Tag: Railway

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways has come up with a new and more transparent system for the convenience of those booking train tickets online. The Indian Railways has initiated a more transparent refund system for reserved e-tickets which are cancelled or which are fully waitlisted dropped tickets, the national public transporter informed through a tweet. It […]

New Delhi: The railways is in the process of “rationalising” its passengers and freight fares, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday. He, however, refused to say if the prices will be increased. In a media briefing, Yadav said although the railways had initiated a number of measures to counter its dwindling revenues, increasing […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In what seems to be an outcome of faulty coupling, the bogies of Bhubaneswar-bound Sampark Kranti Express got detached on Friday morning twice – first shortly after its departure from Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT) in Delhi and again at Hathras station, triggering panic among the passengers. A woman on-board, travelling to Jamshedpur said, […]

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: With the Covid-19 cases crossing the 110 mark, the Indian Railways have started screening passengers in running trains. According to an official of Railway Ministry, the national transporter officials have started the screening of passengers inside the trains in Thiruvananthapuram with the help of the Kerala government. The official said that the work […]

Bhubaneswar: Railways are the lifeline and come under essential services that keep the entire nation going. Despite suspension of passenger train services as part of nation-wide strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus, Indian Railways is operating round-the-clock to ensure that supply of essential commodities doesn’t come to a halt. However, several railway vehicles on […]

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has issued a set of guidelines for Shramik Special trains being run to ferry the migrants stranded across the country, saying the trains will ply only if they have 90 per cent occupancy and the “states should collect the ticket fare”, inviting fierce criticism for charging for their services. A […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) today informed that the train services have been restored to run as per their schedule following the withdrawn of complete lockdown in the neighbouring West Bengal on September 12. The ECoR also shared details of the restoration of the cancelled, partially cancelled trains. Restoration of Fully Cancelled Trains: 02074/02073 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has decided to run special trains between Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar, Guwahati-Secunderabad, and the bi-weekly Sealdah-Puri Special with revised timings from this month. Train 07016/07015 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Special Visakha Express will now leave from Secunderabad at 4:50 PM with effect from December 3, 2020 and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 3:25 PM on the […]

The Ministry of Railways has revised the timings of many special trains at various scheduled stations with effect from December 1, 2020, keeping in view the convenience of passengers and smooth traffic operations during a peak season ahead- Christmas and New Year. In view of the revised timings, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) administration has […]

Secunderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) zone has decided to run 33 special trains to ferry passengers from Hyderabad to different parts of Andhra Pradesh from today. The SCR has reportedly taken the decision considering the Sankranti festival rush. “In order to clear extra rush during Sankranti festival, SCR will run special trains between Hyderabad […]

New Delhi: Issuing clarification with regard to charging extra fares from train passengers, the Indian Railways has stated that it has taken special care about the train journey by those travelling by lowest fare in trains so that even in times of Covid pandemic, passengers bear the least burden. Rubbishing reports in some section of […]

In a good news for train passengers, the Railway has allowed e-catering services at some selected railway stations. The Railway Ministry on Friday said that the resumption of the service will be subjected to compliance of all the COVID-19 guidlines on health and safety matters issued by the Central and state governments and other authorised […]

New Delhi: In what could provide a huge relief to millions of passengers, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is likely to resume its e-catering services from next month, a statement from the Railways’ catering arm said on Friday. Reportedly after availing permission from the Railway Ministry, the IRCTC is ready to resume […]

Bhubaneswar: A senior official of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) is under the CBI scanner for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to sources, on Wednesday, simultaneous raids were conducted by the officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on various places associated with Rabi Narayan Rath, posted as Railway […]