Tag: Railways

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 […]

Bhopal: The Indian Railways, which does not exactly hold the reputation for being a profit-making entity has managed to swell its coffers by Rs 35,000 crore, which is more than the annual budget of three northeastern states put together. The Railways managed to make Rs 35,073 crore in 10 years by selling off scrap, including […]

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: 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 […]

New Delhi: Taking the idea of banning passengers for their unruly behaviour on board a flight from the airlines, the Indian Railways is also mulling to ban such passengers who pose a threat to fellow travellers, railway ministry officials said on Tuesday. A senior railway ministry official in the know of the development told IANS, […]

New Delhi: Sanskrit may be used as an additional language apart from the existing languages for signboards at railway stations in Uttarakhand, railways said in a statement on Friday. It also denied reports that Urdu was being replaced with Sanskrit from the existing signboards at railway stations in the hill-state. “It is being clarified that […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide better facility to the passengers and avoid overcrowding, the East Coast Railways (ECoR) is gradually increasing the count of the Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) train services in Odisha. In a span of around a year, the MEMU train services in the State have crossed the half-dozen mark. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railways will run special trains to Ajmer from Puri for the ‘Urs’ festival later this month. The decision has been taken after reviewing the long waiting list in regular trains, an official said. The Puri-Ajmer Special will depart at 9 am on February 26 and arrive at 4 am on February 28. In […]

New Delhi: A day after the Google announced that it is gradually winding down its free public WiFi Station programme, currently available at 415 railway stations in India, the Railways has assured the continuation of the free WiFi services at these stations. Google had said that it will work with the Indian Railways and Railtel […]

Bolangir: The much awaited Khurda-Bolangir railway project is yet to see light of the day due to the ‘inordinate delay’ in the land acquisition process by the Odisha government. As part of the Khurda-Bolangir railway project, so far, rail line has been set up for only 19 km – from Bolangir to Bichhupali. As per […]