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With revamp of IRCTC website, booking tickets to become easy for passengers

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will be launching the revamped website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday with better features and facilities for passenger

The surprising truths the pandemic has exposed about Railways' functioning

While better performance this year shows the enterprise could do without its passenger train service, the downside is that there is little scope for its operating ratio to drop below 90%

LIVE: PM Modi lays foundation stone for development projects in Kutch

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Northern Railway cancels few trains due to ongoing farmers' protest

Due to agitation being conducted by farmers of Punjab over new agri laws, some trains run by Northern Railway have been cancelled

Over 18,000 km railway line electrified in last six years: Piyush Goyal

Over 18,000 kms of the railway line was electrified under PM Modi between 2014 and 2020 making a "quantum jump" of 371 in its growth pace as compared to the six years before, Railways Minister said

Punjab MPs urge Piyush Goyal to restart railway services in state

Punjab MPs Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo on Thursday met Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and requested him to restart rail services in the state

Enough capacity to meet India's rail needs, no need to import, says JSPL

The company says that it along with SAIL is equipped to meet Indian Railways entire rail demand

Punjab farm protest: Railways stares at loss, FCI at storage space crunch

So far, a total of 1,373 trains got cancelled and 230 rakes are held up outside Punjab.

Out of 736 special trains, 327 have waitlisted passengers, says Railway

Out of the 736 special trains currently in operation, 327 have passengers in the waiting list, the Railways said Monday

Lift travel restrictions in Mumbai trains in non-peak hours: Maha to Rlys

The Maharashtra government has proposed to the railway authorities that general public be allowed to travel by Mumbai local trains during non-peak hours, an official said on Wednesday.

Strong Q2 show helps railways post positive revenue in passenger segment

For the first time in the current FY, the railways' earnings in the passenger segment have come out of the red by recording a second-quarter revenue of Rs 2,325 crore, an RTI query has revealed.

Nearly 6-7% road traffic shifts to railways in Sept 1-Oct 13 period

This rise is mainly due to a shift of at least 6-7 per cent traffic from roads to railway in these two months.

Railway employees stage protest across India over delay in payment of bonus

Thousands of railway employees staged protests across the country against the "inordinate delay" in payment of productivity-linked bonus, defying warning of stringent action by the Railway Board

LIVE: Nitish top choice for CM's post, says India Today pre-election survey

The three farm legislations along with proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 are clearly against interests of farmers & landless workers, said Punjab CM. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

392 festival special trains from Oct 20-Nov 30; fares 10-30% higher

The Railways on Tuesday announced that it will operate 392 festival special trains between October 20 and November 30 in view of the upcoming festive season.

In pictures: India's first regional rapid transit system train

The Centre on Friday unveiled the first look of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) train, it can attain a top speed of 180 kilometers per hour on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor

Weekly economic indicators: Recovery holding ground, but no major upswing

Government data on power, freight emerge as silver linings

Southern Railway's Chennai Division boost freight biz with new units, app

'Freight Seva' is a one-stop destination for information needs, such as incentive schemes of Indian Railways, types of wagons and commodities that can be transported, freight and parcel rates, etc

India, ADB sign $500 million loan for Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor

India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a 500 million dollar loan, the first tranche of a total one billion dollar facility, to build a modern, high-speed 82-km Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridor that will improve regional connectivity and mobility in the national capital region.With a design speed of 180 km per hour and high-frequency operations of every five to ten minutes, the corridor connecting Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh is expected to reduce the journey time to about one hour from the present three to four hours.The RRTS will have multi-modal hubs to ensure smooth inter-change with other transport modes. The first tranche loan will support construction of the first of three priority rail corridors planned under the NCR Regional Plan 2021 to connect Delhi to other cities in adjoining states.The signatories to loan agreement were Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary (Fund Bank and ADB) at the ...

Retail visits show a pickup, and other weekly economic indicator insights

Traffic data also showing positive signs