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Taking Prime Minister #Narendra Modi’s ‘#DigitalIndia’ campaign forward, the Ministry of #Railways, after announcing the continuation of 0.5 percent discount on digital payment of tickets, has now asked food and book stall vendors at railway stations to equip themselves with digital payment wallet #Paytm.

The government is working to #transform the railways into a “real engine of growth”, #Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said today, stressing that managing the transporter was complex. Speaking at the silver jubilee function of Symbiosis Institute of International Business #SIIB, Prabhu said a lot of people give advice on railways. “Some say, why are you not making a profit out of the railways. Another person will complain of charging so much. Somebody will ask why the food is not as good as the food we get in five-star hotels and at the same time, the next person will ask why are you charging Rs 100 for a meal,” he said. “If there is any educational institute, which is going to teach how to manage the railways, it should really be qualified to get a Noble Prize, because managing the railways is so complex,” quipped Prabhu. More: http://bit.ly/2u427r4

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1. With locations like Sunder Nagar Mandi, Manali, Tandi, Keylong, Koksar, Darcha, Upshi and Karu falling in the proposed rail line connecting Bilaspur and Leh, it is for certain that the project post completion will offer a trip to behold.

#IndianRailways - Service tax on AC ticket charges will be hiked from 4.5% to 5%, an increase of 0.5%, after the GST implementation. Similarly, #GST on... Read More

Cleanest Indian Railway Stations in India - Visakhapatnam Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh, Secunderabad Junction Railway Station, Telengana, Jammu Tawi Railway Station, Jammu and Kashmir...

It would cover places like Ramanatha Swami Temple, Meenakshi Amman Temple, Padmanabhawami Temple, Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Gandhi Mandapam, Kanyakumari Temple and Lord Shree Tirupati Balaji.

The #fastesttrain, #Rajdhani, between #Mumbai and #Delhi takes about 15 hours, 35 minutes, with an average speed of 89 kmph, to travel 1,386km, and the end-to-end travel time is about 18 hours.

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Nineteen stations on the #Mumbai suburban rail network have been provided with Wi-Fi facility on the Premises. Commuters can soon use #WiFi at Badlapur, Bhayander, Mulund, Dombivili, Vandala Road, Vasai and Virar.

Twenty-four #railway stations in #Maharashtra have been commissioned with.

One Three Nine, the railway helpline number that has handled over 1.6 billion enquiries on call and more than 458 million queries through messaging since its inception is celebrating its 10th birthday on July 17.