Mon, Jan 29, 2024
As Indian Railways continues to set new benchmarks in Capex utilization, the nation anticipates continued progress and advancements in the railway infrastructure, contributing to the overall development of the transportation sector.
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Fri, Nov 17, 2023
In a bold move, the Ministry of Railways has announced its ambitious goal of eliminating waiting lists entirely in 4-5 years.
Fri, Feb 03, 2023
At a press conference here, the minister also said a target has been set to lay new railway tracks for a distance of 7,000 kilometres in financial year 2023-24
Mon, Jul 20, 2020
In a major development, Ministry of Railways has issued an important clarification regarding timeline of introduction of private trains.
Tue, Dec 24, 2019
Following the footsteps of the Indian airports, the Indian Railways is soon going to levy charges for using the railway platforms.
Wed, Jul 31, 2019
After a huge row broke out over the issue, Indian Railways has denied reports of 3 lakh job cuts and issued a clarification on Tuesday saying that the reports claiming so are without any substance. The clarification came after media reports alleged that the Indian Railways is planning to layoff around 3 lakh employees.
Mon, May 21, 2018
The Ministry of Railways recently released a circular issuing the installation of required amenities in suburban railways. These amenities include one-third urinals and toilets for women alone, modular eatables vending machines to replace catering stalls and electronic coach indicators at platforms to name a few.
Fri, May 04, 2018
According to Indian Railways officials, the punctuality of the trains suffered severely because of the maintenance work undertaken by the PSU. Indian Railways has put in over 15 lakh maintenance blocks in 2,687 locations in 2016-2017.
Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Indian Railways prize offer: The good ideas would get a cash prize. The winner of the first prize will receive Rs 10 lakh, the second prize winner Rs 5 lakh, the third prize winner Rs 3 lakh, while the fourth prize is a sum of Rs 1 lakh. In order to post the entries, using online application system, you should visit innovate.mygov.in where you need to click the button "click to participate". This would take you to a landing page featuring the registration form with various fields.
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
The MOU, signed between Ministry of Railways and ISRO, would also facilitate mutual cooperation in various phases. After development of GIS portal, it may be possible to identify new encroachment all around station by comparing the images of Satellite Imagery which are updated by ISRO after a regular interval, it added.
Fri, Mar 16, 2018
Indian Railways' plan covers improvements on all platforms, station buildings circulating areas, parking areas, traffic movement, parcel movement/stacking area, signages at platforms, security arrangements and station cleanliness.
Thu, Mar 15, 2018
The Ministry of Railways has accepted the Jammu and Kashmir government's recommendation to open up a halt station on the Baramulla-Banihal rail line in the Valley, an official said today.
Wed, Mar 07, 2018
A data logger, also data known as recorder, is an electronic device that records data over time by sensing status of relays. Railway zones have provided such data loggers across 41 stations which include Howrah, Mumbai CST, Mughalsarai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chennai Central, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.
Mon, Mar 05, 2018
Indian Railways trains that are quite expensive for common citizens are set to turn affordable for the common man. Railways passengers can now look forward to travelling in style at prices that suit their wallet.
Fri, Feb 23, 2018
These high horse power locomotives of Indian Railways are designed & developed under the Make in India Programme will enable the combined advantages of high efficiency and fast switching.
Thu, Feb 08, 2018
Upkeep of Hill railways and bringing them to World Standard etc. will also be high on the agenda.
Thu, Dec 28, 2017
Under this new scheme of categorization of railway stations, the stations have been clubbed into 3 groups namely Non-Suburban, Suburban and Halt. Further, these groups have been put in different grades ranging from 1-6.
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
The committee consists of railway board officials along with Ravinder Goyal, Adviser, Niti Ayog; Meenakshi Malik, Executive Director, Revenue Management, Air India; S Sriram, professor of transport economics and Iti Mani, Director, Revenue, Le Meridien, Delhi.
Mon, Nov 06, 2017
According to the new timetable effective from November 01, 2017 - the Indian Railways have increased designated average speed of some trains by 5 km and defined them as superfast.
Tue, Oct 31, 2017
Introduction is made under the direction of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. Running time of popular trains have been reduced between 15 minutes to 2 hours from tomorrow onwards.
Mon, Oct 16, 2017
Special Rajdhani Express will save about 2 hours in journey time and will not have any flexi fare in its fare structure. It is planned to be commenced as a tri-weekly special service.
Mon, Sep 18, 2017
The railways in the circular requested passengers to cooperate with the sick, persons with disability, and pregnant ladies in case they want to sleep beyond permissible limits.
Wed, Aug 02, 2017
Indian railways is now allowing for commuters to book tickets and pay after a period of 15 days.
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