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East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to restore un-reserved journey facility in second class seating coaches as per applicability in 93 Mail/Express trains originating from its jurisdiction, gradually starting from May 1

With the power crisis and the pressure of transporting coal at a fast pace, the railways has pushed to make repairs so that the supply of coal to power plants is not affected.

About the expansion of the network, he said that prior to 2014, the average expansion of track laying was only 1,520 km per year but has been brought up to 3,000 km per year now.

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At a length of 12.758 km, T-49 is the longest tunnel of Indian Railways, running between Sumber and Arpinchala station of Katra-Banihal section of USBRL mega project.

The national transporter, which had also suspended the service of providing meals and most of its concessions on tickets, has reintroduced majority of the facilities.

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has stated that the candidates, who have already been announced qualified, will continue to remain qualified. Similarly, the list of additional candidates getting shortlisted will be notified at each pay level.

Co-branding shall not be permitted on railway tickets, PRS, websites, route maps, in announcements through public-address systems and on rail display networks where the name of the railway station shall be its original only.

Around 9,861 camps were held across zones by the Railway Recruitment Boards, which included personal interaction/email and paper submissions, it said.

The Vande Bharat Express is a semi-high speed train designed, developed and built by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at a frugal outlay of Rs 100 crore.

Recently, the Railways had clarified that the procedure for short listing candidates for the second stage computer-based test (CBT) had already been given elaborately in the original notification.

The UV-C air duct disinfection system can be used in auditoriums, large conference rooms, class-rooms, malls etc. which provides a relatively safer environment for indoor activities in the current pandemic.

Meanwhile, train services under the Ranchi-Rourkela railway division have been affected leading to the cancellation and diversion of routes of many trains.

Durg-Udhampur Express catches fire near Hetampur Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh; no casualties reported.

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.