s first...

Holiday seasons are approaching faster and it's the time when people embark to go on a travel spree to celebrate their new year and Christmas eve. Group travel is something that we all usually plan. Your travel plans are ad-hoc and you don't wanna mess with any of the aspects related to your travel, whether it's your tickets or food orders in train. In case you are planning to travel in groups, you can book train coaches and saloon cars too for your large travel group IRCTC FTR service: You wou...

Indian Railways, the country's national transporter, is taking various steps to ensure that it maintains cleanliness in its coaches including the toilets. In a written reply by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha has listed various steps taken by the Indian Railways towards cleanliness. As a push to cleanliness drive, the coaches including toilets are cleaned at both ends (starting point and destination), and that includes mechanised cleaning. ...

From a click on your smartphone to the point of delivery on your berth, online food ordering in trains traverses through a lot of tech and non-tech based pathways. We completely understand the hunger every train traveler feels and we thank for the healthy choices that you opted to order food online during train journey in places of buying it from stray shops and other un-authorised sellers. After all, choices is where the journey to healthy food begins. Hunger pangs are no doubt un-controllable ...

Traveling in un-reserved coach is not a choice for many as they are bound to travel due to last hour non-confirmation of tickets in Indian Railways. We all know that traveling in GE class is a nightmare as you see people struggling through the crowd in order to get a proper seat. Even after paying for the journey, the seat allotment is never done and one is left to no man's land. With a view to ease the travel in such un-reserved coaches, Eastern Central Railway (ECR) came up with unique solu...

Food preferences vary from person to person and it's much affected with the imbibed cultural values in India. We all have come across various food cultures while traveling in train. Apart from Veg Food options, their are specific requirements of people from Jain sects coz their food habits are quiet unique. Also, ordering Jain food online in trains was like a nightmare earlier. How is Jain food different ? Jain followers have some inherent practices which they follow strictly in their food...

Over 3.2 Million people travel every single day via Indian Railways. With this huge scale of traffic, Indian Railways is one of the most used travel modes for the Indian population. The need to food is no doubt inevitable for every human and it's something that bothers everyone traveling away from their comfort zone. Thanks to the advent of IRCTC Authorised E-catering Partner RailRecipe which offers easy ways to order food online in train journey. If you haven't tried hands-on to order food in t...

With over 4.2 million passengers traveling each day, Indian railways is the most trafficked and vastest mode of transport. Moving away from your comfort couch of home to a place where you got to meet n travel with people from different cultures and wider choices. Sharing food n gestures is a common practice among people in India. But, for train journeys, which last more than 12 hours, food becomes a major concern and you might have to live by snacking items at times. With advancing technological...

Indian Railways train passengers can now avail of 5% discount on tickets booking across PRS reserved counters. This 5% discount on tickets booking available only on PRS reserved counters. The railway minister has announced it has extended the discount scheme on train tickets booked at station counters through UPI or Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM). The IRCTC or IR has decided to give a 5 % discount on the total value of basic fare which is subject to a maximum of ₹50. Under this offer, train...

Indian Railways has proved to be the major carrier for the nation during this corona second Wave pandemic. The only trusted saviour to carry million of stranded workers from different parts of India to their respective native places. Handling such a huge traffic was not an easy task for any other mode of transport. Moving forward, Indian Railways has decided to run 150+ more special trains from June 15. People who are stranded across the India could expect a big relief with this Indian Railways ...

Have you ever analyzed why patients cannot be feed with anything but fiber-based nutritious food especially recommended by their doctors? This is done so because especially recommended food acts as natural supplements which along with medicines aid in the faster recovery of ailing patients. It is clinically proven that when Patients eat Healthy and Nutritious Food, it supports the irritated digestive system, boosts immunity, and forms the right amount of antibodies required in the patient body. ...