Railways

With a view to facilitate travel of foreign tourists, following facilities have been provided: * Advance Reservation Period of 360 days has been provided for foreign tourists. * Foreign Tourist Quota is earmarked in identified trains…

Railways have taken up the work of installing rain water harvesting facilities wherever possible from techno-economic considerations i.e. intensity of rain fall, level of water table, soil type, salinity of ground water etc. Railways has…

Wi-Fi facility with free access to rail passengers for first 30 minutes in a day is proposed to be provided at all A1 (75), A (332) and B(302) i.e. total 709 railways stations. For period after 30 minutes the service will be available on…

Modernization and technology upgradation on Indian Railways is an ongoing process. Major initiatives include implementation of Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridors, mechanized maintenance of assets, automatic signalling and train…

Bhubaneswar, Oct 3: In a surprising incident, a youth from Jeypore in Koraput district recovered unhurt after a passenger train run over him here on Thursday morning, said Government Railway Police (GRP) sources. At around 10.10 am,…

TNI Bureau: The Chennai-bound Coromondel Express from Howrah ran over a her of elephant near Subalaya in Rambha in Odisha's Ganjam district, killing six of them on the spot. The dead elephants included two calves. The incident occurred…

TNI Bureau: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has inaugurated the Rail Coach Factory in Rae Bareli today. The factory is being built at the cost of Rs 2,500 crore. The project was delayed for years and was materialised soon after a Congress…

New Railway Minister Pawan Bansal today hints at possible passenger fare hike to improve services in the railways. Justifying the need for such astep, the Railway Minister said, "We have to ensure that the vast infrastructure of the…