All kinds of facilities are provided to the passengers by the railways. But this time we are telling you about such a facility, which you often do not take advantage of. Let’s know-

No need to spend money even for water

If you are traveling by train, then there is no need to spend money for cold drinks and water along with free food from IRCTC. But this will happen only when the train you are boarding is running late. If the train is late, you will be given free food by IRCTC. You can easily enjoy such facilities of railways. According to the rules of Indian Railways, breakfast and light meals are given to the passengers under the catering policy of IRCTC in case of train delay.

Know, when will this facility be available?

As per the rules of IRCTC, the facility of free miles is given to the passengers. This facility is given to you when your train is late by 2 hours or more. Only the passengers of the express train can take advantage of this facility. This news can prove to be very useful for those traveling in express trains like Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto.

What’s for breakfast?

Let us tell you that tea-coffee and biscuits are available in the breakfast of the train. In the evening breakfast, tea or coffee and four bread slices (brown / white), one butter chiplet are given. Apart from this, the passengers get roti, dal and vegetables etc. free of cost in the afternoon. If your train is running late by 2 hours or more, you can order food as per rules.

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In response to this, it was told that up to 53 per cent subsidy is being given per person on tickets by the Railways. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the Indian Railways gave a subsidy of Rs 59,837 crore on passenger tickets in the financial year 2019-20. That’s an average discount of 53 percent for each person traveling.

Considering discounting tickets!

However, there was no clear answer from the Railway Minister whether the government is considering giving concession in tickets to railway senior citizens. The minister told that on top of this subsidy, concessions are also being given to disabled passengers, students and patients. Along with recommending the restoration of concession on railway tickets for senior citizens, a parliamentary committee had asked the Railway Minister in a written question, what is the government’s stand on the concession that was abolished after the Corona period?

Advice to consider sleeper and 3rd AC

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in his written reply that the Standing Committee on Railways has advised to review and consider concessions to senior citizens in sleeper and 3rd AC. Along with this, he also told that a subsidy of Rs 59,837 crore has been given on passenger tickets. This subsidy continues for all passengers.

In response to another question by BJP MP Sushil Modi, the Railway Minister said that on the revenue front due to concession in passenger fare to senior citizens during the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively, about Rs 1,491 crore, Rs 1,636 crore and Rs 1,667 crore were incurred.

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After the allocation of the budget, the work of laying more than 12 km of track will be done every day. Crores of passengers will get the direct benefit of the expansion of the railway network. After the completion of this work, the number of trains in the country will increase and trains will be able to go from one place to another at a high speed.

A fund of Rs 75,000 crore was announced

Union Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav said that a fund of Rs 75,000 crore has been announced in the budget for new railway schemes. The central government has given a budget of 2.4 lakh crores for the railways. Due to this, the shortfall in investment which was being faced in Railways for the last several years, will also be fulfilled. In the budget, emphasis will be given on the field of green growth, tourism. Work is also being done on laying railway lines, increasing the number of semi-high speed trains.

Work is underway on 183 new lines Work is underway on 183 new lines to connect with the rail network. Doubling of single line at many places and gauge conversion is being done at many places. With this, rail travel will be made convenient for the passengers. He told that in the first day only 4 km track laying work was done. Now the work of laying more than 12 km of track will be done every day.

Earlier, according to the information given by the Railway Minister in the Parliament, work is going on on 452 projects of about 49,323 km length across the country. Their estimated cost is 7.33 lakh crores. Some of these are being planned, some have been approved and some are in progress. Along with this, 183 new railway lines are being constructed. Gauge conversion is being done on 42 lines and doubling of 227 lines

As per information Central Railway-14, Eastern Railway-12, East Coast Railway- 8, East Central Railway-25, North Central Railway- 1, Northeast Railway-10, Northeast Frontier Railway- 20, Northern Railway- 18, North Western Railway – 8, South Central Railway -15, South East Central Railway -9, South East -7, Southern Railway -11, South Western Railway -18, West Central Railway – 3 and Western Railway – 4 lines are under renovation

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At present, 8 Vande Bharat Express are operating in the country. At present, the government is planning to install sleeper coaches in the Vande Bharat train to make the journey cheaper. Due to the sleeper coach, the train ticket will also become cheaper. With this, the passengers will not face any kind of problem during the journey.

Speed ​​can be 200 km per hour

According to media reports, the speed of Vande Bharat train with sleeper coach can be up to 200 km per hour. The sleeper coach in this train is being made using aluminum.

The sleeper coaches of Vande Bharat Express will be an alternative to the Rajdhani Express coaches running across the country . Tender is being issued by the Railways for about 400 Vande Bharat trains and it will be approved by the end of the month.

At what speed will the train be able to run?

According to the news agency, foreign companies including 4 domestic companies have also come forward for the construction work of these trains. The first 200 Vande Bharat trains will have seating arrangements like Shatabdi Express. At present, these trains will be able to run at a speed of 180 km per hour.

Safety of train tracks will have to be taken care of Railways has told that keeping in mind the safety of train tracks, it will get permission to run at a speed of 130 km per hour. Along with this, chair car trains will be made of steel.

200 trains will be made in the second phase

Railway has told that in the second phase it will manufacture Vande Bharat trains with 200 sleeper coaches. Aluminum will be used to make these trains. For this, work is also being done regarding the railway track. Along with this, work is also going on on the signal and bridge. This work is going on between Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai.

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Decision taken for the poor and elderly

Indian Railways has decided that now passengers taking general tickets can also travel in sleeper class in view of the harsh winter across the country. Railways has taken this decision keeping in view the elderly and the poor. This will make it easier for these people to travel.

Railway Board asked for details of sleeper coaches

Railway Board has told the administration of all divisions that the details of all those trains whose sleeper coaches are running with less than 80 per cent passengers have been sought. Railways is considering to convert all those sleeper coaches into general ones so that the passengers do not face any problem in traveling.

Passengers are traveling in AC coach due to cold Let us tell you that in winter season many passengers are preferring to travel by AC coach instead of sleeper coach, due to which less number of passengers are traveling in sleeper coach. Along with this, Railways has also decided to increase the number of AC coaches.

Due to the increasing number of people traveling from general, due to the winter season, up to 80 percent of the seats in the sleeper coach are remaining vacant. In view of this, the Railways has taken this decision. At the same time, apart from this, the number of people traveling by general ticket is increasing significantly. In view of this, Railways has decided to give the status of general coach to the sleeper coach.

Middle berths will not be able to be opened 
Railways have said that unreserved will be written outside these coaches, but Railways have said that middle berths will not be allowed to be opened in these coaches. 

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There is great news for those traveling by train. If you also travel by train, then from now on, crores of passengers will get discount on tickets. Information about this has been given by the Railways. In the first train from the department, women used to get 50 percent discount and men got 40 percent discount in the senior citizen category, but it was stopped in Corona. Let us tell you that now according to the new rules, to whom the Railways is giving discount on train tickets.

Who gets the discount?

According to the information received from the Railways, at this time, tickets are available only for farmers, differently-abled, students, wives of martyrs, awardees and for medical purposes. In this, patients and students get the benefit of relaxation in 11 categories and Divyang in 4 categories.

How much discount do students get If we talk about the discount given to students, then students coming under general category get 50 percent discount in sleeper class. On the other hand, if we talk about the students of SC and ST category, then these people get a discount of 75 percent. At the same time, 50 percent discount is given in the second class for the students appearing in the mains exam of UPSC and Central Staff Selection Commissions.

How much exemption is available in case of critical illness?

Railways told that passengers facing serious diseases get a discount in train tickets. Patients with thalassemia, heart and kidney disease get 75 per cent concession in sleeper, AC chair car, first class and third class passengers. At the same time, passengers get the benefit of 50 percent discount on First and Second AC tickets.

How much discount do cancer patients get?

Apart from this, passengers facing the problem of cancer also get a discount of 75 percent in the first class. Apart from this, tickets for sleeper and third AC are completely free and 50 percent discount is also available on second AC.

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