NEW DELHI: India’s newest sporting stars Thangavelu Mariyappan and Varun Bhati who won Gold and Bronze for the country at the Rio Paralympics are being offered a sponsored trip on the world’s most luxurious train, the Maharajas’ Express. The gesture comes from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which operates the award-winning luxury […]
GUWAHATI: A range of ideas to boost tourism in the Northeastern states, including special tourist trains to unexplored destinations, are under discussion as the IRCTC steps up its efforts partner state tourism bodies in putting the region on the global tourism map. Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways, on Saturday chaired a meeting of […]
NEW DELHI: IRCTC is set to manage mobile catering services on 23 more trains as part of the Indian Railways’ phased efforts to bring the management of food supply services on trains under the mini-ratna enterprise. With this addition, the number on trains on which IRCTC manages catering services has risen to 115. The IRCTC […]
NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the steadily increasing popularity of its domestic travel and tours operations, IRCTC is now expanding its international offerings too with new packages covering Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. “The Enchanting Singapore and Malaysia” and the “Sri Ramayana Yatra: Sri Lanka” tours, departing from New Delhi, are now open for bookings and […]
KOZHIKODE: Starting Sepember 9, 2016, KSRTC buses drawing fuel from Thottilpalem depot, Kozhikode District would be the first to run on Bio Diesel. From 09.09.2016, the depot has commenced delivery of around 400 li tres of Bio Diesel to more than 100 KSRTC buses per day. A.K Saseendran, Transport Minister, Kerala flagged off the First […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: To clear extra rush of passengers, Special fare trains will run in Gandhidham – Tirunelveli sector in the month of October as under. Train No. 09458 will start from Gandhidham at 1.50 pm on 03rd, 10th , 17th and 24th October 2016 (Mondays) to reach Tirunelveli at 11.45 am on following Wednesdays. In the […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ninth edition of the largest gathering of tourism stakeholders in the state, Kerala Travel Mart (KTM), will kick-start in Kochi on September 28. “Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the event at Hotel Le Meridien on September 27, on World Tourism Day,” announced Minister for Tourism and Co-operation, A.C. Moideen at a press […]
CHENNAI: Southern Railway is taking up major track and signaling work between Basin Bridge and Chennai Central station. In connection with this work, selected trains passing through Chennai Central station will be diverted via Perambur. Passengers who booked ticket in these trains will have to entrain/detrain at Perambur till 06th October 2016 with immediate effect. […]
NEW DELHI: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) today announced the launch of a string of all-inclusive ‘Bharat Darshan’ special train packages which would take travellers to a mix of popular pilgrimage destinations and historical places across the country at affordable rates during October-December. IRCTC, a ‘mini Ratna’ PSU of the Railway Ministry, operates […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following special trains will be run in Kochuveli- secunderabad and Kochuveli – Nanded sector to clear extra rush of passengers during Onam and Bakrid. Train No. 07115, Special fare Train will start from Secunderabad at 4.25 pm on 12th September 2016 (Monday) to reach Kochuveli at 12.30 am on following Wednesday. In the return […]