The government has liberated many of the lockdown norms, and hotels and restaurants in India have started incorporating several COVID-19 precautionary measures. The train services have also begun by Indian Railways to transport stranded migrants and people stuck in the lockdown to their homes. But these passengers are facing difficulties in satiating their hunger during the long train journeys and complaining about the lack of food in trains. Earlier, the food was provided on the train by the pa...

The national carrier is slowly releasing the reign of its travel fleet across the nation. With over 200 new trains starting from today i.e. June 1, the railways is set to carry 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh travellers across the nation every day. The boarding rules have been revised as the travellers with RAC tickets can also now board the train. Indian Railways has decided that for all trains notified to run, the advance reservation period (ARP) shall be incresed from 30 days to 120 days Booking of ...

Indian railways has proved to be the major carrier for the nation during this pandemic. The only trusted saviour to carry lakhs 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, IRCTC has decided to run 200 more special trains from June 1st. People who are stranded across the nation could expect a big relief with this update. The government has allowed resumption ...

In recent major on-going developments across the country, IRCTC has moved a step forward again and has planned to open the counter ticket booking facilities for trains running currently amidst lockdown. Most of the people who were trying to book tickets via online modes were facing a lot of issues, once the railway announced a set of special trains to resume during lockdown 4.0. Major issues faced while booking services via IRCTC initially were slowing down of the web portal and sudden errors wh...

Indian Railways finally got a green signal to run a few special trains under strict surveillance during this lockdown period. Indian Railways plans to restart passenger trains in a phased manner from Tuesday, five days before the end of the national lockdown to break the coronavirus chain of transmission, according to a statement released on Sunday. This came as breaking news to everyone who is left stranded in this lockdown. Railrecipe in its endeavor to keep u updated about everything happenin...

The nation came to halt on the 22nd March or the day of "Janta Curfew" as popularly being marked now. Not everything comes as per plans and this was the same for many who had scheduled their travel itinerary already on account of various reasons. The holy month which would have marked the end of "Khar-maas" was about to end and the wedding bells were waiting round the corner for everyone. Indians settled abroad had already made their plans but were awe struck with the COVID-19 pandemic and succe...

The Flashing TV screens and multiple app notifications regarding updates of the Corona virus outbreak is very overwhelming for everyone out there who are under complete lockdown across India. The growing number of infections and deaths affects all of us on deep mental levels and hamper our morale and productivity. No doubt, the world is undergoing a shift and we all got to keep ourselves safe in order to get through the current emergency situation. While some prefer to watch OTT and other TV sho...

The national carrier is still running on wheels in order to ensure proper availability of essentials and infrastructural requirements of the the nation. In order to maintain a healthy chain of supplies to the key elements of the society, Indian Railways has roped in its wagon wheels. Not to mention, that when all the wheels across the nation came to stand still after the announcement of complete lockdown, these wagon wheels are the only ones running across the nation, ensuring proper supply chai...

In the wake of on-going speculations regarding calling off the nation wide lock down, Indian Railway has something to announce Officially. Keeping in mind the outgrowing number of cases of people getting infected with the deadly Coronavirus, Indian Railway has announced to cancel bookings in three prime trains till 30th April. Officials from Railways announced the same on 7th April, 2020 that following train bookings will not be available till April month end: Kashi Mahakaal Express: Thi...

Tough times last when you're tougher during these times. Every traveler is stuck due to the pandemic which is challenging the freedom of entire human race. Being in isolation is the only way to break the chain, is what we are continuously being told by multi media channels streaming out there. It's a lot tougher for people who make their living through travel. It becomes quiet tougher to calm their travel hungry soul. Staying in quarantine is never easy. Our brains which are now wired for social...

With Pandemic turning into monster, we all need to stay safe and positive at the same time. No doubt, the news around is dis-heartening to see the number of casualties growing and seeing people into chaos across the world. While major firms have already announce work from home facilities, there are some must have precautions one needs to take while at home stays. The world ombudsman organisation, Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has laid 10 guidelines to manage COVID-19 at home. Wat...

Perhaps the most dreadful buzz word now all over the web and world is "Coronavirus". Medically termed as COVID-19. Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. The health regulatory authority, WHO has cautioned a major outbr...