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IRCTC to refurbish 2000 Retiring Rooms at 600 Railway Stations
IRCTC to refurbish 2000 Retiring Rooms at 600 Railway Stations
13 Aug, 2015 in IRCTC and its Ticketing through ICT, eCommerce, Railway Catering, Rail Neer Bottling Plants and other associated businesses / Tenders, Bids, RFPs, EOIs, NITs, Procurements, Contracts in Rail Industry by rail
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is set to refurbish at least 2,000 retiring rooms at 600 railway stations across the country. It has invited Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from reputed service providers for maintenance and expansion of retiring rooms and provision of upgraded services to rail passengers. The East Central Railway (ECR) alone has 50 plus retiring rooms.
IRCTC chairman cum managing director A K Manocha said the corporation would engage renowned service providers to invest in infrastructure of retiring room complexes. “Several facilities, including television, telephone, air-conditioner, dormitory intercom, alarm, fire fighting and public address systems will be introduced in guestrooms. The IRCTC also intends to install RO water purifier system and Wi-Fi connectivity on all retiring room premises,” he added.
At present, passengers enjoy facilities like AC and non-AC rooms and dormitories with attached and common bathrooms, lockers, food and beverage services in railway guest rooms. However, IRCTC is committed to providing upgraded retiring room complexes on the pattern of guesthouses with more personalized services.
Retiring rooms would function round the clock, said IRCTC MD, adding their reservation could be made online at www.irctc.co.in or at railway station counters. Launched in 1999, IRCTC, a ‘mini Ratna’ of Indian Railways, is dealing with catering, tourism, Rail Neer (packaged drinking water), tourism and online rail and air ticketing operations.
