Small Budget Travel Tips, Ideas and Destinations
With more than 200,000 freight trains, about 50,000 coaches and 8000 locomotives, railways set of tracks cover the entire length and breadth of India. With more than 7,000 railway stations across the length of the route around than 64,000 kilometers, 1.4 million employers throughout India, and more than 20 million passengers, Indian Railways becomes one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world. It is not only the largest but it is also the most money-making public sector organization in the country! Indian Railways includes Southern Railways, Northern Railway, Western Railways and Eastern Railways, and more. The usefulness and affordability of Indian trains is noteworthy. Trains like Rajdhani Express, Garib Rath Express and Satabdi Express have a proven track record of making the journey easier and more comfortable. Progressively these high speed trains are capturing most of the share of no frills airlines, as they are able to provide speedy, cheap and contented travel compared to the other transport means.
Do you think travel packages are offered only by airlines and road transport companies? Of course not! Avail the travel packages offered by Indian Railways and you will know the difference. No matter whether you are domestic or international tourists, you can grab one of the budget and deluxe package tours organized by Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of Indian Railways Reservation. This wing of the Indian govt. department also handles the catering, online ticketing operation and other tourism related activities of Railways. Visit the IRCTC website and get your railway booking done or plan your tour to the destination of your choice.
With a lot of concentration applied over the segment, the Indian railways are going good and recording some notable profit for the government. However, this is not the only surprise which our government has given us in the recent times but, extra shocking for all of us is that almost all the money earned through railways is being invested for the development of railways only.
