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#1 Sloan

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Posted 24 September 2017 - 03:18 PM

 

 

The Union government is open to the idea of giving operations of railway lines to private players for enhancing competition, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in an interview.

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Posted 26 July 2020 - 09:12 AM

New Delhi Television, 7/19/20
 

First Set Of Private Trains To Be Introduced By 2023, All 151 By 2027: Railways

 

Bidders quoting the highest share in gross revenue shall be awarded the project, officials said.

 

 

New Delhi:  The first set of 12 private trains will be introduced in 2023, followed by 45 more in the next fiscal, according to an initial timeline drawn by the railways which plans to roll out all 151 such train services by 2027, officials said.

 

In a formal kick-start to its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network, the railways earlier this month invited proposals from companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country. The project would entail a private sector investment of about Rs 30,000 crore.

 

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