Berth On Demand: Railways Plans To Provide 3,000 More Trains To Ensure Confirmed Tickets

Aiming big, the Indian Railways is planning to add 3,000 more trains a day in the next four to five years, to provide confirmed berths to passengers by eliminating the wait-listing of tickets.

The aim is to accommodate 1,000 crore passengers in a year as against 800 crore at present, said a senior Railway Ministry official.

The Railways records about five crore wait-listed passengers in a year due to unavailability of berths in the reserved category.

Currently 10,748 passenger-carrying trains are in operation in a day.
As per plan, there would be 450 Vande Bharat trains and 200 push-pull trains among other Mail/Express services that are slated to be introduced in the next five years.

In order to ensure the faster running of trains, the Railways is constructing 1,000 rail over-bridges and rail under-bridges across the rail network in the current fiscal.

Catering to the festive rush, the Railways has planned 6,754 train trips during October-December period as against 2,614 trips last year.

It is estimated that 36 lakh passengers are expected to avail the service during this period, maintains the Railways.