Indian Railways

Bhubaneswar, Dec 21: With an eye to the promising industrial scenario in Odisha in the next 25 years, Indian Railways will prepare a roadmap to broaden the rail network in the state to make it one of the finest in the country, a central…

At present, 127 licencees under Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK) scheme are functioning on Indian Railways, out of which 04 are working on Southern Railway. The service charges to be realised by YTSKs have been fixed keeping in view…

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been entrusted with the task of setting up Executive Lounges at 49 locations. These Executive Lounges provide value added services at a charge, offering facilities such as Wifi…

Policy guidelines have already been issued on energy conservation measures on Indian Railways (IR) to save energy at various railway stations across the country. The initiatives taken by IR include use of LED light fittings, segregation…

Mr. Mohd.Jamshed has taken over as the new Member Traffic, Railway Board. Prior to this, he was General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway. During his long career, Mr. Mohd. Jamshed has held several important assignments in the…

The Indian Railways have about 46,333 hectare of vacant land in their possession, a minister disclosed in parliament on Wednesday. According to Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha, the railways have 461,487 hectare of land under…

Indian Railways has amended rules related to cancellation and refund of tickets with effect from November 12 said Minister of State Shri Manoj Sinha while replying to a question in Rajya Sbaha on Friday. Under normal circumstances no…

By early 2016, all tendering for Indian Railways will be done online. All contracts will be on e-tendering platform. Tendering in the Railways used to earlier take sometimes six years, especially for large tenders. The time gap has been…

Manpower requirement for Railway Projects, which are executed by the Construction Organisations of the Railways, are met by posting railway employees against the various posts created for the purpose. It has been decided to set up the…

A joint feasibility study for Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor, co-financed by Indian Railways and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been completed in July 2015. The completion cost of 505 km long high speed line is…