Tag: Indian Railways

New Delhi: Complete modernisation of Indian Railways’ entire signalling system, including automation, at a whopping cost of Rs 78,000 crore is likely to get the nod among other safety measures in the forthcoming budget. The Railways, which is likely to get Rs 65,000 crore as gross budgetary support (GBS) this time, an increase of Rs […]

New Delhi: The Railways on Monday said it has decided to deploy drone cameras for monitoring projects and activities of relief and rescue operation. “Indian Railways has decided to deploy drone cameras (UAV/NETRA) for various railway activities, especially monitoring and maintenance of tracks and other rail infrastructure,” the Railways Ministry said in a statement. It […]

Agartala: Tripura’s capital on Friday was linked with Bengaluru by “Humsafar Express”, becoming the second city in the northeast to get a newly introduced train, equipped with modern facilities. Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain flagged off the weekly train that will link the two state capitals via Kamakhya, Howrah, Cuttack and Vijayawada. Friday’s event […]

New Delhi: It was a foggy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.4 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. Visibility stood at 800 metres. A total of 21 trains were cancelled, 13 rescheduled and 59 delayed due to fog in several parts of northern India, a railway official said. The India Meteorological […]

Mumbai: The Indian Railways flagged off the country’s first air-conditioned suburban local train on Monday for Mumbai commuters, 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said. The Christmas and the pre-New Year bonanza saw the first AC local’s maiden run for the media, officials, some political […]

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: To stop delays in project completion, the Indian Railways has decided that no new lines will be built without completion of land acquisition, officials said. A railway official told IANS that the decision was taken a meeting last week and a letter was sent to the General Managers of all railway zones on October […]

New Delhi: The India railway is experimenting with an app that is desgined to predict if waitlisted tickets have any chance of getting confirmed, informed officials on Sunday. Railway Ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena told IANS: “The railway is working on an application that will predict if the waitlisted ticket can be confirmed or not.” He […]

New Delhi: Not just railway officials but their wives too have now been asked to avoid ostentation. The Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (RWWO) president, Arunima Lohani, the wife of Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani, has issued an advisory to RWWO members to avoid splurging, days after railway officials were asked to put an end to the […]

New Delhi: The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Tuesday called for greater participation of the Indian railways and waterways authority to meet the transportation demand of the auto sector. Abhay Firodia, President, SIAM and Chairman, Force Motors said that the Indian railways has been a major catalyst and “a lever in transformation of […]

New Delhi: The Railway Ministry on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of intent with Germany to carry out a feasibility study on the Chennai-Kazipet corridor for increasing the speed of trains to 200 kmph. “A joint declaration of intent was signed between Ministry of Railways and Germany regarding carrying out of feasibility study on existing […]

Mumbai: Infrastructure major Reliance Infrastructure on Tuesday said it will participate in the “very ambitious” Rs 1 lakh crore bullet train project of the Indian Railways. “We are deeply engaged and involved with a number of Japanese companies through JVs (joint ventures) and we will participate in this very ambitious Rs 1 lakh crore project,” Reliance […]

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 […]

Kolkata: The government is focusing on improving the infrastructure of Indian Railways to make it more profitable, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said here on Saturday. “Indian Railways was in a vicious circle. We want to change it. We have been focusing on bringing investments and improving the financial health of the Indian Railways with an […]

New Delhi: A total of 1,253 stations have been identified for modernisation out of which 1,022 railway stations have been upgraded so far, Parliament was told on Wednesday. “The remaining stations are planned to be developed during 2017-18,” Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. Gohain […]