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Coronavirus: No blankets for passengers on trains, says Railways

Ghosh said the withdrawal of blankets to passengers and curtains will be in effect immediately and will continue till further orders

Providing safety, security measures at stations: Railways to Delhi HC

The bench was hearing the petition by a lawyer, Kush Kalra, seeking safety and security measures like baggage scanners, hand-held metal detectors and CCTV cameras at all railway stations

East Coast Railways to engage ticket booking agents at small stations

The agents will sell unreserved tickets through the computerised system, the official said, adding that they will get a commission

Letter to BS: Why Indian Railways privatisation should not be hasty

The Rakesh Mohan Committee Report of 2002 must be salvaged from railway godowns and action must be taken to corporatise Indian Railways.

Fast trains at slow speed: Why railway privatisation should not be hasty

The experience with 50 stations and 150 trains should be a learning experience, helping frame sensible rules that are not unfair to new operators and also don't attract criticism, writes T N Ninan

Indian Railways likely to miss ambitious 100% electrification target

Need to electrifiy 9,700 km in 4 yrs, achieves only 41% target for 2019-20 till Jan

Indian Railways provided first aid to over 60,000 passengers in 2018-19

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said these passengers were given medical care and were even attended to by doctors on payment basis.

New technology adds zing to Indian Railways; zinc-coated rails to be used

According to a source close to the development, the railway requirement will be about 1,000 track kilometre or approximately 120,000 tonnes of zinc every year

Indian Railways records its safest year, no passenger deaths in 2019-20

In a statement, the railways said from April 1, 2019 to February 24, 2020, there was no fatality of any railway passenger in any consequential railway accident.

Kashi Mahakal Express commercial run begins: Know timings, halts here

The Indore-Varanasi Kashi Mahakal Express will operate three days in a week; twice through the Sultanpur-Lucknow route and once through the Prayagraj route

Railways roots out illegal software, more Tatkal tickets for passengers now

The railways does not allow agents to book Tatkal tickets and over the past two months, the RPF has nabbed around 60 illegal agents who were booking tickets through these softwares

Temple on wheels: Kashi-Mahakal Express reserves seat for Lord Shiva

Kashi-Mahakal Express gets a temple on wheels dedicated to Lord Shiva

Railways modifies capex spending model, enhances focus on critical projects

The national transporter has decided to disburse budgetary grants in full to projects nearing completion and will partially fund those in the initial stages

Piyush Goyal asks W Bengal govt to cooperate in completing metro projects

"I hope that that the state government will allow us to implement the Central schemes benefitting people here", Goyal said

Bengal: Passengers held up as 50 local trains cancelled by Eastern Railway

Overcrowded buses and choc-a-block ferries along and across the Hooghly river added to the pain of the daily commuters

Indian Railways to rework freight loading plan as coal transportation falls

Banks on business from auto companies for transporting, mainly two-wheelers via railways

Railways Budget: Engineers need to recognise tech advantage, says expert

Stagnation in technology is reflected in dependence on manpower-intensive maintenance practices and poor quality

Budget 2020: Railways left high and dry with very little investment push

Gross budgetary support shows funds will rise by just Rs 2,163 cr in FY21 despite emphasis on infra

IRCTC's third private train to run on Indore-Varanasi route as Hamsafar Exp

The overnight train would have the same rakes as those of the Humsafar Express, he added

Consequential train accidents decreased to 59 in 2018-19: Economic Survey

The Indian Railways with over 68,000 route-kilometres is the third-largest network in the world under single management