Tag: Train Travel

New Delhi: More than 500 long distance trains will cut short their running time by up to two hours, a senior railway official said today. The railway board will update the latest new time timings on its November timetable, the official said. Following directions from Railway Minister Piyush Goyal earlier this month, the national carrier […]

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 […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said its state units will bear the cost of rail travel of needy migrant workers and labourers stranded at their workplaces due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown and seeking to return home. Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a statement announced the party’s decision and said this would be the Congress’ […]

New Delhi: The BJP said on Monday the railways has subsidised 85 per cent of ticket fare for special trains being run to transport migrant workers and the state government has to pay the remaining 15 per cent, soon after the Congress attacked the central government over the issue. The state government concerned can also […]