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Analysts cautious on railway stocks despite resumption in train services

Analysts believe the resumption of passenger train services is like a sentimental boost from the government and can give a short-term bounce to the stocks, an extension of lockdown may dent sentiment

Covid-19 lockdown: Railways ferried 450,000 Indians in 428 special trains

Western Railways has operated a total of 191 Shramik Special ferrying over 225,000 migrants

Covid-19 lockdown: Passenger trains to be back on tracks from Tuesday

Initially 15 set of trains will be started and online bookings for these will begin from 4 pm on Monday

20 coaches of Shramik special train get detached from engine near Jabalpur

According to the Railways, the coaches were reattached and the train resumed its journey

Over 360,000 migrants ferried in 350 Shramik trains so far: Railways

While 263 trains have already reached their destinations, 87 are still on the run. Forty-six more trains are in the pipeline

Long walk home ends in tragedy: Goods train mows down 16 migrants

Migrants fell asleep on railway track in Maharashtra

15 migrant workers run over by train while resting on their way back home

However, it is yet not clear from where this group hailed and where they were going

Karnataka govt takes U-turn, deploys trains to take migrant workers home

On Thursday, the government wrote to Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha seeking consent for receiving the workers

A first: Shramik train with 1,050 leaves from Delhi railway station

The New Delhi railway station is the second busiest station in the country with a daily footfall of over 500,000 a day in normal times, but today was different

Railways on the home run: How the transporter is ferrying 10 mn workers

Ferrying migrant workers back to their states would be the largest special service by any railway network in the world in one go. Here's how the transporter manages it

Karnataka cancels special trains for migrants after CM meets builders

The state government has been collecting railway fares from the migrants and every worker had to pay for both train and bus service to reach station in advance

Coronavirus outbreak pulls down rail freight traffic to historic low

Data shows freight traffic and earnings are down for the first time in 18 yrs

Bihar got most workers in special trains, West Bengal the least: Data

TMC MP and leader of the party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O'Brien, however, said the West Bengal government was doing "all it takes" to fight the Covid pandemic, and accused the Centre of playing politics

Railways to pay 85% of train fare for workers, says govt after controversy

Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, gave a clarification after the Congress party offered to pay for the train tickets of migrant workers.

Railway board in a huddle as Congress offers to pay for travel of migrants

Sonia Gandhi said in a letter to the state units that every Pradesh Congress committee shall bear the cost of rail travel for every needy worker and migrant labourer

Railways has money for PM-CARES, but not for workers' rail travel: Rahul

Congress will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns, says Sonia Gandhi

Congress offers to pay for migrants rail travel, Swamy slams govt

The Congress said Rail Ministry has charged a 'special fare' from migrants for the 'Shramik Special' trains

Cong to bear rail travel cost of every needy migrant workers: Sonia Gandhi

She also accused the central government and the Railways of completely ignoring the demands made by the Congress for ensuring the safe and free travel of migrant workers

Unclear road back home; Odisha migrants arrive from Kerala on Shramik train

The train was one of the first five Shramik Specials to start on Friday, while 10 such trains departed on Saturday

Non-stop, 1200 passengers: 10 things you should know about 'Shramik Train'

Trains should have at least 90 per cent occupancy to operate