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Railways on the right track

The bottom line is that it calls for a capital expenditure of Rs 16.74 trillion between 2022 and 2031 on track and terminal infrastructure and rolling stock

Budget 2021: Indian Railways gets Rs 1.1 trn budgetary support for FY22

FM says Railways has a National Rail Plan for India 2030, to create a future-ready rail system by 2030. Bringing down logistic cost for industry is at the core to enable Make in India

Completion of 200 projects during Covid helped Railways' future plan: Goyal

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said the completion of 200 long pending projects during the coronavirus period helped the Railways in planning for the future. Speaking at FICCI's 3rd edition of Smart Railways Conclave on 'Future of Rail Transport', Goyal said that he wanted the Railways to be safe and service-oriented, modern, agile, reliable part of the economy and driven by technology. "Technology will be overarching support system which will ensure that Indian Railways works to a plan for a better future for logistics & transport, both of passenger and goods," he said. "During COVID period, we were able to complete nearly 200 long-pending infrastructure works. The completion of these projects helped us in planning our Railways better for the future," he said. He further said that currently the speed of freight trains is twice the speed that was a year ago and they are now part of the new zero based timetable. "We have taken up 40 smart yards for predictive ...

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Two bogies of Shahid Express derail in Lucknow, no casualty reported

The incident took place around 8 am when the train left the platform at the Charbagh railway station and two of its bogies derailed

LIVE: Shiv Sena decides to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections

Latest News LIVE: Kevadiya station is India's first railway station with a Green Building Certification. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news updates

Railways ministry nod to new iron ore policy, to come into effect in Feb

Higher priority given to movement of iron-ore traffic for domestic manufacturing

The Lifeline Express: The world's first hospital train in pictures

India's only and the World's first hospital train "The Lifeline Express" train is presently stationed at the Badarpur station in Lumding Divison of NFR in Assam and serving patients free of cost

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.