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No extra charge for rail India from abroad using their credit or urged his pilots to end their public an
ticket booking debit cards issued by respective foreign nouncements with "Jai Hind". "During
banks as the IRCTC is making necessary the journey, the captain should often
Rail passengers will not be charged ex changes in its system to enable inter connect with the passengers. (Pass on)
tra for credit and debit card bookings national transactions. Currently, for some information.... some items of in
at reservation counters. The railways eigners and NRIs book their tickets terest. Besides at the end of his first
have decided to do away with the Rs. through tour operators or relatives in address, usage of the words "Jai Hind"
30 service charge on such bookings from India. makes a tremendous impact," Lohani
June 1. The charge on such online tick said in an internal note to AI crew.
ets purchased through IRCTC will stay. Mumbai to get 2 more rail
terminals "The crew should greet passengers
8 budget airlines forms while emplaning and also deplaning
the 'world's largest alli- To decongest Mumbai CST railway sta with namaskaar as was the earlier tra
ance of low-cost carrier' tion, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu dition. A smile on the face and convers
laid the foundation for two new termi ing sweetly and politely without an iota
Eight budget airlines from Southeast nal stations one at Parel for suburban of irritation would be a good thing,"
Asia, Japan and Australia have said trains and the other at Panvel for long the note adds.
they have formed what they called the distance trains. The Parel terminus will
world's largest alliance of lowcost car be constructed at a cost of Rs. 51 crore Facelift for train stations
riers, enabling customers to book con and the Panvel terminus at a cost of
nections using a shared platform. Rs. 154 crore. The railway station revamp plan under
Value Alliance brings together which 400 stations would get a facelift
Singapore Airlines' medium to long The Panvel station will also have facili will now seek to develop them into
haul budget wing Scoot, the Philip ties for stabling trains, and four wash smart stations that would offer passen
pines' Cebu Pacific, South Korea's Jeju ing lines for maintaining coaches at gers better amenities than airports.
Air, Thailand's Nok Air and NokScoot, Kalamboli near Panvel. Likely to start Railway minister Suresh Prabhu said
Tigerair Singapore, Tigerair Australia by March 2019, the terminal will be that Habibganj station in Bhopal will be
and Japan's Vanilla Air. the first railway terminus for Navi the first station to be redeveloped
Mumbai. following which eight more will be se
Foreigners, NRIs can book lected.
train tickets from abroad AI chief to pilots: End
speech with 'Jai Hind' The minister said the government's
Foreigners and NRIs will soon be al initiative of developing 100 smart cit
lowed to book Indian Railways train Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani has ies would be leveraged by the railway
tickets online for domestic travel in
"Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally
dishonest."
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