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No clarity on hike, Rly Board says fares, freight rates to be rationalised

In the first quarter (April-June) of financial year 2019-20, the railways earned a revenue of Rs 13,398.92 crore from passenger fares. This dipped to Rs 13,243.81 crore in the July-September quarter

Train fare hike likely this week, 5 to 40 paise per km increase expected

Railways had received approval from PMO in November, but was asked to wait till end of Jharkhand elections to make the announcement

Strong signals: Railways in talks with Reliance Jio on tower use

The Railway Board has entrusted its RailTel Corporation arm to work on the modalities with Jio

Delhi fog affects rail traffic, over 100 trains delayed up to 2 hrs: Report

Delhi was enveloped in dense fog on Friday with minimum temperature settling at 6.4 degrees Celsius.

Railways to float global tender for Train 18; Siemens, BHEL part of bidding

Alstom, Siemens, Bombardier & CAF may take part in bidding

Citizenship Act: Railways runs special trains for those stranded in Assam

Special passenger trains are being run in Guwahati to reach their destination in upper Assam

Citizenship Bill protests: Railways suspends trains in Assam and Tripura

12 companies of the Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) have been dispatched to the region

50% discount on sleeper-class tickets: Railways' Ravidas Jayanti offer

In a letter to his Cabinet colleague Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who had written to him on the issue, the Railway Minister said that instructions have been issued accordingly as a special case.

Goyal says tit for tat to countries discriminating with Indian cos

"Free and equal access" is the policy adopted by this government two years ago, he said at an event organised by EXIM Bank here

From Mumbai to Jharkhand, 5,500 railway stations now have free WiFi

In October 2019 a total of 15 million user logins in RailWire Wi-Fi services across all stations consuming 10242TB of data was recorded

Indian Railways starts signalling bid before spectrum allotment

It is learnt that the railways has sealed the tender and would announce the winner soon

How to transform Indian Railways

Indian Railways should immediately corporatise its production units and construction wing, segregate its passenger and freight businesses, and restructure the Railway Board

No question of closing down Integral Coach Factory, says Piyush Goyal

Minister hails the organisation for the Vande Bharat Express, India's first indigenously made semi-high-speed train

Plan ready for Rs 100-trn investment in infra, Rs 50-trn in Railways: Goyal

The Centre has chalked out a plan envisaging an investment of Rs 100 lakh crore in the infrastructure sector over the next five years, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. "The investment will transform availability and quality of infrastructure at airports, roads, highways, railways, ports... All infrastructure-related sectors (aviation, shipping, electricity, and oil & gas) are going to see a huge thrust in the next five years," Goyal said. The railways and commerce & industry minister said that "Rs 100 lakh crore in the next five years is not a small amount". He said the railways has drawn up a 12-year plan entailing an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore. "Rs 50 lakh crore in 12 years is an unheard of investment spree that the railways is planning. Obviously, the government cannot put in this kind of money so we will have to engage the private sector. We will have to work closely through the public-private partnership model," Goyal said at the India International ...

Railways made Rs 139 cr selling platform tickets in FY19: Govt to Lok sabha

Replying to a query in Lok Sabha, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said Rs 230.47 crore were earned from advertisements and shops including those on the platforms in 2018-19.

Railways restores train services in Kashmir Valley after security audits

Train services in the valley were suspended on August 3, ahead of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370

IRCTC serves notice to 47 private caterers, asks them to improve food

Those served notices amount to 13 per cent of the total onboard catering contracts numbering 358.

Rs 809 cr allocated to repair 4,861 railway bridges, Piyush Goyal tells RS

The minister said that Rs 809.05 crore has been allocated for the repair, strengthening, rehabilitation, rebuilding the bridges

Railways to outsource onboard services, no large-scale privatisation plans

In reply to a query in the Rajya Sabha, the ministry said that while private players will be allowed to run trains, the responsibility of its safety lay with the railways.

Railways needs Rs 50 trn in next 12 years to meet demands: Piyush Goyal

He said: "Despite that, the ministry have almost two-and-a-half times more investment in the Railways in the last five years".