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Good News! Now you will get food of your choice while traveling in train

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Indian Railway News/IRCTC Updates: If you like to travel by train then this news is special for you. Yes… A decision has been taken by the Railway Board which can give you relief. The board has asked its catering and tourism arm ‘IRCTC’ to serve local and regional cuisine as well as food suitable for diabetics, infants and people seeking nutritious diet. ‘IRCTC’ has been given the freedom to include such dishes in its ‘menu’.

why the decision was taken

According to a circular sent by the Railway Board to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited ( IRCTC ) , the move is aimed at improving the catering services on trains and giving more options to passengers. Accordingly, in view of improving the catering services in the train, the decision to make the menu of IRCTC more flexible has been taken by the Railways. This has been done to include regional cuisine, seasonal dishes, festival essentials, food for diabetics and babies.

What in the ‘prepaid’ train

In a circular sent by the Railway Board to IRCTC, it was also said that the fixed charges of food for passengers of ‘prepaid’ trains may be changed accordingly. Meal charges are included in the ‘prepaid’ train passenger fare. Let us tell you here that food and drink money is added to the fare of trains like Rajdhani-Shatabdi, Duronto.

Passengers got this facility during Navratri

If you remember, there was a good news for the passengers traveling in the train during Navratri. Actually, IRCTC had decided to give Navratri special food to the people during the journey. During the train journey, passengers were able to order their favorite food and get pure-vegetarian food on the seat. After this announcement by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, there was a wave of happiness among the railway passengers.

Travel in Air India will be more comfortable, economy class with more facilities will start next month

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Travel in Air India will be more comfortable, economy class with more facilities will start next month
Travel in Air India will be more comfortable, economy class with more facilities will start next month

In a program of JRD Tata Memorial Trust, Wilson said that there are opportunities for India and Air India to play a major role in the world’s aviation sector in the next decade. He said that Air India will increase its market share on domestic and international routes to at least 30 per cent.

Air India New Economy Class : Amidst the efforts of Tata group airline Air India to increase its global network and market share, its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Campbell Wilson has said that the airline is planning to introduce economy class with more facilities in long-haul international flights. It’s going to be.

Speaking at a program of the JRD Tata Memorial Trust here, Wilson said there are opportunities for India and Air India to play a major role in the world’s aviation sector in the next decade. He said that Air India will increase its market share on domestic and international routes to at least 30 per cent.

The airline is working on a long-term revival plan and plans to grow its fleet as well as its global network over the next five years. Wilson said, rugs, curtains, seat cover-cushions will be changed in the near future. We have completely revamped the menus on domestic flights and will introduce a more comfortable economy class on long haul international flights from next month.

Due to lack of funds and spare parts, the aircraft of the airline were not in operation for many years. About 20 such aircraft have been repaired. Apart from this, the lease of 30 additional aircraft has been fixed, which will be available in the next 12 months, their supply will start from next week.

Apart from this, we are in talks with Boeing, Airbus and engine manufacturers for ordering new generation aircraft, he said. Air India has expanded operations domestically and internationally and has introduced more flights to Vancouver, Sydney and Melbourne. We now have direct flights to London from seven cities in India, Wilson said. Apart from this, direct flights will be started to San Francisco, New York and Newark in the next few weeks.

Indian Railway News: AC-3 economy class will end in trains, Indian Railways is going to take a big decision

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Indian Railways has decided to abolish the AC Economy (3E) category. The purpose of introducing AC-3 economy coach like Third AC from Indian Railways was to provide comfortable and convenient travel at low cost.

A big decision is being taken by the Indian Railways. Actually, Indian Railways has decided to abolish AC Economy (3E) category. According to a report in The Times of India, 14 months after the introduction of this new category, the Indian Railways has decided to do away with the AC Economy (3E) class in trains.

AC-3 economy coach was started in 2021: After this decision of Railways, now 3 (E) class will be merged with AC-3. Please tell, this bogie is officially called 3 (A). There will be no change in AC-3 tier fare, its charges will remain the same. Railways had announced in September 2021 starting 3 (E) as a class. At that time, the Railways had said that the fare in the newly introduced coaches would be 6 to 8 percent less than the normal AC-3 coaches.

Train Canceled Today: Check the train status from home, today again 237 trains were canceled

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As per information available on the National Train Inquiry System, 187 trains have been canceled and 50 trains have been partially cancelled. At the same time, 26 trains have been rescheduled.

Passengers traveling by rail may have to face trouble today, as Indian Railways has canceled 237 trains on November 20 due to operational and engineering work. As per information available on the National Train Inquiry System, 187 trains have been canceled and 50 trains have been partially cancelled. At the same time, 26 trains have been rescheduled.

Tickets purchased by passengers on the IRCTC website will be automatically canceled and users’ accounts will be refunded. At the same time, passengers who buy tickets from the counter will have to go to the reservation counter to get their money back.

These trains were canceled

Indian Railways has canceled 187 trains including Sangola-Muzaffarpur Special, Pathankot-Jwalamukhi Express, Shamli-Delhi Express, Bima-Damoh Express, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus-Manmad Special. These trains pass through big cities of many states including Delhi, Bihar, UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, so people traveling on this route will be affected by the cancellation of trains today.

Passengers can visit the official IRCTC website to get train schedules, arrival and departure timings and other information .
In addition, passengers can download the NTES smartphone application .

You can check the status of your train sitting at home. To know the status of the train, one has to visit the railway website https://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes or the link of IRCTC website https://www.irctchelp.in/cancelled-trains-list/#list2. We are telling you how to know the status of the train from the website of Indian Railways.

Check train status like this

  • Visit enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes/ to check the current status of the train.
  • Here you will see the Exceptional Trains option. Select it.
  • After filling the captcha here, click on the Exceptional Trains option again.
  • After this, the option of cancel, re-schedule and divert trains will appear.
  • By clicking on these options, you can know about canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains.

IRCTC Tour Package: If you are planning to travel abroad during Christmas holidays, then IRCTC has brought Thailand tour for you! know details

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IRCTC Tour: If you are planning to travel abroad for Christmas holidays, then IRCTC has brought a special tour package of Thailand for you. This package is very economical.

IRCTC Thailand Tour: The month of November is about to end. Now the season of Christmas and New Year is about to begin. In such a situation, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has brought a special tour package of Thailand from 23 to 28 December 2022.

Through this package, you can visit Bangkok and Pattaya of Thailand. This package is a full 6 day and 5 night package.

In this package you will get the facility of breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is a flight tour package in which flight tickets will be available for both departure and arrival.

This tour will get direct flight from International Airport of Lucknow to Bangkok. After this you will get bus facility from Pattaya to Bangkok.

You will get a chance to visit many famous places like Coral Island, Gems Gallery, Nong Nouch Tropical Garden etc.

In this tour package, you will have to pay a fee of Rs 73,700 for traveling alone, Rs 62,900 for two people and Rs 62,900 per person for three people traveling.

 

IRCTC Tour Package: Celebrate the new year in the palaces of Udaipur, IRCTC brought the package

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IRCTC Tour: If you are planning to celebrate New Year in Udaipur with your family, friends or life partner then this is a great opportunity for you.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of Indian Railways, is offering a good offer to visit Udaipur. Udaipur is the cheapest and best option to celebrate New Year with family. However, you need to book well in advance as getting hotels in Udaipur becomes a bit difficult and expensive in the new year. However, IRCTC has come up with a very cheap offer for you. Here you can see colorful and local arts of Udaipur.

Udaipur Tour Packages

Udaipur tour package you will get standard, deluxe and luxury category service. Packages will start from Rs 5,380. You will get the rest of the information on the IRCTC website. This package includes hotel, local sightseeing, Eklingji, Haldighati and Nathdwar, boat riding, Kumbhalgarh Fort and City Palace tour. This cost does not include air or train fare. This package will be given on first come and first serve basis.

First day

This package will start from Udaipur. That is, you have to reach Udaipur on your own by train or car or flight. On the first day you will be picked up from railway station, bus stand, airport, hotel wherever you want. After this you will be taken to City Palace, boat riding etc. After that you will stay at the hotel.

Next day

On the second day after breakfast you will be taken to Eklingji, Haldighati and Nathdwar. In the evening you will stay at the hotel.

Third day

On the third day, after breakfast, you will be taken for a tour of the Kumbhalgarh Fort. After that you will be dropped in whatever way you want to go back i.e. railway station, airport, bus stand, hotel etc.

Will get this service

This cost includes your hotel stay, breakfast and local transport.

Train Cancellation: 162 trains canceled even today, go to the station only after checking the status of the train

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Train Cancel Today: Railways canceled 249 trains even today, know how to get refund if trains are canceled
Train Cancel Today: Railways canceled 249 trains even today, know how to get refund if trains are canceled

New Delhi. The process of cancellation of trains continues. Today, on Friday, November 18, Indian Railways has canceled 162 trains (Cancelled Train list 18 November 2022).

Apart from this, due to the repair of tracks and other operational problems, the railways have also diverted the routes of many trains. Railways keeps updating its list of canceled trains. Hence the number of canceled trains may increase or decrease.

Railways have to cancel trains due to bad weather, maintenance of railway tracks and other operational reasons. Today, Railways has completely canceled 135 trains. 27 trains have been partially cancelled. Not only this, the Railways has also rescheduled 28 trains today. 17 trains are being diverted. The trains that have been canceled include passenger, mail and express trains.

Check list like this Information about canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains is given on the website of Indian Railways and IRCTC. You do not need to go anywhere to know the real status of any train. You can check the status of the train sitting at home. To know the status of the train, one has to visit the railway website https://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes or the link of IRCTC website https://www.irctchelp.in/cancelled-trains-list/#list2. We are telling you how to know the status of the train from the website of Indian Railways.

  • To check the status of the train, visit enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes/.
  • On this you will see the Exceptional Trains option. Select it.
  • Now you have to fill captcha.
  • After doing this, click on the Exceptional Trains option again.
  • Here the option of canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains will appear.
  • By clicking on these, you can know about the canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains.
  • By clicking on Train Exceptional info, you can check the status of the train by its name or number.

Changed Train Ticket Booking System

Railway has changed UTS (Unreserved Ticket System). Passengers will now be able to book unreserved tickets up to 20 km from the UTS ON MOBILE App. Earlier, passengers were allowed to book general tickets up to 5 km from the UTS on mobile app. In all urban areas, the distance has now been increased from 2 km to 5 km. Platform tickets, monthly passes and seasonal tickets can also be purchased from the UTS mobile app.

Indian Railways: Important information for passengers traveling through UP, many trains canceled for 1 month, change in route

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Indian Railways: Indian Railways has issued a very important information for the railway passengers traveling through Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. 

According to the information given by the North Central Railways of Indian Railways, 30 days traffic block is being taken due to the construction work of platform number 4 and third foot overbridge under yard remodeling at Varanasi railway station. Is. This traffic block will be taken from 16 November to 15 December. Due to this traffic block being taken at Varanasi railway station, 4 trains passing through here are being canceled for 1 month. Apart from this, changes are also being made in the route of 5 trains.

Details of canceled trains

  • Train number- 13346, Singrauli-Varanasi Express running between Singrauli to Varanasi will remain canceled from November 16 to December 15, 2022.
  • Train number- 13344, Shaktinagar-Varanasi Express running between Shaktinagar to Varanasi will remain canceled from November 16 to December 15, 2022.
  • Train number- 13345, Varanasi-Singrauli Express running between Varanasi to Singrauli will remain canceled from November 16 to December 15, 2022.
  • Train number- 13343, Varanasi- Shaktinagar Express running between Varanasi to Shaktinagar will remain canceled from November 16 to December 15, 2022.

Details of trains running on changed routes

  • Chhapra to Chennai train number- 12670, Chhapra-Chennai Express on 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 in November and 5, 7, 12 and 14 in December, routes changed Varanasi Junction, Banaras, Madho Singh, Will be run via Prayagraj Junction.
  • Train number- 12669, Chennai-Chhapra Express running between Chennai and Chhapra on 19, 21, 26, 28 in November and 3, 5, 10 and 12 in December, changed routes Prayagraj Junction, Madhosingh, Banaras, Varanasi Junction Will be driven by way of.
  • Train number- 12165, Lokmanya Tilak Terminal-Gorakhpur Express running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminal to Gorakhpur on 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28 in November and 1, 2, 5, 8, 9 and 12 in December The changed route will be run via Prayagraj Junction, Madho Singh, Banaras, Varanasi Junction.
  • Train number- 12166, Gorakhpur- Lokmanya Tilak Terminal Express running between Gorakhpur to Lokmanya Tilak Terminal on 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29 in November and 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13 in December The changed route will run via Varanasi Junction, Banaras, Madho Singh, Prayagraj Junction.
  • Train number- 19305, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Kamakhya Express running between Dr. Ambedkar Nagar to Kamakhya will run on the changed route on 17th and 24th of November via Aundihar and Jaunpur Junction.

Indian Railway: Timing of 25 trains changed for Vande Bharat Express, check details here

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New Delhi : Western Railway has changed the timings of 25 trains keeping in view the timetable of Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express. The officers provided this information.

Changes in time table of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express
Trains whose timings have been changed include Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express and its time table between Vapi and Ahmedabad railway stations in Gujarat, a release said on Tuesday. Has been done.

It has been said that due to the running of 20901/02 Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express, the timing of many trains will be changed.

The new timetable will be effective in the next few days
Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway said that only a few minutes have been changed in the train timings and the new timetable will be effective in the next few days. Thakur said that this has been done to make train operations smooth.

According to the release, Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Gujarat Superfast Express, Howrah-Ahmedabad Superfast Express, Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur Humsafar Express, and Bandra Terminus-Ramnagar Superfast Express are some of the trains whose timings have been changed . Changes have been made.

cThe indigenously designed and manufactured semi-high speed Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Gujarat capital on September 30 this year and commercial operations were started the next day.

Local train held up in Thane

On the other hand, a local train was held up for over 20 minutes at Thane’s Titwala station in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning by angry commuters over the delay in operation of suburban train service. Officials said a group of 10 to 15 passengers, including women, jumped onto the tracks at around 8.30 am at Titwala, 55 km from Mumbai, due to which the local train had to be stopped.

He told that this train was going from Kasara in Thane district to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in South Mumbai. Officials said that the railway police later removed the protesters from the tracks. The local train service is considered the lifeline of Mumbai and its surrounding Thane and Palghar districts, and is preferred by most office goers during the morning rush hour.

 

IRCTC Tour: Visit Rameshwaram-Kanyakumari and Madurai for just Rs 9510, know what is included in the package

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It is said that there is a treasure of beauty in South India. If a person goes here once, then this place pulls him again and again. If you also want to visit South India, then IRCTC has brought a great opportunity for you to travel. The name of the package is Divine Tamil Nadu Package Ex Bengaluru. This package is very affordable. Through this you can visit places like Kanyakumari-Rameshwaram and Madurai in South India. Know the details of this package here.

4 nights and 5 days package

This package of IRCTC is for 4 nights and 5 days. The journey will start from 1 December 2022. For this, train 17235 will leave from Bangalore station at 5 pm. After the overnight journey, Kanyakumari on the second day, Rameswaram on the third day and Madurai on the fourth day will be taken. From the fourth day, the train will leave for Bangalore from Madurai itself and on the fifth day the passengers will leave for Bangalore.

These things are included with complimentary breakfast

Passengers will be given both sleeper and AC third class options for traveling in the train. The accommodation will be one day at Kanyakumari and one day at Rameshwaram. Meanwhile, complimentary breakfast will be available in the hotel in the morning. Apart from this, the facility of cab for commuting will be included in the package itself and travel insurance will also be included in this.

how much is the package

In standard sleeper class, this package starts from Rs 9510 for triple sharing, Rs 12,870 for double and Rs 24,830 for single sharing. On the other hand, in AC third comfort class, Rs 11,040 for triple sharing, Rs 14,400 for double sharing and Rs 26,360 for single will have to be paid. For more information you can click on this link https://www.irctctourism.com/ .