Title - Retiring rooms and dormitories are set undergo renovation with hotel like facilities under IRCTC

Its been a transformation phase for Indian Railways. After trains and railway stations, it is turn of dorms and retiring rooms. Indian Railway is all set to handover all retiring rooms and dorms to IRCTC for renovation.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will take over the control of these rooms and dormitories; will renovate them by using the present infrastructure in a smarter manner; will add top-class facilities, communication systems, and quality fittings; and will provide hospitality services to such refurbished rooms.

IRCTC is also intending to market them through mini-ratna enterprise under the Railways and generate revenue, which both railway and IRCTC will share.

Mini Ratna Enterprise will also be responsible for operation and maintenance of rooms.

The ministry of railway has already put up a circular mentioning all the guidelines so that the whole process must be put into action. Agreements and tender process are yet to be signed and initiated.

IRCTC has confirmed that there will no alteration whatsoever into the basic structure or heritage facades during renovation process.

Few retiring rooms at certain stations are kept outside the renovation purview as they have been recently redeveloped by IRSDC (Indian Railway Station Development Corporation). Those stations are –

Gandhinagar, Anand Vihar Terminal, Surat, Habibganj and Bijwasan.