NEW DELHI || Content on Demand (CoD) will soon be available in all Premium/Express/Mail trains and Suburban trains of Indian Railways, an official informed on Tuesday. With an aim to generate more non-fare revenue, Railway Board had entrusted RailTel, a min-Ratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, with providing the Content on Demand service to passengers […]
NEW DELHI || After the successful completion of the Phase 1 execution of NIC e office for 50000 users in 58 units, Indian Railways has signed MoU with RailTel, a mini-ratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, for the phase 2 of the project. In phase 2, RailTel will register 39000 users over 34 Railway divisions […]
NEW DELHI || Indian Railways is gradually replacing locomotive-hauled Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) with Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical Vans (SPARMVs) to improve response during a disaster, an official said. Specification of high-speed Self Propelled Accident Relief Trains (HS-SPARTs) with a speed of 160 kmph has been finalized and it is planned to be […]
NEW DELHI || An inaugural Trial-Run of Indian Railways (IR) freight train on the newly built Rewari-Madar section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), covering a distance of about 306 km (Total 663 track Km) was conducted on Sunday, an official said. The trial run was flagged off from New Kishangarh Station by Station Senior […]
NEW DELHI || During the winter season, snowfall often halts the movement of vehicles in Kashmir Valley, in this situation, the train operation is considered the best mode of transportation in Kashmir Valley. Indian Railways has restored train services to benefit the thousands of local commuters to travel by train over the entire area between […]
NEW DELHI || Indian Railways’ PSU RailTel celebrated its 20th Foundation day on Monday in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion through video conferencing, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal congratulated RailTel for its glorious journey. Goyal said that RailTel is truly a millennial PSU with a short history behind and a long future ahead. RailTel […]
ALIGARH || A girl on board a train was eve teased by four young co-passengers in the same coach after which a youth witnessing the while incident petitioned prime minister Narendra Modi for help, reports in the local media said. According to information available, this girl and two other women had boarded the Sangam Express […]
LUCKNOW || A major tragedy was averted in Uttar Pradesh early on Thursday after a track fracture was detected in time but not before a goods wagon passed over it in Chitrakoot district. As soon as the fracture was detected, the Mumbai-Prayagraj Duranto was stopped in time before it came to the area. The rail […]
LUCKNOW || The Indian Railways has introduced a new OTP based refund system for tickets booked through authorized railway ticketing agents, an official said on Tuesday. This is aimed to bring in a transparent and customer-friendly refund system for reserved e-tickets which are cancelled or which are fully waitlisted dropped tickets. This new system will […]
PRAYAGRAJ || The 20th Bench of Railway Claims Tribunal inaugurated in Old General Manager Office of North Central Railway near Valmiki Chauraha by Justice Govind Mathur, Chief Justice Allahabad High Court, in the august presence of Justice K S Ahluwalia, Chairman, Railway Claims Tribunal, Rajiv Chaudhry, General Manager, North Central Railway, Sanjiv Aggarwal, Member (Judicial), […]
NEW DELHI || Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah on Thursday flagged off the New Delhi-Katra ‘Vande Bharat’ Express, in New Delhi. This is the second ‘Vande Bharat’ express after the New Delhi – Varanasi semi-high speed train flagged off by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in February this year. The coaches of this train […]
LUCKNOW || The first corporate train of the country Tejas chugged on its maiden trial rub from Lucknow to Gorakhpur on Friday morning. Amid the excitement, the train left the Lucknow Junction at around 6:50 am and soon crossed the Daliganj and Gomtinagar railway stations as the overzealous staff on board the train clicked selfies […]
