Indian Railways to rank Trains and Zones

New Delhi Dec 8: In a move to ensure the quality of services are upgraded Indian Railways has decided to rank the best and worst performing zones and trains. Railway minister has urged railways to rank the trains so that a better performance is visible in all railway zones and trains.

Officials have said that "The railways would make a list of the bottom and top ten trains of every zonal railway.The list would be made on the basis of housekeeping and environment, coaching standard and the punctuality of trains.The railway minister has already put in place a monitoring team. All information related to trains and zones would be made public."

Currently railways has 17 zones across the country and zones are divided into sub zones. Indian railways has also planned to launch a mobile application for passengers that could list these trains and zones.The list will be updated regularly.