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Railway Ministry scraps ‘private trains’ tender

December 01, 2021 10:35 pm | Updated 10:36 pm IST - NEW DELHI

Special Correspondent
Lucknow: The train-guard waves flag as the first special train leaves for New Delhi from the Charbagh Railway Station after the end of COVID-19 lockdown 4.0, in Lucknow, Monday, June 1, 2020. Indian Railways has resumed operations of 200 passenger trains from June 1. (PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar) (PTI01-06-2020_000045B)

Lucknow: The train-guard waves flag as the first special train leaves for New Delhi from the Charbagh Railway Station after the end of COVID-19 lockdown 4.0, in Lucknow, Monday, June 1, 2020. Indian Railways has resumed operations of 200 passenger trains from June 1. (PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar) (PTI01-06-2020_000045B)

The Ministry of Railways has scrapped the tender inviting bids from private operators to run trains on select routes following muted response, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The bids were invited to induct 151 trains over 12 clusters via public private partnership (PPP). The bids for the RFP stage were opened in July this year.

“In all 5 bids were received for three clusters namely Cluster-2 (Mumbai-2), Cluster-3 (Delhi-1) and Cluster4 (Delhi-2); no bids were received for the remaining 9 clusters,” Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

The Minister added that the Tender Committee, after due deliberation, recommended for discharge of the tender. “Competent Authority has accepted the recommendation of the tender committee,” he said.

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