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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicPrivate trains

Topic: Private trains

More exclusivity, alternate paths — what Railways could offer to private players to run trains

The final bids for 150 private trains, scheduled to begin operations on 109 routes by 2023, are expected to come by 31 March.

Railways studying new mechanism to regulate private train fares, Goyal now tells Lok Sabha

In August, the Indian Railways had told interested companies that the fares for private trains will not be regulated by any authority.

Railways says private players running trains can decide their fares. But there’s a catch

Indian Railways has told private operators that they will have autonomy to fix fares. But it doesn't rule out creation of a price regulatory body in future.

First set of 12 private trains to be introduced in 2023, reveals Railways timeline

As part of the plan for private trains, the railways invited proposals from companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country.

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Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

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Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

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China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.