New Delhi: In a major development, the Railway Board has decided to hike price of meals on board Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto trains, resulting in slight hike in their fares, according to a government order. According to the new order, in first class AC and executive class, tea will cost Rs 35, up by Rs 6, […]
Chandigarh: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the government is fully committed to environmental causes and aims to electrify the railways in gradual phases. “The entire railway network in India would be electrified in phased manner making it environment-friendly,” the minister said. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day Global Law Conference on Environmental […]
Kolkata: In an effort to minimise carbon footprint and contribute towards reduction in global warming, the Eastern Railway on Friday said it has set an ambitious plan to generate solar power of 300 million watts (30 megawatts) by 2020. Aiming at the maximum possible use of clean and renewable energy within the zone, the Eastern […]
New Delhi: There is a proposal to outsource commercial and onboard services of a few trains, but no large-scale privatisation plans are underway, the Railway Ministry informed Parliament on Friday. In reply to a query in the Rajya Sabha, the ministry said that while private players will be allowed to run trains, the responsibility of […]
The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC), Eastern Railway had released a recruitment notification inviting applications for Group C Level 4/5, Group C level 2 Technician positions. Interested candidates must apply for the same today, as it’s the last date to apply. “Online Applications are invited from the eligible and meritorious Sports Persons as per criteria given […]
Bhadrak: Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials on Tuesday arrested three persons including a station master on the charges of stealing goods from a parcel van of a train in Odisha. The accused have been identified as KB Ojha, the station master of Majuri Road Railway Station in Bhadrak district, porter Samsun Biswal and Santosh Senapati, […]
New Delhi: In a rare move, the railways has prematurely retired 32 of its officers above the age of 50 years in “public interest” on grounds of inefficiency, doubtful integrity and conduct unbecoming of a public servant as part of a periodic review, according to a statement. The only time in recent history when the […]
Rourkela: The East Coast Railways (ECoR) has announced about cancellation and change in timings of trains in view of safety related modernisation work at Bamara station in Rourkela-Jharsuguda railway section under Chakradharapur Railway Division. Following is the list of trains that will remain cancelled for a specific time period. 58131/58132, Rourkela-Puri-Rourkela passenger will remain cancelled from […]
New Delhi: The Railways has renamed its security force RPF (Railway Protection Force) as Indian Railway Protection Force Service. The ministry has accorded organised Group A status to RPF and renamed it, according to an order issued on Monday. “Consequent upon grant of organized group A status (OGAS) to RPF in the light of Cabinet […]
New Delhi: On the New Year’s eve, the railways announced fare hike across its network, excluding suburban trains, effective from January 1, 2020, according to an order issued on Tuesday. While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares hiked by 1 paise per km of journey. The railways also announced a two paise/km hike […]
Bhubaneswar: Indian Railways is augmenting its resources to provide world class facilities to passengers by coming up with new initiatives time to time. Similarly, in a bid to improve response during disaster, Indian Railways is gradually replacing the existing locomotive hauled Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs). As per reports, ARMVs are being replaced with Self […]
New Delhi: With a single helpline to take care of all their responses and grievances, passengers of Indian Railways will find it a lot easier when they are travelling. Passengers can henceforth get responses to all their queries by calling up a single helpline number ‘139’ instead of dialling multiple helplines for different types of […]
One of the common problems that train passengers have is about the charges and refund rules of train ticket cancellation. As passengers often end up getting confused, we have come up with a list of the important points/changes. Here are the following points: For cancellation of unreserved, RAC and waitlisted tickets, the cancellation charges are Rs […]
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala (RCF Railway) has released a recruitment notification inviting candidates to apply for as many as 400 positions. The last date of application submission is February 6, 2020. Railway Vacancy 2020 Details Post and Vacancies: Apprentice – 400 Posts Fitter – 100 Posts, Welder (G & E) – 100 Posts, Machinist – […]
Kolkata: The Railways claimed to have suffered losses of properties worth Rs 84 crore in violence related to protests against CAA and NRC in West Bengal from December 13 to 15, according to reports filed by it before the Calcutta High Court. The Eastern Railway said in an affidavit before a division bench comprising Chief […]
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