<p>Indian Railways will soon launch the 'Bags on Wheels' scheme, where it will deliver passengers' baggage from the railway station to their homes and vice versa.</p>.<p>The scheme will be first launched in the Delhi Division of Northern Railway at Delhi Junction, New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi Cantt, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon stations.</p>.<p>A nominal fee, depending on the distance and weight, will be charged for the service, which will be app-based.</p>.<p>"Using the BOW app (to be available for Android & iPhone users), passengers can raise their demand for carrying their luggage to the railway station or to their home. The luggage will be picked up by the contractor in a secured manner and delivered to the coach/home,” Rajiv Chaudhry, general manager Northern, and North Central Railways said.</p>.<p>The railways have awarded the contract to a firm for the service which is expected to start it soon, said an official.</p>.<p>The firm will provide door-to-door service to railway passengers on a nominal fee for hassle-free and smooth handling and transportation of luggage from the passenger’s home to the passenger’s coach and vice-versa, said the official.</p>.<p>The scheme would be useful to passengers, especially senior citizens, divyangjan, and women travelling alone, Chaudhry said.</p>.<p>"The delivery of the luggage would be ensured prior to departure of the train to provide ease of travelling experience to passengers," he said.</p>.<p>Upon the success of Delhi the division experiment, the railways wants to extend the scheme to other areas also, said an official.</p>
<p>Indian Railways will soon launch the 'Bags on Wheels' scheme, where it will deliver passengers' baggage from the railway station to their homes and vice versa.</p>.<p>The scheme will be first launched in the Delhi Division of Northern Railway at Delhi Junction, New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi Cantt, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon stations.</p>.<p>A nominal fee, depending on the distance and weight, will be charged for the service, which will be app-based.</p>.<p>"Using the BOW app (to be available for Android & iPhone users), passengers can raise their demand for carrying their luggage to the railway station or to their home. The luggage will be picked up by the contractor in a secured manner and delivered to the coach/home,” Rajiv Chaudhry, general manager Northern, and North Central Railways said.</p>.<p>The railways have awarded the contract to a firm for the service which is expected to start it soon, said an official.</p>.<p>The firm will provide door-to-door service to railway passengers on a nominal fee for hassle-free and smooth handling and transportation of luggage from the passenger’s home to the passenger’s coach and vice-versa, said the official.</p>.<p>The scheme would be useful to passengers, especially senior citizens, divyangjan, and women travelling alone, Chaudhry said.</p>.<p>"The delivery of the luggage would be ensured prior to departure of the train to provide ease of travelling experience to passengers," he said.</p>.<p>Upon the success of Delhi the division experiment, the railways wants to extend the scheme to other areas also, said an official.</p>
