Tag: Railways

Gwalior: Railways came up with a scintillating performance to dethrone defending champions Punjab 3-2 in the final of the 9th Senior National Men Hockey Championship 2019, here on Sunday. Both teams rallied cautiously in the first quarter as they kept the defences tight to prevent space in the striking circle. With no potential circle penetrations […]

Puri: In what can be termed as good news for railway passengers, the Puri-Durg Express, equipped with all modern amenities under the Utkrisht initiative, made its first trial run from platform number 8 of Puri railway station to Durg in Chhattisgarh today. The coaches of the train have been upgraded to ‘Utkrisht’ category, making it […]

After releasing notification for recruitment of lakhs of railway jobs aspirants, notifications related to re-engagement of retired staff are also being released by the Indian Railways. In such a fresh notification, the North East Frontier Railway has released a notification inviting applications from interested and eligible candidates to apply for the same before the deadline. […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday pulled up the Railways Ministry and the Civil Aviation Ministry for “non-compliance” and “lackadaisical approach” towards the model code of conduct and directed them to take disciplinary action against those responsible for poll code violations including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture on tickets and the slogan ‘main bhi […]

With an aim to bring efficiency and transparency in the system the Ministry of Railways has introduced E-office system in South Central Railways headquarters and Guntur division. Under the system introduced by the RailTel, E-office will replace manual filing system for day to day activities. The Indian Railways, one of the largest employers in the […]

The admit card for the document verification round of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Group D posts has been released by the Railways Recruitment Cell (RRC). Candidates can download the same from the regional centre website of their respective regions. From April 12, 2019 onwards, document verification would be conducted for the candidates who have […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Two days after cyclone “Fani” hit Odisha coast causing widespread damage in several districts including Puri and Bhubaneswar, railways, flight operations and normal traffic have slowly started to resume in the State. While the East Coast Railway has reintroduced 85 of the 138 cancelled trains on Howrah-Chennai main line connecting Bhubaneswar, as many as […]

New Delhi: Due to unavailability of tickets in most fast and super fast trains during the summer holiday season, the Indian Railways is running 78 special trains to cater to the rush, an official said on Monday. “To cater to the extra rush, we have started 78 special trains from April 1,” a senior Northern […]

Bhubaneswar: Worried about facing hassles while lodging police complaint regarding a crime during train travel? Well, help is at hand as the Indian Railways has decided to bolster its complaint redressal system so that passengers can lodge FIRs during their journey from the train itself. According to sources, even though the system for live registration […]

Bhubaneswar: Living up to their tagline ‘Lifeline of the Nation’, Indian Railways, the largest public transporter of the country, successfully kept the lifeline of a three year old child unbroken during his train journey on a fateful May day. The railways left no stone unturned in going an unbelievable extra mile to save the child […]

New Delhi: Determined to increase its earnings, the Indian Railways is mulling implementing a “give it up” scheme asking passengers to sacrifice the subsidy on train tickets. A senior Railway Ministry official aware of the development told IANS: “The railways has submitted a 100-day plan to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to increase the earnings.” […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In a good news for lakhs of rail passengers, country’s largest transporter, the Indian Railway has decided to soon roll out new facilities on trains to give passengers an experience of in-flight entertainment just like on aeroplanes. Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal recently informed through a tweet that the Indian Railways will soon […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Indian Railways is continoulsy trying to improve several kinds of amenities in its trains so that crores of passengers depending on the country’s largest public transporter will have hassle free and comfortable journey. A report published in the Hindustan Times said that the public carrier has now decided to implement a slew […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the damages caused to railway track between Doikalu and Ambodala stations in Rayagada-Titilagarh railway section following heavy rains, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has either cancelled or diverted several passenger and Express trains running on the route. In a release, the ECoR said massive floods and rain in Rayagada area have […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has revised the timing of the Balangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express. The new timing will be effective from September 1. “In view of operational reasons, it has been decided to run 12894 Balangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express with the revised timings from 1st September, 2019,” informed the railway. The Inter City […]