New Delhi For the first time, private companies have been invited by the Central Government to run passenger trains on the Indian rail network. Ministry of Railways has sought applications from private companies for running passenger trains through 151 modern trains on 109 pairs of routes. The private sector investment in this project will be 30 thousand crores.
Last year, IRCTC started the first private train Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express.
Last year, IRCTC started the first private train Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express. According to Railways, the motive behind this move is to develop new technology with reduced cost of maintenance, shorter transit time in Indian Railways and increase job opportunities, better safety and experience world class travel.
Each train will have at least 16 coaches, the maximum speed will be 160 km / h.
There will be 109 pairs of Route 12 clusters on the Indian Railways network. Each train will have at least 16 coaches. All trains running on these routes will have a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour. Railways have also said that most of these modern trains will be built in India under ‘Make in India’.
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Private companies will be responsible for the maintenance of trains
Private companies will be responsible for financial arrangement, acquisition, operation and maintenance of trains. Railways has said that it will give these projects to private companies for 35 years.
All trains will have drivers and guards from Indian Railways
The private company will have to pay the Indian Railways a share of the fixed haulage charge, the energy charge on consumption and the revenue fixed through a transparent bidding process. All these trains will have drivers and guards from the Indian Railways.
