Tag: Railways

Guwahati: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has introduced a new GPS-based system in all locomotives for auto warning to train drivers during the foggy season, an official said on Thursday. The system is also expected to ensure timely running of trains. NFR Chief Public Relations Officer, Pranav Jyoti Sharma, said an equipment called FogPASS (Fog Pilot […]

New Delhi: To promote transparency and efficiency, the Railways on Wednesday said that it has introduced a bill tracking system for its vendors. The facility, to track status of bills, is available to the vendors or contractors of goods and services sector in Indian Railways, the Railways Ministry said in a statement. According to Ministry […]

New Delhi: To ensure punctual running of trains during the winter, the Railways has planned to us GPS-enabled fog safety devices to alert the locomotive pilot about the approaching signals. A railway official told IANS that plans were afoot to use the GPS-based devices in trains that would provide advance warning. The official said that […]

New Delhi: To stop delays in project completion, the Indian Railways has decided that no new lines will be built without completion of land acquisition, officials said. A railway official told IANS that the decision was taken a meeting last week and a letter was sent to the General Managers of all railway zones on October […]

New Delhi: In what could ease the railway-ticketing-anxiety of millions of Indians across the country, the Indian Railways is mulling to come up with an app that will predict if waitlisted tickets have any chance of getting confirmed, officials said on Sunday. Railway Ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena told IANS: “The railways is working on an […]

New Delhi: The Railways on Monday introduced a thrice-weekly faster Delhi-Mumbai Special Rajdhani Express service without flexi-fares from Hazrat Nizamuddin station here on experimental basis. The Special Rajdhani Express, which will cover a distance of 1,365 km in 13 hours 55 minutes instead of 15 hours 50 minutes, was flagged off at 4.15 p.m. The […]

New Delhi: The Railway Ministry on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of intent with Germany to carry out a feasibility study on the Chennai-Kazipet corridor for increasing the speed of trains to 200 kmph. “A joint declaration of intent was signed between Ministry of Railways and Germany regarding carrying out of feasibility study on existing […]

New Delhi: Senior railway officers will travel in all classes on trains to take account of the ground reality related to amenities and others, an official statement said on Friday. The inspection will help officials to get the first hand information on the kind of amenities and facilities being provided by the railways to the […]

New Delhi: The Railway Ministry on Wednesday announced that it has decided to permit m-Aadhar (Aadhar card on mobile app) as one of the prescribed proofs of identity for travel purpose in any reserved class. “m-Aadhar when shown by the passenger on his/her mobile after entering the password should be accepted as proof of identity […]

New Delhi: Highlighting the lapses in parcel services, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has urged the Railways to improve the quality of services being provided so as to minimise complaints from customers. The CAG in its report, which was tabled in Parliament on Friday, said the Indian Railways should recognise the need […]

New Delhi: Railways have decided to provide the ‘buy tickets now and pay later’ service for any Express trains, an IRCTC official said on Thursday. According to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd official, soon passengers would be able to buy tickets from the IRCTC website and pay later. IRCTC spokesperson Sandip […]

New Delhi: Just like airlines, railways will now issue linked PNRs for connecting journeys allowing passengers to cancel their onward journey without any cancellation fee, if it is due to delay in their first leg, senior official of railways said Friday. The facility, which will begin from April 1, will be beneficial for those passengers […]

Lucknow: To facilitate pilgrims arriving in large numbers during the Kumbh Mela in 2019, the railways has proposed running 800 special trains from various stations of Allahabad district, an officials has said. These trains would be in addition to the regular trains run by the North Central Railway (NCR). PRO NCR Amit Malviya said, “Six […]

New Delhi: Railways suspended two officials Thursday over the derailment of the New Farakka Express, senior officials said. The officials said that the signal inspector and the electrical signal maintainer were suspended to facilitate the probe. “The indications are that the cause of the accident was prima facie wrong signalling. We have suspended the two […]

New Delhi: The Railways today slapped a Rs one lakh fine on a contractor after a video surfaced showing catering staff using the toilet of a coach of the Nizamuddin- bound Garib Rath express for storing water bottles. This comes days after another contractor was slapped with a fine of Rs one lakh by the […]