The Indian Railways has announced a new time schedule for over 300 Northern Railway trains. The new timings will come into effect from August 15 (Independence Day), a statement from the zone read. According to the new schedule, the departure time of 57 trains has been preponed and 58 trains have been postponed. Similarly, the arrivals of 102 trains have been preponed while 84 trains have been postponed.
The new timetable schedule will change the timings of several Shatabdi, Rajdhani, Duronto, Mahamana and Humsafar Express trains. Few of the trains whose departure timings have been preponed include Tejas Express, Haridwar-Udaipur City Express, Lucknow mail among others. Some trains whose arrivals have been postponed are Neelachal Express, Dehradun-Amritsar Express, Humsafar Express, Jan Shatabdi Express among others. The...
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revised timings will affect a difference of five minutes to two-and-a-half hours.
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New Indian Railways time-table 2018: List of trains with departure timings preponed
S.no Train no. Train name Station Revised time
1 12446 Uttar S.K. Exp. (SVDK) Katra 18:55:00
2 12014 Shatabdi Exp. Amritsar 04:55:00
3 12018 Shatabdi Exp. Dehradun 16:55:00
4 12206 Nanda Devi Exp. Dehradun 23:30:00
5 12229 Lucknow Mail Lucknow 22:10:00
6 12242 Super Fast Exp. Amritsar 05:10:00
7 12370 Kumbha Exp. Haridwar 23:50:00
8 12528 Chandigarh Ramnagar SF Exp. Chandigarh 16:05:00
9 12583 Lucknow Jn-Anand Vihar DD AC Exp. Lucknow Jn. 04:55:00
10 12586 Tejas Exp. Anand Vihar T 15:45:00
11 12716 Sachkhand Exp. Amritsar 05:30:00
12 12818 Jharkhand S.J Exp. Anand Vihar 19:40:00
13 12874 Jharkhand S.J Exp.Via Chopan Anand Vihar 19:40:00
14 14152 Anandvihar(T)-Kanpur Exp. Anand Vihar T 19:40:00
15 14258 Kashi Vishwanath Exp. New Delhi 11:30:00
16 14553 Himachal Exp. Delhi 22:50:00
17 14555 Bareilly Delhi Exp. Bareilly 14:15:00
18 14609 Hemkunt Exp. Rishikesh 16:20:00
19 14634 Ravi Exp. Pathankot 14:05:00
20 14853 Marudhar Exp.Via Faizabad Varanasi 17:20:00
21 18312 Varansi-Sambalpur Exp. Varanasi 15:30:00
22 22412 New Delhi-Naharlagun AC Exp. New Delhi 15:45:00
23 22868 Humsafar Express Nizamuddin 08:25:00
24 54252 SRE –LKO SRE 08:10:00
25 54333 BSB –LKO BSB 03:40:00
26 54342 DDN –SRE DDN 07:40:00
27 64080 NDLS – PWL NDLS 17:00:00
28 64567 BSC – TKJ BSC 05:40:00
29 12237 Begampura Exp. Varanasi 12:40:00
30 12326 Nangaldam-Kolkata Exp. Nangaldam 06:50:00
31 14506 Nangaldam Amritsar Exp. Nangaldam 07:15:00
32 14525 Intercity Exp. Ambala Cantt. 05:05:00
33 19408 Varanasi-Ahmedabad Exp. Varanasi 15:35:00
34 54375 PRG –JNU PRG 06:40:00
35 54476 HW –DLI HW 04:10:00
36 74992 AADR –UMB AADR 05:50:00
37 12172 Haridwar-Lokmanyatilak T Exp. Haridwar 18:30:00
38 12212 Garib Rath AC Exp. Anand Vihar 20:40:00
39 12280 Taj EXP. Nizamuddin 06:45:00
40 12912 Haridwar-Valsad Exp. Haridwar 18:30:00
41 22918 Haridwar-Bandra (T) S.F. Exp. Haridwar 18:30:00
42 54055 MB –DLI MB 16:00:00
43 54232 LKO –FD LKO 04:25:00
44 54284 LKO – SLN LKO 18:40:00
45 54402 MTC – KRJ MTC 05:25:00
46 14120 Dehradun-Kathgodam Dehradun 22:35:00
47 19610 Haridwar-Udaipur City Exp. Haridwar 19:40:00
48 54331 LKO –BLM LKO 16:45:00
49 64222 SPN –LKO SPN 06:10:00
50 54334 LKO –BSB LKO 10:35:00
51 64553 MB – ANVT MB 05:10:00
52 12532 Intercity Exp. Lucknow Jn. 16:05:00
53 13010 Doon Exp. Dehradun 20:00:00
54 22896 Antodaya Exp. Firozpur Cantt. 00:20:00
55 64221 LKO –SPN LKO 18:40:00
56 54378 BE – PRG BE 07:15:00
57 12984 Garib Rath Exp. Chandigarh 19:40:00
New Indian Railways time-table 2018: List of trains with departure timings postponed
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S no. Train no. Train name Station Revised time
1 12688 Dehradun-Madurai Exp. Dehradun 06:50:00
2 12816 Nandan Kanan Exp. New Delhi 06:30:00
3 12824 Chattisgarh S,K, Exp. H Nizamuddin 17:25:00
4 12876 Neelanchal Exp. New Delhi 06:30:00
5 14042 Mussorie Exp. Dehradun 21:25:00
6 14114 Link Exp. Dehradun 13:25:00
7 14554 Himachal Exp. Amb Andaura 20:15:00
8 14605 Haridwar Jammu Tawi Exp. Haridwar 17:05:00
9 14631 Dehradun-Amritsar Exp. Dehradun 19:05:00
10 14711 Intercity Exp. Haridwar Jn 14:20:00
11 19716 Lucknow Jn.-Jaipur Exp. Lucknow Jn. 12:15:00
12 22318 Hamsafar Exp. Jammu Tawi 07:25:00
13 22454 Meerut-Lucknow Exp. Meerut City 05:00:00
14 22688 Link Exp. Chandigarh 07:55:00
15 24370 Triveni Exp. Bareilly 12:10:00
16 64114 NDLS – ALJN NDLS 18:10:00
17 64563 UMB – AADR UMB 07:40:00
18 12826 Jharkhand S.K. Exp New Delhi 07:05:00
19 14044 Garhwal Exp. Delhi 07:30:00
20 14314 Bareilly-Lokmanyatilak T Exp. Bareilly 11:10:00
21 14315 Intercity Exp. Bareilly 04:55:00
22 14320 Bareilly-Indore Exp Bareilly 11:10:00
23 15060 Intercity Exp. Anand Vihar T 14:15:00
24 19580 Delhi Sarai-Rajkot/Bhavnagar Link Delhi S Rohilla 13:20:00
25 54254 LKO – PRG LKO 05:00:00
26 54354 BE-ALJN BE 09:10:00
27 64108 DLI – KRJ DLI 20:40:00
28 64281 SLN – LKO SLN 07:40:00
29 64406 DLI – GZB DLI 09:30:00
30 74991 UMB – AADR UMB 14:30:00
31 12053 Jan Shatabdi Exp. Haridwar 14:45:00
32 12191 New Delhi-Jabalpur Exp. New Delhi 14:20:00
33 14308 Bareilly-Paryag Exp. Bareilly 17:30:00
34 14887 Chandigarh Exp. Kalka 21:45:00
35 15033 Link Exp. Haridwar 18:45:00
36 19718 Chandigarh-Jaipur Exp Chandigarh 13:00:00
37 14116 Haridwar-AllahabadExp. Haridwar 16:25:00
38 14645 Shalimar Exp. Delhi 16:10:00
39 54283 SLN – LKO SLN 19:50:00
40 54403 KRJ – MTC KRJ 13:15:00
41 18478 Utkal Exp. Haridwar 06:10:00
42 64430 NDLS – GZB NDLS 11:15:00
43 14035 Dauladhar Exp. Delhi 23:15:00
44 14236 Bareilly-Varanasi Exp. Bareilly 16:05:00
45 14311 Ala Hazrat Exp.(Via ADI) Bareilly 06:35:00
46 14321 Ala Hazrat Exp. via GIM Bareilly 06:35:00
47 54304 KLK – DLI KLK 07:40:00
48 54251 LKO – SRE LKO 20:40:00
49 12066 Jan Shatabdi Nizamuddin 16:20:00
50 12416 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-IND Delhi S Rohilla 22:00:00
51 12616 Grand Trunk Exp. Delhi S Rohilla 18:40:00
52 14041 Mussorie Exp. Delhi S Rohilla 22:25:00
53 15011 Lucknow Jn-Chandigarh Exp. Lucknow Jn. 23:55:00
54 24041 Delhi Kotdwar Link Exp. Delhi S Rohilla 22:25:00
55 54371 PRG – FD PRG 05:15:00
56 19032 Yoga Exp. Haridwar 16:40:00
57 15043 Lucknow Jn-Kathgodam Exp Lucknow Jn 23:25:00
58 54308 DLI – MB DLI 04:10:00
New Indian Railways time-table 2018: Trains whose arrival has been preponed
S no. Train no. Train name Station Revised time
1 14003 Farakka Exp(Via PBH) New Delhi 14:35:00
2 13429 Malda Town-Anand Vihar Exp Anand Vihar 14:30:00
3 12583 Lucknow Jn-Anand Vihar DD AC Exp. Anand Vihar T 12:55:00
4 15273 Satyagraha Exp. Anand Vihar T 09:00:00
5 12231 Lucknow-Chandiharh Exp. Chandigarh 10:05:00
6 14041 Mussorie Exp. Dehradun 08:25:00
7 12327 Upasana Exp. Dehradun 18:05:00
8 22659 Express Dehradun 18:05:00
9 14036 Dauladhar Exp. Delhi 10:20:00
10 12054 Jan Shatabdi Exp. Haridwar 13:55:00
11 14888 Chandigarh Exp. Kalka 05:50:00
12 12180 Agra Cantt-Lucknow Jn Exp. Lucknow JN 11:40:00
13 22417 Mahamana Exp. New Delhi 08:20:00
14 12451 Shram Shakti Exp. New Delhi 06:30:00
15 12397 Mahabodhi Exp. New Delhi 04:30:00
16 12553 Vaishaili Exp. New Delhi 06:40:00
17 12801 Purshottam Exp. New Delhi 04:20:00
18 12825 Jharkhand S.K. Exp New Delhi 20:50:00
19 12581 Manduadih-New Delhi Exp. New Delhi 12:15:00
20 22653 Thiruvananthapuram-Nizamuddin Nizamuddin 01:40:00
21 22655 Thiruvananthapuram-Nizamuddin Via AKP Nizamuddin 01:40:00
22 14511 Nauchandi Exp. Saharanpur 11:50:00
23 54476 HW-DLI DLI 16:05:00
24 74201 PBH-LKO LKO 10:40:00
25 54333 BSB-LKO LKO 16:10:00
26 64080 NDLS-PWL PWL 18:25:00
27 74032 FN-DEE DEE 08:35:00
28 12048 Firozpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Exp. New Delhi 11:10:00
29 12064 Una-Haridwar Link Exp. Haridwar 13:55:00
30 64567 BSC-TKJ TKJ 09:14:00
31 15057 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar T Exp. Anand Vihar T 10:50:00
32 15059 Intercity Exp. Anand Vihar T 10:50:00
33 12557 Sapt Kranti Exp. Anand Vihar T 07:40:00
34 19717 Jaipur-Chandigarh Exp Chandigarh 04:45:00
35 14522 Intercity Exp. Delhi 11:30:00
36 19031 Yoga Exp. Haridwar 12:10:00
37 22317 Hamsafar Exp. Jammu Tawi 23:30:00
38 22455 Sainagar Shirdi-Kalka S.F.Exp. Kalka 12:20:00
39 14215 Ganga Gomti Exp. Lucknow 10:10:00
40 22411 Naharlagun- New Delhi AC Exp. New Delhi 11:30:00
41 12275 DURONTO New Delhi 06:15:00
42 12281 DURONTO New Delhi 06:15:00
43 12273 DURONTO New Delhi 06:15:00
44 12875 Neelanchal Exp. New Delhi 21:35:00
45 12238 Begampura Exp. Varanasi 12:30:00
46 14228 Varuna Exp. Varanasi 23:20:00
47 24228 Varuna Exp. Varanasi 23:20:00
48 20903 Mahamana Superfast Exp. Varanasi 22:20:00
49 74935 JUC-FZR FZR 12:25:00
50 54075 MB-DLI DLI 03:30:00
51 54531 UMB-KLK KLK 20:10:00
52 64282 LKO-SLN SLN 20:55:00
53 13257 Jan Sadharan Exp. Anand ViharT 10:25:00
54 12527 Ramnagar Chandigarh SF Exp. Chandigarh 13:15:00
55 15903 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Exp Chandigarh 13:15:00
56 14207 Padmavat Exp. Delhi 06:30:00
57 12237 Begampura Exp. Jammu Tawi 11:10:00
58 14504 Katra-Kalka Exp. Kalka 07:35:00
59 14163 Sangam Exp. Meerut City 06:25:00
60 12192 Jabalpur-New Delhi Exp. New Delhi 11:35:00
61 54342 DDN-SRE SRE 12:50:00
62 15279 Poorabiya Exp. Anand Vihar T 11:45:00
63 14371 Link Exp. Bareilly 12:15:00
64 12263 DURONTO H Nizamuddin 06:35:00
65 12171 Lokmanyatilak T-Haridwar Exp. Haridwar 12:55:00
66 12229 Lucknow Mail New Delhi 06:50:00
67 12369 Kumbha Exp. Haridwar 16:15:00
68 12911 Valsad-Haridwar Exp. Haridwar 16:15:00
69 12391 Sharamjeevi Exp. New Delhi 04:45:00
70 54282 LKO-SLN SLN 09:55:00
71 64564 AADR-UMB UMB 19:15:00
72 64553 MB-ANVT ANVT 09:15:00
73 54377 PRG-BE BE 15:00:00
74 15531 Jansadharan Express Amritsar 14:45:00
75 12449 Goa S.K. Exp. Chandigarh 23:15:00
76 12584 Anand Vihar-Lucknow Jn DD AC Exp. Lucknow Jn. 22:25:00
77 54402 MTC –KRJ KRJ 09:30:00
78 54283 SLN –LKO LKO 00:10:00
79 54281 SLN-LKO LKO 09:05:00
80 13119 Sealdah-Anand ViharExp. Anand Vihar 11:05:00
81 14235 Varanasi-Bareilly Exp. Bareilly 13:45:00
82 22687 Link Exp. Chandigarh 03:50:00
83 15115 Lok Nayak Exp. Delhi 11:20:00
84 14257 Kashi Vishwanath Exp. New Delhi 05:40:00
85 54291 BSB –PBH PBH 20:20:00
86 54303 DLI –KLK KLK 23:15:00
87 12065 Jan Shatabdi Nizamuddin 11:35:00
88 22407 Garib Rath AC Exp. Anand Vihar 09:35:00
89 12615 Grand Trunk Exp. Delhi S Rohilla 06:30:00
90 12415 IND-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Delhi S Rohilla 06:10:00
91 14211 Intercity Exp. New Delhi 10:20:00
92 14013 Sadbhavana Exp. Anand Vihar T 04:00:00
93 14007 Sadbhavana Exp. Anand Vihar T 04:00:00
94 14017 Sadbhavana Exp.(Via Faizabad) Anand Vihar T 04:00:00
95 14015 Sadbhavana Exp. Anand Vihar T 04:00:00
96 54331 LKO –BLM BLM 18:35:00
97 55302 KGM –MB MB 11:35:00
98 24042 Kotdwar Delhi Link Exp. Delhi S Rohilla 07:25:00
99 14042 Mussorie Exp. Delhi S Rohilla 07:25:00
100 14205 Faizabad-Delhi Exp Delhi 04:30:00
101 54055 MB –DLI DLI 20:50:00
102 74992 AADR –UMB UMB 11:50:00
New Indian Railways time-table 2018: Trains whose arrival has been postponed
S no. Train no. Train name Station Revised time
1 12497 Shan-E-Punjab Exp. Amritsar 14:25:00
2 22857 Santragachi-Anand Vihar Exp Anand Vihar 11:55:00
3 22433 Ghazipur City Anand Vihar T Anand Vihar T 07:15:00
4 12329 W.B.Sampark Kranti Exp. Anand Vihar T 11:55:00
5 22409 Gaya-ANVT Exp. Anand Vihar T 11:55:00
6 12443 Haldia-Anandvihar Exp. Anandvihar (T) 11:55:00
7 24369 Triveni Exp. Bareilly 12:40:00
8 22355 Patliputra-Chandigarh SF Exp. Chandigarh 17:35:00
9 14113 Link Exp. Dehradun 13:15:00
10 15001 Muzaffarpur-Dehradun Dehradun 14:00:00
11 15005 Gorakhpur Dehradun Exp. Dehradun 14:00:00
12 19565 Uttaranchal Exp. Dehradun 19:40:00
13 12225 Kaifiyaat Exp. Delhi 07:10:00
14 14520 Kissan Exp. Delhi 14:20:00
15 19609 Udaipur City-Haridwar Exp. Haridwar 10:30:00
16 18477 Utkal Exp. Haridwar 21:00:00
17 11077 Jhelum Exp. Jammu Tawi 10:10:00
18 12230 Lucknow Mail Lucknow 06:50:00
19 12232 Chandigarh-Lucknow Exp. Lucknow 08:55:00
20 15044 Kathgodam-Lucknow Jn Exp Lucknow Jn 18:45:00
21 12536 Garib Rath Exp. Lucknow Jn. 05:10:00
22 22453 Lucknow-Meerut Exp. Meerut City 22:40:00
23 20817 Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 10:45:00
24 22823 Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 10:45:00
25 22811 Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 10:45:00
26 20839 Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 10:55:00
27 12429 Lucknow New Delhi AC Exp. New Delhi 07:30:00
28 12453 Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 10:55:00
29 12877 Garib Rath Exp. New Delhi 10:55:00
30 12018 Shatabdi Exp. New Delhi 22:50:00
31 12039 Shatabdi Exp. New Delhi 21:10:00
32 14633 Ravi Exp. Pathankot 11:50:00
33 14035 Dauladhar Exp. Pathankot 08:25:00
34 14210 Intercity Exp. Prayag 11:35:00
35 12057 Jan Shatabdi Exp. UNA 22:15:00
36 12063 Haridwar-Una Link Exp. Una 22:15:00
37 14266 Dehradun Varanasi Exp. Varanasi 15:40:00
38 12242 Super Fast Exp. Chandigarh 09:20:00
39 64222 SPN-LKO LKO 11:20:00
40 12367 Vikramshila Exp. Anand ViharT 08:10:00
41 14556 Delhi Bareilly Exp. Bareilly 13:15:00
42 14217 Unchahar Exp. Chandigarh 09:35:00
43 12687 Madurai-Dehradun Exp. Dehradun 04:55:00
44 14119 Kathgodam-Dehradun Dehradun 04:30:00
45 12017 Shatabdi Exp. Dehradun 12:50:00
46 13413 Farakka Exp(Via Sultanpur) Delhi 04:50:00
47 13483 Farakka Exp(Via Faizabad) Delhi 04:50:00
48 14712 Intercity Exp. Haridwar Jn 13:40:00
49 12311 Kalka Mail Kalka 04:40:00
50 12313 Sealdah Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 10:35:00
51 22457 H.S.Nanded Una Himachal S.F.Exp. Una Himachal 21:00:00
52 54263 BSB-SLN SLN 10:40:00
53 64406 DLI-GZB GZB 10:20:00
54 54403 KRJ-MTC MTC 16:15:00
55 14019 Sundari Exp. Anand Vihar T 13:05:00
56 22427 Bhrigu Superfast Exp. Anand Vihar T 13:05:00
57 22425 Tejas Exp. Chandigarh 12:40:00
58 14625 Intercity Exp. Firozpur 14:30:00
59 24888 Link Exp. Haridwar 09:20:00
60 13151 Sealdah Exp. Jammu Tawi 09:25:00
61 14315 Intercity Exp. New Delhi 10:25:00
62 14308 Bareilly-Paryag Exp. Paryag 05:50:00
63 54253 PRG-LKO LKO 00:30:00
64 12492 Mour Dhwaj Exp. Barauni 02:30:00
65 14632 Amritsar-Dehradun Exp. Dehradun 10:35:00
66 12279 Taj EXP-. Nizamuddin 22:25:00
67 54252 SRE-LKO LKO 04:25:00
68 14313 Lokmanyatilak T-Bareilly Exp. Bareilly 15:55:00
69 14319 Indore -Bareilly Exp Bareilly 15:55:00
70 64430 NDLS-GZB GZB 12:05:00
71 14009 Champaran Satyagrah Exp. Anand Vihar T 18:15:00
72 15621 Kamakhya-Anand Vihar(T) Anand Vihar T 18:15:00
73 15529 Jansadharan Express Anand Vihar T 18:15:00
74 14614 Firozpur-Chandigarh Exp. Chandigarh 12:15:00
75 13307 Ganga Sutlej Exp. Firozpur 10:45:00
76 14115 Allahabad-Haridwar Exp. Haridwar 14:15:00
77 15034 Link Exp. Haridwar 14:15:00
78 14523 Harihar Exp. Ambala Cantt. 08:30:00
79 14203 Intercity Exp. Lucknow 22:50:00
80 64221 LKO-SPN SPN 23:35:00
81 54254 LKO-PRG PRG 12:55:00
82 14236 Bareilly-Varanasi Exp. Varanasi 07:50:00
83 54251 LKO-SRE SRE 20:00:00
84 54308 DLI-MB MB 10:25:00
“It is notified for the information of general public that Northern Railways’ new timetable will be effective from August 15,” the statement read. Passengers are requested to please check their train timings from railway enquiry before commencing their journey, the statement said.
Indian Railways releases a new timetable every year to inform passengers about the departure and arrival timings of trains. The new schedule also announces new trains and their timings

Indian Railways' cleanest railway stations 2018: If you are a frequent railway traveller, you would have noticed that Indian Railways has been putting emphasis on cleanliness of its stations. This year, Rajasthan's Jodhpur and Marwar railway stations have been adjudged the cleanest on the Indian Railways network.
Indian Railways’ cleanest railway stations 2018: If you are a frequent railway traveller, you would have noticed that Indian Railways has been putting emphasis on cleanliness of its stations. A list of the top 10 cleanest railway stations in India is being released every year for the past 2 years. This year, Rajasthan’s Jodhpur and Marwar railway stations have been adjudged the cleanest on the Indian Railways network. These stations have bagged this award in...
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the A1 and A category of railway stations respectively. Interestingly, both Jodhpur and Marwar of the North-Western railway zone were not in the list of top 10 cleanest stations in the 2017 survey! While Jodhpur has topped with a score of 977.97, Marwar has scored 972.71.
Since 2016, Indian Railways has been getting a third-party survey done – ranking its A1 and A category of railway stations on the basis of the cleanliness standards that are maintained. According to Indian Railways, under ‘Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat’ survey, the average cleanliness score of railway stations has gone up. Last year Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam and Punjab’s Beas had topped the list in the A1 and A category of stations respectively.
After Jodhpur, Jaipur (North-Western railway) and Tirupati (South-Central Railway) have bagged the second and third slot in the A1 category of stations. In A category, Phulera (North-Western railway) and Warangal (South-Central railway) have come second and third. According to the survey, Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal has shown the maximum improvement in its score. In 2017, the station had scored 499.22 and in 2018 the score is 833.61 – an improvement of 334.38 points! Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh has also shown a big leap with a score of 928.78 in 2018 as against 535.42 in 2017 in the A category of railway stations. The survey of cleanest railway stations also states that in 2018, as compared to 2017 there has been an improvement of 9% in the first 100 stations. Below is the full list of Indian Railways cleanest railway stations for 2018 in the A1 and A category:
While 10 zones have shown 10-20% improvement, there is more than 20% progress in 4 zones. North-Western railway has topped the list of cleanest zones with South-Central railway coming second and East Coast railway at third. Here is the list of top zone-wise ranking for the cleanest railway stations:
The survey, conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI), has assessed 407 A1 and A category of railway stations. The four part survey is based on process evaluation, direct observation, citizen feedback and station manager interview. A team of 160 assessors have been trained for the survey and the data is collected on a real-time basis through an online platform. Approximately 1,20,000 passenger feedback has been taken into account for the survey by Indian Railways. Not only that, a central 24 by 7 control room was set up to monitor daily progress, says Indian Railways. While the station manager’s interview is qualitative in nature, the three other parameters – process evaluation, direct observation and citizen feedback – were given a weight-age of 33.33% each. A1 and A category of Indian Railways stations contribute around 80% of the total passenger revenue.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said that over the past four years, Indian Railways has focused on improving cleanliness standards of its trains, toilets, platforms, waiting area and parking at stations.

The cash-strapped Railways -- one of the largest public-sector employers -- is currently reeling under the impact of pension payment which is at the moment around Rs 50,000 crore annually, while the losses in passenger segment is touching Rs 35,000 crore.
Taking note of the increasing amount of pension and losses in the passenger buisness, a parliamentary committee has suggested rationalisation of train fares while advocating that the Finance Ministry should partly bear the pension liability of the Indian Railways.
The cash-strapped Railways — one of the largest public-sector employers — is currently...
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reeling under the impact of pension payment which is at the moment around Rs 50,000 crore annually, while the losses in passenger segment is touching Rs 35,000 crore.
In a report to the Parliament, the Railway Convention Committee (RCC) reviewing the internal resource generation, has also recommended that the Railways should periodically revise and rationalise train fares to increase passenger earnings in the wake of these losses.
According to the Railways, the losses are primarily because passenger fares have not been increased for long, though fares have been raised in certain category of train for limited passengers.
“Taking into account the whopping loss of revenue in passenger services coupled with an operating ratio of 98.5 per cent, the committee is of the considered opinion that the Railways have ultimately to undertake gradual or periodical fare rationalisation, besides embarking upon other requisite measures to increase passenger earnings,” the RCC report said.
The panel has also asked the Railways to make a segregated assessment of the actual revenue benefits accrued through the introduction of the flexi-fare system, which is “sometimes reportedly at par with air fares in economy class”.
Expressing its deep concern over the shortfalls in earnings, the committee has found that during the last five years — from 2013-3014 to 2017-2018 — there have been shortfalls on the part of the Railways in achieving internal revenue generation targets, except in 2014-2015.
During 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-17 and 2017-2018, the shortfall was of Rs 2,828 crore, Rs 769 crore, Rs 2,782 crore and Rs 8,238 crore, respectively.
For the Railways, with its over 13 lakh employees, it is only the ministry which bears its pension liability and for everyone else it is borne by the Ministry of Finance while the passenger operation is cross-subsidised with the earnings from the freight service.
“I would like to submit here that when it comes down to devising the salary structure and the pension structure, the Ministry of Railways has no say in that. The decision is taken by (a) different ministry, irrespective of whether it is Rs 3,000 crore, Rs 5,000 crore, Rs 10,000 cr, it is the Ministry of Railways which is expected to generate these additional resources,” Chairman, Railway Board, has stated to the committee.
The committee, headed by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Bhartuhari Mahtab, has found some merit in the contention as the huge impact of the pension liability is adversely affecting internal resource generation by the Railways.
Taking into consideration the merger of the Rail Budget with the Union Budget, the committee has suggested the Railways take up the matter with Finance Ministry and other appropriate authorities so that at least a part of its pension liability is borne by the Finance Ministry.

Recently, in order to encourage more passengers to travel in air-conditioned (AC) coaches or chair cars of Indian Railways' trains, the national transporter has decided to reduce the fare amount of 5 Express train services.
Good news for people who travel frequently in Indian Railways! Recently, in order to encourage more passengers to travel in air-conditioned (AC) coaches or chair cars of Indian Railways’ trains, the national transporter has decided to reduce the fare amount of 5 Express train services. According to an IANS report, the South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways has reduced the fares of five Express trains originating from Bengaluru, Gadag and Mysuru in Karnataka. An official was quoted in the report saying that the ticket fares...
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for AC coaches have been slashed as part of the dynamic fare fixing based on traffic pattern than on demand-supply ratio. Other zonal railways have also been directed by the Railway Board to adopt the dynamic fare of South Western Railway, fixing on passenger traffic model in order to boost travelling in Indian Railways.
Here is the list of rains in which fares for AC coaches have been slashed:
1) In Gadag-Mumbai Express train service, the AC fare has been reduced by the South Western Railway with effect from November 11, from Rs 495 to Rs 435, up to Solapur in western part Maharashtra after Kalburagi in north-west part of Karnataka.
2) In Mysuru-Shirdi Weekly Express train service, the South Western Railway has reduced the AC fare with effect from December 3, from Rs 495 to Rs 260 between Mysuru and Bengaluru.
3) In Yesvantpur-Bikaner Express train service, three AC fare has been reduced by the South Western Railway with effect from November 30, from Rs 735 to Rs 590 between Bengaluru and Hubballi.
4) In Yesvantpur-Secunderabad Express train service, the South Western Railway has reduced three AC fare with effect from November 22, from Rs 345 to Rs 305.
5) In Yesvantpur-Hubballi Weekly Express train service, the AC fare has been reduced by the South Western Railway from Rs 735 to Rs 590.