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Indian Railways

25 Jun 2022

Indian Railways tweet on modernization of trains takes internet by storm

The post by the Indian Railways is a collage of two pictures Indian railways has achieved complete electrification in multiple zones There have been multiple technological advancements

Railway Recruitment

30 Jan 2022

Caught in the crossfire, power corporation NTPC urges Railways to rename tests

The abbreviation of the exams which is the same as the one used for the power producer has been recently widely used to refer to the controversial test during the reportage on the issue.

Railway Recruitment

26 Jan 2022

Railway Recruitment: Why are students protesting over RRB-NTPC result?

Thousands of students have been protesting across the country against the Railway Recruitment Board's Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exam 2021 result.

Indian Railways

23 Nov 2021

Railways to start 180 ‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains to boost tourism: Ashwin Vaishnaw

Indian Railways will start 180 ‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains It aims to boost tourism with the new service

12 Nov 2021

Railway Board decides to drop 'special train' tag, return to pre-COVID fares

Ticket prices of special trains and holiday special trains are slightly higher. Mail and express trains will be operated with regular fares. 1700 trains will be restored in the coming days.

29 Oct 2021

Big relief for IRCTC! Railways withdraws decision on sharing convenience fee

Indian Railways currently earns from a slew of sources. Railway Ministry announced to withdraw order on convenience fees sharing. IRCTC stocks have now recovered.

28 Oct 2021

IRCTC to share 50% convenience fee with Railway Ministry

Indian Railways currently earns from a slew of sources. Railway Ministry will now take a slice of convenience fees collected by IRCTC in the ratio of 50: 50. IRCTC investors are now worried that sharing of the revenues is going to impact the stock’s performance.

Indian Railways Recruitment 2021

12 Sep 2021

Railways Recruitment: Last day to apply for 192 Rail Wheel Factory vacancies

Rail Wheel Factory has announced vacancies for Apprentices A total of 192 openings have been notified

Indian Railways

25 Aug 2021

Darjeeling's toy trains back on track after more than one year

The Darjeeling toy train was built in the British era, between 1879 and 1881 It runs from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling, almost 88km apart, on a zig-zag track along the hills Ghum, the main stations in the route, is considered the highest railway station in India

25 Jul 2021

Neighbourhood first: India delivers medical oxygen to Bangladesh

The Oxygen Express with 10 containers departed from Tatanagar in Jharkhand on Saturday and is expected to reach Benapol in Bangladesh tomorrow. This is the first time in history, Indian Railways delivered 200 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Bangladesh.

Ministry of Railways

09 Jul 2021

Officials in new Railways Minister’s office to work in two shifts

Ashwini Vaishnaw directed the officials and staff of the Railway ministry to work in two shifts. The order stated that the first shift will start at 7 am and end at 4 pm while the second shift will start at 3 pm and end at 12 am in midnight.

Indian Railways

17 Feb 2021

All passenger trains to resume normal services in April? See what Centre said

The Ministry of Railways stated that they have been increasing the number of train services in a graded manner and already more than 65% of trains are running. This is to be noted that the Railways had stopped the normal operations in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Indian Railways

10 Feb 2021

Get ready to travel in newly designed third AC coaches of Indian Railways

In this new passenger coach, the passenger capacity has been increased from 72 to 83 berths. The high voltage electric switchgear presently installed onboard has been shifted below under the frame for the first time in Indian Railways.

Indian Railways

09 Jan 2021

Railways increases speed to 130kmph along Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal

Indian Railway enhanced the maximum speed to 130 kmph for 1280 km length out of 1,612 Km in Golden Quadrilateral - Golden Diagonal route. This covers the entire GQGD route over South Central Railway except Vijayawada - Duvvada section where signalling up-gradation work is in progress. Railways said that they have has utilized the opportunity of the COVID-19 induced lockdown period.

Indian Railways

19 Nov 2020

Private trains: Indian Railways finds 102 applications eligible for operations

Out of 120 applications received from private players to run private trains, 102 applications have been found eligible A few of these companies whose applications have been found eligible include IRCTC, GMR Highways, Gateway Rail Freight, IRB Infrastructures Developers, and WELSPUN Enterprise This is the first major initiative of attracting private investment for running passenger trains over the Indian Railway Network

Indian Railways

11 Oct 2020

No more sleeper coaches in these trains, Railways makes big announcement

The track on the golden quadrilateral and diagonals are being upgraded to cater to a speed of 130 km/hr to 160 km/hour. The non-AC sleeper coaches will be replaced by AC coaches for the trains that will be running at a speed of 130 km/hour or above. "Very minuscule number is being planned only for future trains which would run those sectors having a running speed of 130 km/hour and above," said Railways.

Indian Railways

22 Sep 2020

Railways likely to run more special trains ahead of festive season in October

Expecting a surge in travel demand during the upcoming festive season in October, Indian Railways is likely to announce around 80 more special trains. The Indian Railways like every year is expecting an increase in the number of travellers as the festive season ahead has festivals like Dussehara, Navratri, Diwali and Bhai Duj.

Indian Railways

21 Sep 2020

Railways provided these facilities to passengers amid COVID-19: Details here

Plastic Bottle Crushing machines have been installed at 370 stations. Bio-toilets have been proliferated on coaching stock so that no human waste is discharged from coaches on to the track. Nearly, 2,44,000 bio-toilets have been fitted in around 69,000 coaches. Cleaning of coaches including toilets of trains is done at both ends including mechanised cleaning. On-Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS) has been provided in nearly 1100 pairs of important long-distance Mail/Express trains for cleaning of coach toilets, doorways, aisles and passenger compartments during the run of the trains.

Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project

15 Sep 2020

Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor project gets cabinet approval

The project will be implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC) which is a joint venture company set up by the Ministry of Railways with Government of Haryana. As per the Ministry of Railways, Palwal, Nuh, Gurugram, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts of Haryana will be benefitted through this rail line. This will facilitate diversion of traffic not meant for Delhi thus decongesting NCR and will help in developing multimodal logistics hubs in Haryana State sub-region of NCR. It will also provide high-speed seamless connectivity of this region to Dedicated Freight Corridor network resulting in the reduction of cost and time of transportation for EXIM traffic from NCR to ports of India, making exports of goods more competitive. The project will connect unserved areas of the state of Haryana and will result in boosting economic and social activities in Haryana.

Indian Railways

08 Sep 2020

Indian Railways registers 10 percent jump in freight loading in 2020

The India Railways said that it has used the COVID-19 situation as an opportunity to improve all-round efficiencies and performances.

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