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Indian Railways plans to share revenue with private freight terminals

The national transporter has introduced a terminal charge of Rs 20 per tonne for both inward and outward traffic from these terminals

Railways plan to offer job openings for over 14,000 junior engineers soon

The recruitment test for JEs is expected to commence from March next year after the scrutiny of applications is completed

Railways increases lower berth quota for senior citizens, women passengers

In Rajdhani, Duronto and other fully air-conditioned express trains, the quota of reserved seats is seven

Railways faces Rs 78.4-bn shortfall in earnings; operating ratio above 112%

The ordinary working expenditure of the national transporter was Rs 1.03 trillion as against the budget projection of Rs 984.41 billion by November-end this fiscal

Miscreants pelt stones at Train 18, damage India's first engineless train

Earlier in November, the first trial run of Train 18 was successfully conducted on tracks at Moradabad-Rampur section of Northern Indian Railways

Rationalise fares, monetise assets to boost revenues: NITI to Railways

NITI Aayog also said the railways should enhance service delivery, achieving 95 per cent on-time arrivals by 2022-23

Railways' new-generation mini Train 18 rolled out, can hit 130 kmph speed

These new trains will cater to short-distance intercity day-travel

7,500 food quality complaints till Oct, Rs 15-mn fines imposed: Railways

It imposed Rs 15.5 million fines on vendors, warned 2,322 of them, terminated the contract of one and found 555 complaints unsubstantiated

'Freight blocks' are the next growth engine for Indian Railways

The move by the Indian Railways means further delays, even cancellations, of passenger trains

Indian railways offers 25% discount on transport of empty containers

The initiative of giving discount in haulage of empty containers and flat wagons is expected to increase more loading in both EXIM trade and domestic segments of container traffic

Rs 1 bn sanctioned to install black box-type systems in trains: Govt

26 locomotives (23 diesel and three electric) have already been fitted with LCAVR and CVVRS devices

Hate railway food? Swiggy, Zomato, UberEats may soon deliver on trains

IRCTC in talks with food-delivery firms to provide service to passengers

In a first, railways converts diesel locomotive into electric, in 69 days!

From concept to execution of the conversion of the diesel locomotive to electric was carried out in just 69 days

Indian Railways increases reserved births for women in AC 3-tier

Railways currently also offers a reservation quota of six sleeper class berths in every mail/express train for female passengers

Train 18 breaches 180 kmph speed during trials, India's fastest train now

Train 18 expected to commence commercial run from Jan 2019, replace Shatabdi Express

Airfares soar, Railways cash in with more coaches to attract flyers

On Friday (November 16) evening, several travel portals showed a sharp rise in spot airfares

Indian Railways to foray into education, convert hospitals to colleges

The plan to covert hospitals into medical colleges was mooted by then railway minister Mamata Banerjee

Rs 650 bn facelift for Mumbai local trains, passenger amenities: Goyal

"This will ensure upgradation of the suburban railway system of Mumbai and its adjacent areas," Goyal said

L&T, BEL among 8 players in fray for advanced CCTVs at 6,000 rly stations

HFCL, L&T, BECIL, BEL, Mahindra Defence, TCIL, Avrin Pro and KEC International have emerged as serious contenders for the over Rs 10 billion project after the closure of the bid

Now you can buy unreserved train tickets on Railways' UTS mobile app

The passenger has to be within a five-kilometre range of the source station to be able to buy a ticket through the UTS app