Indian Railway

India's first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium opened at the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station for the general public. See in pictures for more

The Indian Railways introduced a separate 'Baby Berth' (seats for newly-born children) in trains on Mothers's Day on February 8 where the infants will now be able to sleep alongside their mother.

The railways spent more than Rs 150 crore in repairing around 2,000 damaged and dilapidated wagons over the last four months to augment coal movement to power plants, according to official data. It also said that around 9,982 such wagons were listed as damaged in January, the numbers of which reduced to 7,803 by May 2, with the railways managing to repair 2,179 wagons in time for the coal demand to peak in the country. Officials said it cost the national transporter around Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh to repair each wagon. Sources indicate that damage to wagons has become a cause of concern for the ministry since private contractors used by power plants to unload coal began substituting manual unloading with JCBs. "JCBs hit the interior of the wagons and damage them severely. While earlier, this unloading was done manually, now it is being done through JCBs which have resulted in a significant increase in the number of wagons that are damaged. We are repairing them at a fast pace and usi

Bulk cement dispatch constitutes around 25 per cent of the total cement production of nearly 350 million tonnes

The roll-out of the dedicated freight corridor should boost volumes for container train operators

The national transporter loaded 1,418.1 MT of freight in 2021-22, which is 15 per cent higher compared to 1,233.24 MT in 2020-21, it said in a statement

The data was made available by the Railway Board in response to the RTI query filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva in Maharashtra and also flagged off two suburban trains.

The Central Railway will carry out a 72-hour mega block from the intervening night of Friday and Saturday for adding two new lines between Thane and Diva stations located near Mumbai on its suburban network. At least 350 suburban locals and 117 mail, express and passenger trains will be cancelled during the mega block period, Central Railway's (CR) chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said on Wednesday. Daily commuters and outstation train passengers are likely to face hardship due to the block, as many outstation trains along with suburban locals will be cancelled during the block period, the CR said in a release. The CR said the block on its fast corridor between Thane and Diva stations will start from February 5 midnight and will carry on till February 7 midnight. "The Central Railway will operate a special infrastructure block between Thane and Diva for cut & connection works and commissioning of the new RRI building in Diva in connection with Thane-Diva 5th and 6th ...

The Railways has also given priority to passenger safety; the number of consequential train accidents came down from 59 in 2018-19 to 55 in 2019-20 (pre-Covid) and further to 22 in in 2020-21

Vaishnaw's comments came after violent protests by job aspirants erupted in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh

a probe is being carried out in the matter

The IRCTC has planned a series of Shri Ramayana Yatra Tours

East Coast Railway on Monday said it has set a record in single-day coal loading

An expenditure of nearly Rs 1,985 crore will be incurred on this.

• IRFC posted profit growth of 68.42% at Rs.1501.95 Crore for the Q1 FY 2022 from Rs.891.81 Crore for the corresponding period in the previous year

This comes after the corporation spruced up Habibganj, Gandhinagar stations

The Railways will utilise the allotted spectrum to provide long-term evolution (LTE) based Mobile Train Radio Communication on its route. The project is estimated to cost around Rs 25,000 crore.

All 86 of railways' Covid hospitals will soon have oxygen plants of their own, the national transporter said on Tuesday

The government is likely to launch a 'reverse auction process' to supply rails for railway projects, JSPL Managing Director V R Sharma said