New Delhi: The Indian Railways is all set to rework the flexi-fare scheme in about one-third of the premier trains with less occupancy rate, railway ministry sources said. A source told IANS, “The flexi-fare or dynamic pricing scheme is being reworked and a formal announcement on the same can be[Read More…]
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Indian Railways suffers as private players fail to meet wagon delivery targets
New Delhi: A working capital crunch, coupled with lack of critical components, has slowed down the delivery schedule of railway wagons, affecting their availability with the transporter, a senior official said. “Wagon manufacturers are the mainstay of the railways as 90 per cent of its requirement is met by the[Read More…]
Bilaspur-Leh proposed railway line may be declared ‘national project’
New Delhi: The railways has suggested that strategically important 465-km railway line proposed between Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur and Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh along the Indo-China border be declared a “national project”, a Northern Railway (NR) official said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, NR General Manager Vishesh Chaubey said:[Read More…]
IRCTC Online Ticket Booking: 5 things you must know before planning a vacation
The official e-ticketing and catering website, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has come up with an upgradation that brings in new features to serve passengers. To make it easy for people planning to travel during the upcoming Puja vacations including Dussehra, Durga Puja, Diwali to their family, relatives[Read More…]
Does public property mean taking away pillows, bedsheets from trains?
A recent data released by the Western Railways about the number of items stolen, missing and sold from the trains must put citizens to shame. According to a report, due to a few passengers’ petty behaviour in the last fiscal alone 1.95 lakh towels were stolen from its long-distance trains,[Read More…]
Google launches project to preserve, digitise Indian Railways’ culture
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) In a first-of-its-scale heritage mapping and digitisation project, Google and Ministry of Railways on Friday launched a project that aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the Indian Railways. The two-year digitisation project “The Railways-Lifeline of a Nation” is a comprehensive digital document viewable on[Read More…]
Indian Railways to manufacture 3,100 electric engines within five years
Indian Railways to manufacture 3100 more electric engines within five years. The manufacturing will be done at four major loco production centres in India including Chittaranjan, Varanasi, Dankuni and Patiala. The manufacturing includes newly installed WAG-9 three phase advanced engine production that is mostly used in goods trains. Southern Railways[Read More…]
Indian Railways’ premium Humsafar Express to replace Garib Rath; journey to get costlier
Indian Railways is all set to shut down the budget-friendly Garib Rath started in 2005. The government is going to replace the economical Garib Rath with Humsafar Express from September 29. With this latest changes now the passengers will have to pay more. The Indian Railways board took this decision[Read More…]
Buzzing sound of bees to ward off elephants from railway tracks
Indian Railways has come up with an initiative to save lives of elephants dying on railway tracks. Rangapara North region railways have discovered a wonderful technique to ward off the elephants that come close to the railway tracks while grazing and becoming prey to speedy train sometimes. Under this innovative[Read More…]
More cows dying on track; number rose from 2,183 in 2015-16 to 10,105 in 2018
More and more cattle are dying on railway tracks by coming under running trains in India. This has become an alarming situation for the cattle safety. So far 1,300 cases of accidents of cattle by speeding train have been registered in the North Central Railway division since April making it[Read More…]
Naini Doon Janshatabdi Express flagged off to run between Kathgodam and Dehradun
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal, flagged off 12091/12092 Kathgodam-Dehradun Naini-Doon Janshatabdi Express (5 Days A Week) today through video conferencing from Rail Bhavan. Shri Ashwani Lohani, Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Girish Pillai, Member Traffic, Railway Board & other senior officers were present during the occasion. This new train[Read More…]
Independence Day: Indian Railways reschedules 301 trains, complete list given
From Independence Day onwards, more than 300 trains will run according to the new time as announced by Indian Railways. As per reports, timings for the arrival and departure of several trains have been changed. At least 57 trains’ timings have been brought forward and some 58 trains’ will be[Read More…]
Finance Ministry should bear pension liability of Indian Railways: Railway Convention Committee
Taking note of the increasing amount of pension and losses in the passenger buisness, a parliamentary committee has suggested rationalisation of train fares while advocating that the Finance Ministry should partly bear the pension liability of the Indian Railways. The cash-strapped Railways — one of the largest public-sector employers —[Read More…]
No free travel insurance in trains from September 1: Railways
The Indian Railways will not provide free travel insurance to its passengers starting September 1, an official said on Saturday. A senior Railway Ministry official said that the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to stop free travel insurance starting September 1 and “the option of free[Read More…]
Missing railway wagon from Andhra Pradesh reaches its destination after 3 years
A wagon of goods train, numbered 107462, which had started its trek in November 2014 from Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh reached its destination in Uttar Pradesh after three years, highlighting the careless attitude of Indian Railways. Wagon was booked in November 2014 by a company called Indian Potash Limited to send[Read More…]
Railway Minister slams Congress for delaying bullet train for 50 years
Claiming that Railways was used for political reasons earlier, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday slammed the previous governments for not being able to bring the Bullet Train. Earlier, Railways was used for political reasons. So many schemes were announced, but there was scarcity of budget to work on all[Read More…]
“Beggar’s life is precious too”, says Vivek while saving a poor nearly dying from fits
Twitter account holder Vivek, who appears to be a doctor as anticipated through tweets, saved a Beggar’s life who was lying unconscious on railway platform due to a seizure disorder. Displeased with bystanders’ unsympathetic behaviour, Vivek iterated the incident through a thread of tweets posted on July 5, where he[Read More…]
A railway passenger’s tweet saves 25 minor girls from being trafficked
As many as 25 minor girls were rescued by the Railway police from Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express near Gorakhpur on Thursday after a passenger used Twitter to alert them. A passenger, with the twitter handle Adarsh Shrivastava, was on board when he noticed suspicious activity in his coach. The passenger tweeted that[Read More…]
Mail/Express trains to get saloons for exclusive journey
New Delhi: Aiming to increase earnings, Indian Railways will add a saloon to mail/express trains, if booked by passengers for exclusive travel for reaching destination in comfort by paying a little more. Known as an Inspection Car, a saloon is a specially designed rail coach with two bedrooms, a drawing/dining[Read More…]
Ahmedabad-Puri express travels without engine, no casualty
Bhubaneswar: Passengers of the Ahmedabad-Puri express had a narrow escape when its coaches rolled down without any engine for a few kilometres due to non-application of skid brakes in Odisha’s Titlagarh. The railway staff managed to halt the detached portion of the train by putting stones on the track late on[Read More…]
Indian Railways to preserve its metre-gauge tracks to promote heritage tourism
New Delhi: Moving beyond the five hill networks that are major tourist attractions, Indian Railways is planning to also preserve its old five-metre gauge tracks built during its early days in the British era to promote heritage tourism. “As part of the strategy to preserve the metre-gauge lines, Indian Railways is[Read More…]
Railways opt for reverse auction bidding to save Rs 10,000 crore a year
New Delhi: Aiming to save Rs 10,000 crore a year by increasing competition and reducing expenditure on procurement, Indian Railways will implement an electronic reverse auction process for high-value items from April 1, a first-of-its-kind initiative for the national transporter. The reverse auction will apply to purchases such as wagons,[Read More…]
Railways opts for latest tech worth Rs 2,726 crore to enhance track safety
New Delhi: Stepping up its efforts to prevent train derailments, Indian Railways is opting for the latest technology to reduce its dependence on manual inspections and to improve the track maintenance system of its rail network. Automatic track geometry-cum-video inspection systems, ballast regulating machines, rail grinding machines, automated multifunction track recording[Read More…]
Indian Railways to equip all 8,500 stations with Wi-Fi
All railway stations — nearly 8,500 across the country, including those in rural and remote areas — will be equipped with Wi-Fi facilities at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore ($110 million). As part of the government’s ambitious Digital India initiative, the national transporter has currently commissioned Wi-Fi services[Read More…]