Indian Railways

RITES hits pre-Covid revenue levels in FY22 with 21% jump on strong export

RITES Q4 results 2022: Operating revenue, excluding other income, went up by 21.5 per cent to Rs 744 crore in Q4 FY22

Air India Disinvestment shrine may not run anytime soon

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd says 'no purpose' in building Kedarnath leg of Char Dham rail

Railways may scrap new dedicated freight corridors, enhance existing ones

Railways new assessment will delay DPR of new corridors by 5 months

Quomodocunquize: Tharoor takes dig at Railway Ministry with head-scratcher

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a dig at the Ministry of Railways with a difficult-to-pronounce head-scratcher -- quomodocunquize.

IRFC records 38% growth in profit after tax at Rs 6,090 crore in FY22

Revenue from operations for FY22 grew by 28.71 per cent and stood at Rs 20,298.27 crore this fiscal as against Rs 15,770.22 crore a year ago

Parl panel holds meeting for discussing railway connectivity to ports

Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture is scheduled to convene a meeting on the subject of 'Railway Safety and Rail Connectivity to Ports'.

Top headlines: Railways-coal sector rift continues, 5G phones for Rs 10,000

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Railways-coal sector rift continues amid ongoing power crisis in India

Daily shortage of 25 rakes from May 1-7, says an insider; Railways refutes charge

Power crisis: Railways missed coal train provision targets for over a year

In April, state-run Indian Railways supplied 261 trains per day to Coal India for the power industry, the lowest in three months

Railways missed CIL train provision targets for over a year: Govt data

Inventories at Indian power plants fell 13% in April despite a 27.6% growth in Coal India's production, as a heatwave sent power demand soaring to a record high.

Explained: Why railway project costs go off track across various lines

A Business Stand­ard analysis found that cost escalation or overruns are common in all railway zones

Railways without a separate budget

Recent neglect of the Indian Railways' finances is worrying and public policy debate on this must be revived

Technical snag delays Mumbai local trains, office-goers walk along tracks

The fast locals were delayed by 15 minutes, while expressing regret over the inconvenience caused to commuters.

Railways cancels more passenger trains as power crisis worsens in country

The total number of trips called off across northern railway and south east central railway has reached 1081.

Coal crisis: Railways cancels 42 passenger trains; some to be restored soon

The Railways has cancelled 42 passenger trains in order to prioritise coal rake movement across country to deal with a shortage of vital input at thermal power plants, the national transporter said

Railways uses 86% of open wagons for coal transportation amid shortage

Data shows the Railways has around 3,82,562 wagons, out of which 1,31,403 are open wagons and 3,636 of whom are in need of repair as of May 2

Railways not to cancel any more passenger trains, restore gradually

The national transporter is of the view that coal supply is now reaching normative levels and does not need any more special measures

42 trains cancelled in two zones to make way for coal amid power crisis

The railways has cancelled 42 passenger trains so far to facilitate coal freight movement in the wake of a power crisis in various parts of the country

Expense on manpower unsustainable; surrender posts: Railway board to zones

The employees in such posts should be redeployed where there is a need for manpower and, if required, some of the work can be outsourced, the board has said

Railway must pay if person falls off crowded train, gets injured: Bombay HC

A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre directed the Western Railways to pay Rs 3 lakh to a 75-year-old man who suffered injuries to his leg after falling off an overcrowded local train