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Now, rail passengers to pay six-time penalty for carrying excess luggage

The Indian Railways has decided to strictly enforce its over-three-decades-old baggage allowance rules

What's the job of any railways in the world?

...To run trains, not run schools. Indeed, other than India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Uganda, there is no other place where railways run schools

You can now check trains, seat availability on IRCTC without logging in

A user was asked to log in before searching for any information on the IRCTC website

Railways plans to hike coal supply to power firms as inventories plunge

In view of the coal shortage situation in some power plants, Railways has drawn action plan for immediately increasing coal supplies to power houses in North India

Turning around the public bus

State road transport undertakings deserve as much attention as railways

Indian Railways to protect female train passengers with panic button, CCTV

The railways propose to have 'panic buttons' in the coaches which will be linked with the guard coach

No train ticket bookings for 2.5 hrs in Delhi tomorrow; what you must know

Indian Railways said rail services including enquiry on 139 and ticket bookings, will remain unavailable briefly

Rlys eyes income boost, to build walls along high-speed corridors for ads

Not just revenue, the wall will also help the railways maintain safety on tracks, get rid of encroachers, reduce interference with cattle or other disturbances.

Railways to take seniors' 'Give it up' scheme on fare sops to all 53 groups

The idea, the official said, is to create awareness and encourage more people to give up the concession on fares

Google, Facebook, Airtel and Reliance Jio to bid for rail wi-fi project

Six million people were using the wi-fi services of RailTel through Railwire Fast wi-fi services till the end of 2017

Govt may replace loss-making AC-II coaches with AC-III in Rajdhani, Duronto

This will be initially applicable to those trains where the number of AC-II passengers is low and at least 250 such coaches across the country may be replaced

Indian Railways wagon procurement to run on reverse auction track

The Railways had decided to go for reverse auction process from April 1 this year for high-value items

Full list: Railways to re-do these 90 stations to showcase culture, history

Agra station is to be developed on the lines of Taj Mahal, Ujjain station on Mahakaleshwar temples

Target of installing LED lights at all stations achieved, says Railways

The move would help the railways save Rs 500 million per annum in electricity bills and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60,000 ton

Railways to use math formula to maximise loco usage, increase revenue

Hitherto, locomotive links were being manually prepared by the respective sixteen zones to operate the allocated trains

Railway lets you transfer your train ticket to someone else: Here's how

When it comes to train ticket bookings, we prefer doing it in advance to get confirmed tickets but plans don't always fall in place

Which are heritage railways?

The definition of 'heritage' is subjective. It is essentially left to the zones to decide what is heritage

Railways aim to save Rs 100 billion a year with reverse auction bidding

Currently several ministries, including the Ministry of Power, and public sector undertakings are using the reverse auction process to procure supplies at competitive prices

Soon, aircraft-style vacuum toilets can be a reality on trains: Piyush

Vacuum toilets can soon be a reality on trains; to be built in 500 coaches

Railways to build modern signalling system to mitigate safety risk: Goyal

Indian railway is planning to build modern signalling system on the line of European Train Control System