IND-RAIL

To explore the splendor of multi-faceted India, Indrail Pass provide excellent value for money and enhances the charm of holidays for visitors from abroad. Indrail Pass offer visitors on a budget, the facility to travel as they like, over the entire Indian Railway system without any route restriction within the period of validity of the ticket. These pass can only be purchased by foreign nationals and NRI's on payment of US Dollars, Pound Sterling or any other convertible foreign currencies. The pass holder is not required to pay any reservation fee, superfast charges or surcharge for the journey. The Indrail Pass have now been made more attractive for transit and short stay visitors. The pass which were hitherto available for a duration ranging from 01, 07, 15, 21, 30, 60 & 90 days are now also available for half day, two days and four days. This new facility will offer economies of scale to visitors arriving by international flights and visiting only one or two connecting destinations. The fares of Indrail Passes are in US Dollars only but payments can be made either in US Dollars or Sterling Pounds.

Indrail Passes are available for sale at major Railway Stations over Indian Railways viz - Agra Cantt, Agra City, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore City, Howrah, Chennai, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gorakhpur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai, New Delhi, Puttaparthi Town Booking Agency, Rameshwaram, Secunderabad, Trivandrum Central, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasco da Gama and Vijayawada.

Certain recognized travel agents are also authorized to sell these passes in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. Indrail Passes are sold outside India through our General Sales Agents appointed by Indian Railways in Bangladesh, Bahrain, Colombo, Finland, Germany, Oman, South Africa, and U.A.E, U.K.

Who are eligible?

 Foreign Tourists.

 Indian Nationals residing abroad on valid passport.

 Indian Spouse of foreign tourist.

 Guide accompanying foreign tourist.

Tips on booking your Indrail Pass

 All eligible passengers can avail of foreign tourist quotas on several trains in nominated classes as provided.

 Passengers should produce their valid passports before purchasing tickets.

 In case you do not possess the requisite foreign currency, you may produce an exchange certificate from any nationalized bank of India

AMTRAK

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK), is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is combination of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union Station in Washington, D.C. All of Amtrak's preferred stock is owned by the U.S. federal government. The members of its board of directors are appointed by the President of the United States and are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate. Common stock was issued in 1971 to railroads that contributed capital and equipment; these shares convey almost no benefits but their current holders declined a 2002 buy-out offer by Amtrak. Amtrak employs nearly 19,000 people. It operates passenger service on 21,000 miles (34,000 km) of track primarily owned by freight railroads connecting 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2008, Amtrak served 28.7 million passengers, representing six straight years of record ridership. Despite this recent growth, the United States still has one of the lowest inter-city rail usages in the developed world. Amtrak has some presence in all of the 48 contiguous states except Wyoming and South Dakota. Service on the NEC, between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., as well as between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is powered by overhead electric wires; for the rest of the system, diesel locomotives are used. Routes vary widely in frequency of service, from three trips weekly on the Sunset Limited (Los Angeles, California, to New Orleans, Louisiana), to weekday service several times per hour on the NEC, (New York City to Washington, D.C.) Amtrak also operates a captive bus service, Thruway Motor coach, which provides connections to train routes. In addition, the company owns Passenger Railway Insurance. The most popular and heavily used services are those running on the NEC, which include the Acela Express, and Northeast Regional. The NEC serves Boston, Massachusetts; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and many communities between. The NEC services accounted for 10.0 million of Amtrak's 25.7 million passengers in fiscal year 2007. Regional services in California, subsidized by the California Department of Transportation are the most popular services outside of the NEC and the only other services boasting over one million passengers per annum. The Pacific Surfliner, Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin services accounted for a combined 5.0 million passengers in fiscal year 2007. Four of the six stations busiest by boarding’s are on Amtrak's NEC: New York (Penn Station) (first), Washington (Union Station) (second), Philadelphia (30th Street Station) (third), and Boston (South Station) (sixth). The other two of the top six are Chicago (Union Station) (fourth) and Los Angeles (Union Station) (fifth). Many Amtrak trains have both names and numbers. Train routes are named to reflect the rich and complex history of the routes and the areas traversed by them. Each scheduled run

of the route is assigned a number. Generally, even-numbered routes run northward and eastward, while odd-numbered routes run southward and westward. Some routes, such as the Pacific Surfliner, use the opposite numbering system, inherited from the previous operators of similar routes, such as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Many NEC trains only have numbers. These are the 15 busiest routes in the Amtrak system, ordered by region followed by ridership.