7 Initiatives Taken by Indian Railways-2019
                     7 Initiatives Taken by Indian 
Railways-2019
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1. India’s 1st Private Train
• “Tejas Express”- First private train of 
India.
• Runs between “Lucknow to Delhi”.
• Fully owned, operate and maintain by 
IRCTC
• Few more Tejas Trains launched and  
runs between India’s biggest 
commercial cities
2. Fare Refund for Train 
    Late
• IRCTC offered fare refund if train is 
being late.
• Late refund is only applicable on 
“Private Trains”.
• Rs. 100/- is granted for refund, if train 
being late by 1 hour.
• Rs. 250/- is granted for refund, if train 
being late by 2 hour.
3. Executive Lounges
• IRCTC renovating the traditional retiring 
rooms like “Airport lounges”
• Ahmedabad, Bilaspur, Mathura junction 
has already developed & providing 
modern lounge services
• Facilities at these lounges are provided 
like 3 star rated hotels.
4. OTP Based Refund
• IRCTC ensures better & secured refund 
system.
• IRCTC adopted OTP based refund 
system.
• OTP based refund system is available 
only on cancelled or fully waitlisted 
dropped tickets.
5. New IRCTC PNR Linking
• IRCTC allows passengers to link two 
PNRs for connecting train journey.
• If you missed your connecting train 
because of late running of 1st train.
• New Rule: You will get refund of 
remaining portion of train journey or 
balance of remain retained journey will 
be refunded.
6. Changing Boarding 
    Station
• IRCTC allows passengers to change their 
boarding station 24 hours before 
scheduled train departure.
• No extra fee will be charged for 
changing boarding station.
• Boarding station change is allowed only 
once.
• Boarding station change is not allowed 
for PNRs with VIKALP option.
7. Pod Hotel
• IRCTC brings India’s first Japanese style 
Pod hotel.
• At Mumbai Central Railway Station, 
IRCTC planned to launch the very 1st 
pod hotel.
• The pods are 5ft.x7ft. in size and having 
USB ports, wi-fi, power sockets and a 
personal locker.
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