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Amazon India ties up with IRCTC to start online train ticket bookings

Users can check seat, quota availability on all train classes on Amazon app. They can pre-load money into Amazon Pay Balance wallet and pay in a single click

BHEL, L&T, Welspun, IRCTC among 15 firms in fray for running private trains

Rail ministry had invited RFQ for private operation of passenger trains over 12 clusters consisting of 140 Origin-Destination pair of routes with launch of 151 modern trains

Southern Railways tests 1st battery operated dual-mode shunting locomotive

The locomotive has a continuous run time of 3.5-4 hours in Battery Mode

Goyal meets top brass of coal, power sectors to consolidate rlys' coal biz

Coal accounts for almost 50 per cent of the freight of the railways

Railways freight traffic will surpass last year despite Covid: Piyush Goyal

The minister noted that despite September being a lean month, for the first time during the past 10 years freight movement touched 100 million tonnes

From tax collection to car sales, India's economic recovery picks up pace

GST mop-up at 7-month high, manufacturing PMI at 8-year high, but new projects down 81% in Q2

Indian Railways back on track, stems fall in freight traffic to 9%

Among the commodities, the only two commodities that showed positive growth were foodgrains and chemical manures

Location data, goods moved: More weekly indicators on economy turn positive

Power generation numbers and Delhi emissions, too show economy may be turning the corner

Railways mulls linking Kisan Trains to seasonal fruits, vegetables

The officials said they are still finalising details, but added that they have received feedback from zonal railways about the viability of running dedicated trains linking them with seasonal produce

Railways generates Over 1 mn man-days of work Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan

Around 164 railway infrastructure projects are being executed in these states, according to a statement from the Railways said

To avoid overcrowding Railways to run 6 more local trains, 2 ladies special

At present 500 special suburban services are being operated by Western Railway for essential services staff

Farm Bills: 'Rail Roko' stir in Punjab, Haryana; train services suspended

As many as 31 farmers' outfits have given a call for the complete shutdown of Punjab tomorrow

NTPC, Concor freight advance saved Railways dipping operating ratio: CAG

Without freight advance from NTPC and Concor the operating ratio would've been worse, notes CAG

Rlys resorted to 'window dressing' to better present operating ratio: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Wednesday hit out at the Railways

Ircon International wins contracts worth over Rs 400 cr from Railways

"Ircon International Limited has secured works of total 9 Road Over Bridges (ROBs) valuing more than Rs 400 crore from Ministry of Railways, Government of India," the company said in a filing

Railofy to provide air ticket if you don't get a confirmed railway seat

Railofay keeps tracking the passenger's waiting list tickets. If the passenger's ticket is not confirmed until the last minute, the app provides a flight ticket to the passenger

Indian Railways floats fresh tender for 44 Vande Bharat train sets

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai has floated the tender and the date of opening of tenders will be November 11

Clone trains to reach destinations 2-3 hours before parent trains: Report

"These trains will reach their destinations two to three hours in advance. That's how they have been planned," a senior official said

97 people died while travelling on Shramik Special trains: Piyush Goyal

Govt said that 97 people died on board Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Indian Railways to allow private players for bullet train projects

The projects -Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Chennai-Mysore, Delhi-Amritsar, Mumbai-Hyderabad, and Varanasi-Howrah - are expected to cost around Rs 10 trillion