New Delhi: Saddled with declining punctuality and revenue from cargo, Indian Railway has decided to seek the expertise of IITs to improve train operations and put in place a better marketing strategy to woo back freight traffic it has yielded to the road sector.

Facing flak over punctuality of passenger trains, the public transporter has initiated talks with IIT Bombay to
undertake an operations audit on the high-density Delhi-Mughalsarai route and examine issues plaguing efficiency on
this stretch.