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  Indian Railways News  / RhB introduces scrumptious Indian food on Glacier Express in Switzerland

Recognizing the growing number of Indian tourist on these popular trains, RhB took this decision as a key strategy to attract more Indian guests for whom food is an important factor on an international holiday.

Indian tourist traveling on the scenic Glacier Express train in Switzerland can now enjoy authentic and delectable Indian cuisine like Chicken Tikka Masala  and for Vegetarian lovers Veg Jalfrezi  served with Kashmiri Pulao and mixed green salad.

Recognizing the growing number of Indian tourist on these popular trains, RhB took this decision as a key strategy to attract more Indian guests for whom food is an important factor on an international holiday.

Reto Rostetter, Manager overseas Market says “India is one of the priority markets for us and as a mark of respect towards the Indian culture we have introduced Indian food on Glacier Express this April. Indian guests have always been on a consistent rise and introduction on Indian food will help us to attract even more Indians.”

Glacier Express is the slowest express train in the world. The panoramic journey passes more than 291 bridges, 91 tunnels and crosses the 2,000 meter high Oberalp Pass. The Rhaetian Railway serves a number of major tourist centre’s, including St Moritz and Davos. One of the lines, the Bernina Bahn, crosses the Bernina Pass to the Italian border and on to Tirano, Lombardy, where there is a link to the Italian railways. The network contains 55 tunnels plus 196 bridges. Bernina line is 102 year young.

In 2008 the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscape was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. On October 20, 2011 Google announced that the Albula-Bernina line would be the first rail line in the world to be photographed and put on Google Street View.

  Indian Railways News  / Keep railway platform clean: Western Railway authorities

SURAT : Senior authorities of the Western Railway seems to have finally woken up from their deep slumber to resolve the long-pending problem of improper cleanliness arrangements at the Surat railway station.A 20-member team of the Western Railway led by senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM), ET Pandey had visited the Surat railway station on Tuesday and roughed up the station manager as well as the Area Railway Officer (ARO), HD Meena for their casual attitude towards the cleanliness at the railway station.Official sources said the senior railway authorities have immediately sanctioned the recruitment of additional sweepers and safai workers for keeping the railiway station clean."There are only 40 sweepers at the railway station. We have received the permission of recruiting another 30 sweepers for keeping the railway station clean" said a senior officer. Prakash Pradhan, who travels daily between Surat-Valsad said "The railway station is the face of the city. IT should be kept clean always to give a good impression to the visitors from other states and cities. There is a severe dearth of benches for the passengers on the railway station. The dirt and gargabe could be seen strewn on the railway platform or on the tracks"A coolie asking anonymity said "The sweepers are not doing their job properly and that the railway authorities here are not concerned for the cleanliness at the railway platforms".

  Indian Railways News  / One killed in mishap at unmanned rail crossing

One person died today when his car collided with a train engine at an unmanned railway crossing in a village, three km from here, GRP officials said.The car collided with the repair engine, which is used to inspect rail lines, and the driver died on the spot, GRP officials said.The victim was unidentified and the matter was being probed, they said.

  Indian Railways News  / 58 Hours Mega Block on UP Line Between Bhojudih - Sudamih for Bridge Safety Work from 6 AM of 23.11.

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  Indian Railways News  / Udaipur-Shalimar-Udaipur Exp. cencil on 22.03.13 & 25.03.13

Udaipur-Shalimar-Udaipur Exp. cencil on 22.03.13 & 25.03.13