NEW DELHI || In view of cancellation of all passenger trains and all passenger ticketing up to 14th April 2020, the Indian Railways on Saturday said it will give a full refund for all tickets for journey period from 21st March – 14th April 2020. These instructions shall be in addition to and in continuation […]
NEW DELHI || The Government in August 2019, has sanctioned two works for raising of speed to 160 kmph on existing New Delhi- Mumbai (including Vadodara-Ahmedabad), and New Delhi-Howrah (including Kanpur–Lucknow), routes at a cost of Rs. 6806 crores and Rs. 6685 crores respectively. Site survey including a feasibility study of these two projects are […]
LUCKNOW || A free medical camp was organised in front of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia University, Aashiana Lucknow recently by the officers and employees of Northern Railway, Lucknow Division and a camp to connect every section of the society with the Prime Minister’s schemes. About 260 patients were examined by skilled doctors of KGMU, Lohia […]
NEW DELHI || The Indian Railways is undertaking measures for improving the speed of both passenger and freight trains. Improvement in an average speed of trains is a continuous exercise for Railways, an official said on Thursday. Indian Railway is constructing more than 3000 Km of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), which would enable freight trains […]
BHUBANESHWAR || The Indian Railways has commissioned country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, having a capacity of 500 Kg waste per day, in Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop at Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway, an official informed on Tuesday. This Waste to Energy Plant has been constructed in three months, works on a patented technology […]
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 […]
