Tag: Railway Board

Vinay Kumar Tripathi also played a key role in the commissioning of state of the art three-phase locomotives and their indigenisation, which are now the work horses of the Indian Railways.

While it is not clear when this service will be restored, sources indicated that the work of issuing new tenders for licensees to serve food onboard trains has already begun. The menu, sources said, is likely to remain unchanged.

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been making several updates over the last few months. Being the biggest and busiest sector in India and keeping in view the requirement of the passengers, the Indian Railways has introduced new rules for online booking of Tatkal tickets. Now, people can travel even […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Need coaches for a marriage party or a religious tour? Now, it can be done online, according to instructions issued by the railway board. According to a circular by the Railway Board, booking of special trains, coaches, saloons on full tariff rate (FTR) shall now be booked through a “single window booking system” […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railway Ministry has decided to shelve the proposed wagon factory at Sitalapalli in Ganjam district. As wagon production is surplus in the country, there is no need for a new wagon factory, revealed the reply furnished by the Railway Board in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by applicant Hemanta […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railways has blamed Odisha government for the delay in the construction work of the 289 km Khurda Road-Bolangir railway line. The Railway Board claimed that land acquisition is the prime cause behind the over cost and time overrun as Odisha government has failed to acquire necessary land for the mega project. The East […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi in a letter to the Railway Board Chairman expressed discontent over the Indian Railways’ demand that the State government provide 100 percent land acquisition cost for the Jeypore – Malkangiri Railway Line Project. The development of railways is the duty of the Centre, but the State Government provided financial […]

NHRC seeks report on boy thrown out of running train Bhubaneswar: Taking suo moto cognizance of media reports on a 15-year old boy, who was allegedly pushed out of a train by a TTE while travelling without ticket on the Coromandal Express on June 25, the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Indian Railways have approved a proposal of Rs 12,000 crore to install latest European train protection system in the electric locomotives. At its meeting on December 15, the Railway Board cleared the proposal to equip 6,000 electric locos with European Train Control System (ETCS) Level-II to help drivers – or pilots — to […]

New Delhi: Arguments between passengers allotted the lower and middle berths in reserved train coaches are common and in a bid to end this issue, the Railways has decided to reduce the official sleeping hours in its trains by an hour. According to a circular issued by the Railway Board on August 31, the passengers […]

New Delhi: The Railway Board and the railways’ personnel cadre are on a collision course with officers demanding that the post of Member (Staff) in the apex body be kept exclusively for them, instead of opening it for officers from across cadres of the national transporter. Recently, the Department of Personnel and Training had approved […]

New Delhi: In yet another initiative, the Indian Railways has firmed up plans to run special ‘Pravasi Bharti’ trains between Allahabad and Delhi to ferry delegates of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas from the Kumbh Mela in time for the Republic Day event in the national capital, sources said. Railways will convert all third AC coaches […]

New Delhi: A review of all the rail bridges across the country has been ordered by the Railway Board to find out how many need urgent repairs. The decision came after a survey was conducted in which 252 bridge failed to meet the speed restriction norms. As per the survey, out of 275 bridges tested […]

New Delhi: Air India chief Ashwani Lohani was today appointed chairman of the Railway Board, after incumbent A K Mital resigned following two recent train accidents, officials said. The announcement by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet came hours after Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu indicated he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra […]

New Delhi: Ministry of Railways is always concerned over the safety of railway passengers during their journey and even at the stations. In a notice, the Ministry stated that it is providing the First Aid emergency care and medical facilities at all Railway Stations and in all passenger carrying trains for which Medical Boxes containing […]