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www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2021-12-07
Central Railway Holds a meeting on Bharat Gaurav Trains with service providers Central Railway organised a meeting to promote Bharat Gaurav Trains with prominent service providers. A presentation was made to familiarise the service providers. Process of registration was also explained to them with the key features of the scheme. Shri Mani Jit Singh, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, presided over the meeting and Ms. Ity Pandey, Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Services) gave the presentation. The service providers included the Department of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra, Akbar Travels, Thomas Cook, Veena World and Kesari Tours Pvt. Ltd. They have shown keen interest and enthusiasm. Discussions ranged from the type of itinerary to the time taken to refurbish coaches. A sample of the tentative cost that would be incurred for a 14 coach train up to 500 km was also shared with the service providers for them to work on other modalities. The Ministry of Railways have announced the operation of theme based Bharat Gaurav Trains to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. --- --- Date: December 07, 2021 PR No.2021/12/19 This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai. (Shivaji Sutar) Chief Public Relations Officer 2
www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2021-12-07
दक्षिण पश्चिम रेलवे / SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY प्रेस विज्ञप्ति / Press Release No. 450 Dt: 07.12.2021 Bharat Gaurav trains in SWR South Western Railway is happy to be a part of Indian Railways initiative of "Bharat Gaurav Trains" a theme- based Tourist Circuit trains to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world. Indian Railway aims to leverage the core strengths of the professionals of the tourism sector to run theme-based trains to tap the vast tourist potential of India. Registered service providers shall be offered rakes under “Right to Use” Model by Indian Railway for operations of Bharat Gaurav Trains. Option of procurement of new coaches directly from production units through NRC (Non-Railway Customer) plan is also available. Flexibility to decide the business model including themes, routes, itinerary, tariff and other attributes connected with this model. Any Individual, Partnership Firm, Company, Society, Trust, Joint Ventures and Consortium are eligible to be a part of this new business opportunity. Under ‘Right to Use’ model one can own a rakefor a minimum of 2 years and the maximum period is based on the residual period of coaches. This theme - based Bharat Gaurav Trains bring new business opportunities to private tour operators to be part of Indian Railways effort to showcase India's rich heritage to the people. Interested stakeholders can register on the website www.indianrailways.gov.inunder “Bharat Gaurav Trains” link. For any further information and queries, please contact Customer Support Unit(CSU)/SWR, PCCM Office, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Rail Soudha, Gadag Road, Hubli-580020. Contact Number: 9731977955, 9901132263 e-mail: bharatgauravtrainsswr@gmail.com Aneesh Hegde Chief Public Relations Officer South Western Railway, Hubballi
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