English
IRCTC Latest News Today: Here comes another piece of wonderful news for the train passengers. The Indian Railways is planning to operate over 25 premium trains with women crew and train hostesses. As per the latest updates from the Railways, the women crew will be deployed in trains such as Shatabdi, Gatimaan and Tejas. The IRCTC in a statement said that the biggest reason for having train hostesses is to promote women empowerment.
According to media report, the IRCTC and Indian Railways are planning to operate Shatabdi, Gatimaan, Tejas and other premium trains with a women crew and train hostesses to welcome the passengers when they board the train.
It must be noted that the Vande Bharat Express already has women crew and now, the Railways is planning to have hostesses in all premium trains.
Giving details, the Ministry of Railways said the train hostesses will work only during the daytime and added that Rajdhani and Duronto won’t have the female crew since these trains have night journeys too.
Currently, the Indian Railways operates 12 Shatabdi, one Gatimaan, two Vande Bharat, one Tejas Express across the country.
Speaking to News18, one IRCTC official said that the change is being made to provide better convenience during the journey to passengers.
He added that the Women Crew Service will be provided in these trains as same as crew service in flights and they will sort the complaints and problems of the passengers during the train journey.
For breaking news and live news updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Read more on Latest Business News on India.com.
