Tag: Railways

The prices of tea and coffee will be the same for all passengers, who have pre-booked it or ordered those on the train, and will see no increase in the rates

Once implemented, passengers will be able to board various trains operated by state-run network Renfe for absolutely nothing.

Several elephants had lost their lives in the track during earlier days also after being hit by trains and hence the Tamil Nadu government had moved the Madras High Court to direct Railways to reduce the speed of trains at night under 45 kmph.

"It is easier said than done. (TMC member) Kalyan Banerjee was listing the targets fixed and achieved (by ministry). Rithesh Pandey ji (of BSP) said mungeri laal ke haseen spne hain," he said.

The railway ministry has approved five projects in Odisha which will be developed by Odisha Rail Infrastructure Development Limited (ORIDL), a joint venture company of the Odisha government (51%) and the Ministry of Railways (49%), Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha.

The gamechanger for the Railways will be the commissioning of the Dedicated Freight Corridor. The DFC, with its advantages of speed and higher carrying capacity, can also help reduce freight charges by as much as 50 per cent.

Boulders fall on moving train; 5 coaches of Bengaluru-bound train derail between Toppuru - Sivadi of Bengaluru division; ‘no casualties’

Railways is one of the biggest contributing organisation in the Olympic Games with approx 20 per cent of the total athletes.

The West Central Railway DRM’s Office Personnel Department, Jabalpur has released a recruitment notification for Act Apprentice positions. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions before the deadline. The last date of application submission is January 23, 2019. RRB Recruitment 2019 vacancy Detail Act Apprentice: 1273 Posts Department-Wise Vacancy for Fitter, Electrician, Welder, […]

The Southern Railway has released a recruitment notification for Apprentice positions. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions before the deadline. The last date to apply for the position is January 13, 2019. Railway Recruitment Vacancy Detail Apprentice: 824 Posts Carriage and Wagon Workshop/Perambur- FRESHERS & Ex.ITI – 384 Electrical Workshop/Perambur -FRESHERS & […]

Adding to the slew of vacancy notifications released by the largest transporter of the country, Indian Railways, a new vacancy notification has been released by the Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC). The RRC, Hubballi (South Western Railway) has invited applications for the positions of Apprentice. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions on or […]

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is creating a buzz with its “Plan Bee” to tackle a mammoth problem at a meagre cost: It has installed devices which mimic the humming of a swarm of bees to keep elephants off the tracks to avert accidents. The Indian Railways on Friday said that its “Plan Bee”, launched […]

Bhubaneswar:Creating a new record, the East Coast Railway has launched six Limited Height Subways (LHS) in Sambalpur division after completing them in a single block of four and half hours, officials said Friday. With the launching of six LHSs yesterday, seven unmanned level crossing gates will be closed in Bhawanipatna-Lanjigarh Road Section of Kalahandi area, […]

New Delhi: Are you planning to travel on weekends? Travelling by train over the weekend may get cumbersome as the railways has decided to undertake major maintenance works across all its zones on Sundays. However, if a train gets delayed during meal times, passengers with reserved tickets will get free food and water, Railway Minister […]

Mumbai: To maintain the punctuality of trains departing from their originating stations, the Central Railway has started a procedure to swap rakes, a senior Railway official said on Saturday. He said that trains that come to Mumbai, called Up trains in railway terminology, are sometimes late and this, in turn, meant that they departed late […]