What is Indian Railways?
The Indian Railways is a government owned organization that is completely acquired by Government of India and is under the control of Ministry of Railways. It is considered as biggest railway company in all over the world. The company came into existence on 16 April, 1853 and opened its doors to the business world. It offers a wide range of services such as Passenger railways, Freight services, Parcel carrier, Catering and Tourism services, Parking lot operations and many others. The very first journey of the railways were carried out from Mumbai to Thane in 1853. Indian Railways consists of nearly 115,000 km of tracks and 7,500 stations and serves its facilities in 28 states and 7 UT including Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. It owns its head office in New Delhi and has a workforce of approxiamtely 1.3 million employees as of 2012. Indian Railways also allows the people to enjoy the benefits of online services through its official "www.indianrail.gov.in". The company generated a total turnover of 1256.8 billion Rs as per the sirvey conducted by the records of 2012-13. The customer care number of Indian Railways can be contacted from Patna, Aurangabad, Kolkata, Punjab, Goa, Patiala, Nagpur, Gwalior, Madurai, West Bengal, Noida, Cochin, East Delhi, Vellore, Jharkhand, Lucknow, Gurgaon, Goregaon, New Delhi, Ernakulam, Jamshedpur, Madhya Pradesh, Mangalore, Udaipur, Agra, Pondicherry, Indore, Erode, Jalandhar, Bangalore, Visakhapatnam, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Bihar, Trivandrum, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Salem, Tamil Nadu, Baroda, Ghaziabad, Pune, Jammu, Shillong, Maharashtra, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Vadodara, Himachal Pradesh, Raipur, Navi Mumbai, Dehradun, Vijayawada, Kerala, Sangli, Ranchi, Karnataka, Nasik, Trichy, Rajkot, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, South Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Bhopal, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mysore, North Delhi, Ludhiana, Kanpur, West Delhi, Amritsar, Allahabad, Surat, Chennai, Gujarat, Orissa, Thane, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Meerut, Gorakhpur India, etc.
Services of Indian Railways
Traveling by Indian railway has its own remarkable feel to it travelers. It has more than 17 railway zones spread across the India.
Indian Railways offers Passenger railways, freight services, Parcel carrier, Parking lot operations, Catering and Tourism Services and many other services. Indian Railway also provides computerized reservation facility on all its stations through which you can get a birth for your journey.
Indian Railways is one of the nation's largest railway networks which covers nearly 29 states and 7 union territories of India. Apart from this, it also offers international rail transportation services to destinations in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Indian Railways also operates coach and locomotive manufacturing facilities in the different parts of country. It also runs some special trains for tourists which is fully equipped with luxury facilities and these trains are Palace on Wheels, Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, Maharaja Express, Deccan Odyssey, The Golden Chariot and Mahaparinirvan Express.
Mailing Address for Indian Railways
In order to send their mails regarding the services of the reservations and other related inquiries feel free to use the below offered address or can make a call at the given numbers of
Indian Railways including as:
9th Floor,
Bank of Baroda Building, 16,
Parliament Street,
New Delhi, India
Call:
1800-111-139 /+91-11-39340000 / 23311263 / 23314752 / 011-39340000Email:
care@irctc.co.in / customercare@indianrailways.gov.inInternational Tourist Contacts of Indian Railways
The international users can use the below offered address or numbers of
Indian Railways in order to render help to the international users including as:
International Tourist Bureau,
First Floor, Station Building,
New Delhi Railway Station,
New Delhi- 110055
Phone :
91-11-42625156 Fax:
91-11-23343050Contacts Numbers of Traveling Departments
The customers can use the below offered numbers in order to get the info the traveling agencies of
Indian Railways including as:
Agencies |
Phone and Fax Numbers |
|---|
M/s National Travel and Tourism |
009685666046 / 00968566125 |
M/s city East West Travels |
0060326910903 / 0060326919829 |
M/s S.D. Enterprises Ltd |
001819033411 / 00442089030392 |
M/s Asra Orient |
069253098 / 004969232045 |
Orient Paradise Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd |
00977-1-4428462 / 00977-1-4437990 |
Indian Airlines Ltd. |
00973223181 / 00973210191 |
Indian Airlines |
009652456700 / 009652434700. |