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Lockdown 3.0 opens livelihood door; travel by air, rail remains prohibited

Two-week extension allows relaxation for several businesses

May Day gift for migrants as trains take them home amid Covid-19 lockdown

Passengers will have to pay fare of sleeper mail express trains and Rs 30 super fast charge and additional charge of Rs 20 each.

Train from Aluva to Bhubaneswar to take first set of 1,200 migrants home

6,000 litres of water, food for Day One of the journey arranged; Most of 360,000 'guest workers' staying in 20,826 camps at present want to head back home

Amazon strengthens tie-up with Railways for faster delivery of essentials

The e-commerce giant is leveraging 'Covid-19 Parcel Special Trains' launched by Indian Railways to ramp up its operations to 55 lanes during lockdown period

Covid-19 impact: Railway move to halt operations set to dent IRCTC earnings

The railways on Tuesday said all passenger train services, including premium, mail and express, suburban, Kolkata metro and Konkan Railways will continue to remain cancelled till May 3.

Coronavirus outbreak: A 21-day lockdown may have cost India Rs 8 trillion

The sectors that have been most impacted are transport, hospitality, and real estate

Coronavirus lockdown: Uneasy calm hangs over New Delhi Railway Station

Now only 45-50 goods trains pass through the country's second busiest station

Railway deal, coronavirus' disruption of global trade to weigh on Concor

While valuations are attractive, disruption will keep volumes muted

State govts, Railways prepare for possible extension of Covid-19 lockdown

Railways has issued a "restoration plan" to all its zones with a schedule of trains to be run, their frequency and the availability of rakes

Covid-19: How Indian Railways is transforming coaches into isolation wards

"Each cabin of a coach has been converted into an independent isolation ward which will accommodate one patient

Sonnagar-Dankuni freight corridor section likely to get aid from World Bank

The 538-km stretch is estimated to cost Rs 15,000 crore

Indian Railways turn coaches into isolation wards amid coronavirus outbreak

Chanda said a non-AC sleeper coach is already converted into an isolation ward for probable patients suffering from coronavirus.

Emergency flights for tens of thousands stranded by virus in South Asia

March 26, 24,009 wagons were loaded with essential commodities

Covid-19 impact: Southern Railway units start making sanitisers, masks

Development follows a directive by Railway Board to production units and workshops to use their manufacturing units to make essential medical items

Do not cancel tickets, will get refund automatically: IRCTC to passengers

The railways has cancelled all trains till March 31 in view of coronavirus outbreak

Rlys to pay full salaries to contractual workers during service suspension

"Maximum payment which may be made shall be limited to 70 per cent of the contract value for contracts awarded on lump sum basis," the order stated.

No passenger train to begin journey from midnight to 10 pm on Sunday

As of now, the Indian Railways has cancelled 245 trains in order to restrict unnecessary travel following the coronavirus outbreak

Railway passenger traffic catches the coronavirus flu, declines 28%

The national transporter has cancelled 155 pairs of trains this week as a step to curb the spread of COVID-19

Coronavirus: Railways asks all zones to take precautionary measures

It also directed the officials to inform the principal chief medical directors if a suspected case is identified in hospitals

Ramayan-theme based train taking routes linked with Ram by March-end: Rlys

The train is likely to be launched after March 10, Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav said, adding that its annual schedule will be released in the coming week