Railway owns lands on either side of the rail routes.
Billboard Advertisements can be explored along the rail routes in Railway owned properties.
Expenses to the advertisers. Income to the Railways.

Need to develop railway stations and then can lease space to atms, banks, eating outlets , branded goods shop, etc.. This would create income for railways, these outlets will create employment and tax revenue, and will be usefull for public.

To increasing non-fare revenue, at first the Indian Railways should be converted in to a Profit-loss based company instead of charitable like public trust govt organisation.

Put up digital advertising in railway stations which will generate good revenue .
Children play area with coin entries /structures / museum artifacts/exhibits can be installed with low entry fare .

Many of the people make long distance travels, often spanning 3 -4 days. The railways can think of introducing micro educational courses that can be completed with in this short duration for a small fee. These could be skill oriented courses. Such a pattern is conducive for AC coaches, if provided will a small internet enabled kiosk. This will not only increase the revenue of railways but also help in skilling the travelling population. Certificates can be provided on their registered mail.

Strictly imposing heavy and hefty fines on ticketless travels and those who destroy railway properties is a must.No leniency should be proved.

A bar code can be generated through mob app and the TTEs onboard train check the authenticity of ticket by scanning the bar-code. For non-smart mobile persons, a secret code can be generated and authenticity of ticket can be checked. Tickets booked through mobile application will bear name of individual. Details of passengers traveled through a particular train in unreserved compartment can also be analysed at a later stage if any unwarranted situation arises.

1. Need to start a dedicated Railway Channel - Showing Stations and Trains status Realtime - Local to the city and Pan India Scrolling information can be provided at the bottom of the screen. Advertisement revenue stream would be huge.
2. irctc can store fingerprints of all customers. Using Aaadhar number, it can verify finger print for other service providers like Banks using API and charge for each validation.

Railway department itself can introduce taxi services to life passengers from station to their residence with nominal fare that can be included in ticket itself or can be collected separately. Passengers will fee safety and welcome this arrangement. Ragunathan, chennai

Open online auction for advertising in trains and railway stations also creat awareness of advertising in railway.