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Secunderabad-Pune Shatabdi Express becomes 1st train to get Vistadome coach

The Secunderabad-Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi Express has been restored for operations with the addition of one Vistadome coach.

Vande Bharat Express's 3rd rake to be field tested for 15,000 km: Vaishnaw

According to him, all tests such as static, dynamic, oscillation and others will be carried out and added that ICF will be rolling out more such trains.

Trains Cancelled Today, 12 Aug: Railways cancels 151 trains on Friday

Indian Railways have been going through a schedule crisis. On Friday, August 12, IRCTC reschedules 17 trains, diverts 21, and fully cancels 151 trains till 9 am, August 12, 2022.

Trains Cancelled Today, 11 Aug: Indian Railways cancels 149 trains

Indian Railways deems to cancel up to 170 trains on August 11. Currently, 149 trains have been cancelled, 15 rescheduled and 8 diverted. Read this article to know if your train is running late or not

Trains Cancelled Today, 10 Aug: IRCTC cancels 152 trains due to rainfall

Indian Railways cancels 152, rescheduled 14, diverts 11 and changed the source of 11 trains on August 10. Check out this article to know if your train is running on time.

North Western Railway forms special units to speed up infrastructure work

The Jaipur-headquartered North Western Railway zone has formed special units in all its four divisions to expedite the national transporter's developmental and infrastructure projects, officials said.

Recovery tracker: Higher power generation, improved freight numbers

Power generation gap widened over 2019

Railways gave 350,000 jobs since 2014, hiring for 140,000 underway: Vaishaw

He said Indian Railways has been a major contributor in providing employment to people in the country and in this year alone 18,000 jobs have been provided.

Southern Railway saves around Rs 55 crore by tapping solar, wind power

The Southern Railway on Friday said it has managed to save Rs 54.99 crore by harnessing alternate sources of energy in its bid to reduce carbon footprint. With a generation of 91.56 million units of wind power that lead to cumulative savings of Rs 48.54 crore, Southern Railway said through solar energy it managed to save Rs 6.45 crore by generating 16.30 million units of solar power from 2017 till July 2022. "Substantial energy savings has been made possible through erection of wind mills", Southern Railway said in a press release. Since the installation of solar plant in 2017-18, the cumulative solar energy generated was 16.30 million units up to June 2022, thereby saving Rs 6.45 crore. The solar power panels have been installed at various locations across the region and Southern Railway said it was working towards increasing capacity of solar plants. The famous Dr MGR Chennai Central Railway Station has become the first station in the region to take care of 100 per cent of its d

Rail passenger mobility at 70% of pre-Covid levels still shy of target

Between April and June, the national transporter saw 1.46 billion bookings for its passenger services, which include suburban and non-suburban trains

Amazon expands partnership with Railways for deliveries in festive season

National transporter enables company to meet delivery promises to customers in the hinterlands

Railways freight transport up 8% in July as it carries coal nationwide

The transporter has recorded 11 per cent increase in cumulative freight loading this financial year

Recovery Tracker: Dip in mobility, air traffic; freight numbers improve

Improvement in freight, vehicle registration numbers

Railway concessions may return for senior citizens but with riders: Report

Sources indicated that the Railway Board is considering tweaking the age criteria for the senior citizen concession and extending it to only those above 70 years

Recovery tracker: Higher workplace attendance, railway freight numbers

Vehicle registrations, aviation numbers are worse than before

189 people rescued between April-June: Northeast Frontier Railway

The Northeast Frontier Railway has said a total of 189 people, including children and women, have been rescued during routine checking at different trains and stations under its jurisdiction

High freight rates, rake shortage hit coastal coal shipping plan

Inadequate rake supply continues to haunt railways despite its numerous claims of intervention

No proposal yet for running passenger trains by private operators: Railways

There is no proposal under consideration for the operation of passenger trains by private players, the railways informed Parliament Friday, years after the national transporter unveiled plans to hand over certain routes to private parties. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the railways currently has no proposals in this regard. The national transporter planned to introduce private trains on its network in phases, with the first dozen due to start running in the 2023-24 financial year and all 151 by 2027. However, only two bidders, IRCTC and Megha Engineering & Infrastructures, evinced interest at the financial bidding stage. This has now led to the whole proposal being put on the back burner because of lack of interest among private players.

Cost of granting concessions to passengers weighs on railways: Vaishnaw

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Indian Railways is already bearing more than 50 per cent of the cost of travel, on an average, for all passengers

Railways placed purchase order of 39K wheels with Chinese manufacturer

A purchase order for 39,000 wheels for LHB coaches has been placed by Indian Railways with Chinese manufacturer Taiyuan.