An interesting journey of Railways in India (Past + Present + Future???):
1) IR (Govt) express & Freight trains on IR routes.-since independence
2) IR(Central Govt) + StateGovt (Rajasthan, Karnataka etc) Luxury trains (PoW, RR, D-Odyssy, Maharaja etc) on IR routes
3) IRCTC (PSU) express trains in Indian Railway (Govt) routes – Running
4) Private...
more... express trains on Indian Railway (Govt) routes – Under implementation
5) IR(Govt) Freight trains on DFC (PSU) routes in addition to IR trains–
6) Private Freight trains on DFC (PSU) routes in addition to IR trains– Being planned
7) Private Express trains on DFC (PSU) freight routes if IR(Govt) network does not improve and speed of IR express trains on IR routes is lower than freight trains of DFC routes- A possibility
8) Private trains as well as IR trains on private routes- If all above done successfully