Indian Railways has proposed a 100-day plan for the new government after the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, focusing on improving rail infrastructure and services. The plan includes:
- Introducing a 24-hour ticket refund scheme, replacing the current three-day process
- Launching a comprehensive “super app” for multiple services like ticketing and train tracking
- Initiating the PM Rail Yatri Bima Yojna insurance scheme for passengers
- Launching a more passenger-friendly refund scheme for train ticket cancellations
- Operating trains from Jammu to Kashmir upon completion of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link project
- Introducing sleeper versions of Vande Bharat at trains.
- Expediting the bullet train project and operationalizing approximately 320 km of the 508 km Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train stretch by April 2029
