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Indian Railways Plans to Lease, Sell Train Coaches to Private Parties

“To tap the potential of the tourism sector, Indian Railways is planning to spread rail-based tourism among masses through leasing of coaching stock to interested parties to run them as theme-based cultural, religious and other tourist circuit trains,” the release said.

It said coaches may be leased “as per the desired configuration of interested parties.