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The Railways have taken steps for promoting tourism by running special trains/coaches; luxury trains like the Palace on Wheels and the Deccan Odyssey; the Bharat Darshan special, a tourist train for the common people; and by providing Indrail Passes, foreign tourists reservation quota, facilitation centres for the foreign tourists etc.
A new company, the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has also been set up by the Indian Railways for providing value added tourism packages. The company is actively engaged in promotion of tourism by rail.
All the above measures have been taken with a view to promote tourism and not as a measure for accruing benefit to the Railways.
The above information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri R. Velu in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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