Transport of goods by rail specified as taxable service under amended service tax notification, effective from September. Amendment to Notification No. 1/2006-Service Tax substitutes the entry at S.No.11, column (3) in the Table with 'Transport of goods by rail'. The Central Government, exercising powers under sub section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994, notifies this change with effect from 1st September, 2009.