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Taking over from IRCTC, railways to open over 100 food plazas at stations

With the IRCTC failing to set up such units, causing huge losses in revenue for the railways, it has now been decided to hand over this responsibility to zonal railways

Rlys accept all demands of students protesting against exam irregularities

In a good news for the railway job aspirants who had protested against irregularities in the Railway Recruitment Board Level-1 and NTPC examinations

Indian Railways to resume providing linen, blankets inside trains

In a major relief to passengers, the railways on Thursday issued orders to resume providing linen, blankets and curtains inside trains, a provision that was suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Top headlines: 5 states to know election results, Op Ganga nears finish

Indian Railways to spend Rs 1 trn on developing and procuring assets, the ministry planned to begin capital expenditure in April itself, said senior officials

Infra push: Railways to spend Rs 1 trn on developing and procuring assets

Senior officials said the ministry planned to begin capital expenditure in April itself

Indigenous train protection system KAVACH to cover 2,000 km of rail track

Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw made the announcement

Train collision prevention system 'Kavach' to be exported: Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said 'Kavach' will be implemented over entire rail network in the country and will also be exported to the world in the next coming years

2,000 km of rail network to be brought under 'Kavach' in 2022-23: Vaishnaw

'Kavach', the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, will be deployed across the entire rail network beginning with 2,000 km in 2022-23 fiscal, Railway Minister Vaishnaw said

Policy in 7-8 days to promote pvt sector R&D in railways: Vaishnaw

The Indian Railways will come up with a policy in the next 7-8 days to make private-sector research and development a major part of the railway budget with 90 per cent allocation in the future, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday. While speaking in the concluding session of a post-Budget webinar on technology-enabled development, the railway minister said the defence and space sector has already broken the silos by opening up research and development (R&D) for the private sector and the same needs to be done in other sectors as well. "We are starting something in the Railways soon. In another 7-8 days, we will launch a new policy where private sector R&D would become an integral part or rather major part of railways R&D budget. "We do hope that going forward, probably 90 per cent of railways R&D budget would be in the private sector compared with 100 per cent in the public sector at present," Vaishnaw said. Vaishnaw, who also handles the telecom and IT ...

Indian Rlys sees 34% rise in automobile freight at 3.35 mn tonnes in FY22

The Railways' overall annual freight rose 16% in 2021-22, to an all-time high of 1,278.8 mt

Railway registers record increase of 176 MT loading in FY22 till Feb

The Railways has registered a record increase of 176 MT in loading during this financial year till February 28 as compared to last year, according to official data. The national transporter has set a target of achieving 1,400 MT of loading by the end of this financial year, officials said. The total loading this year till February 28 was 1,278 MT. In fiscal 2017-18, Indian Railways recorded 1,162.6 MT freight loading and in fiscal 2018-19, it recorded 1,225.3 MT freight loading. It has also recorded the highest freight loading of 129.11 MT for January 2022. This month, it has registered 119.76 million MT of freight loading, up from 112.39 MT for the same month last year "The highest-ever annual incremental freight loading by IR," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a tweet on Wednesday. The East Coast Railway zone became the first zonal railway in this financial year to achieve 200 MT freight loading, registering a growth of 26.67 MT over the corresponding period last year.

Railways needs to be more transparent and scientific in its forecasting

It has been projecting the same no. of travellers for all classes though it has never breached those targets

Kerala CM rejects 'propaganda', says Silver Line will not partition state

The Left government's ambitious SilverLine project, is expected to reduce travel time from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod to around four hours

When will railways' budget come on track?

While the government's labour to boost semiconductor manufacturing in India is bearing some fruits, it is still toiling hard to bring the railways' expenditure on track. This report explains how

IRCTC users to get cheaper AC class tickets through BoB credit card

The card will also get multiple benefits for shopping across other categories ranging from groceries to fuel

Vande Bharat train service timetable, routes to be finalised soon: Vaishnaw

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said the routes and timetable of Vande Bharat train services will be finalised soon as new rakes are expected to arrive from August-September.

'PM wants Thane to be world class station,' says Railway minister Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had directed his ministry to develop Thane into a world class railway station.

Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link: Longest tunnel T-49 connected

Out of 272 km length of Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) project, 161 km has already been commissioned and operationalized

Railways on divergent tracks: Gap between forecasts and reality is widening

The gap between forecasts and reality is widening for India's largest public-sector operator

Railway Board forms panel to examine budgetary allocation, merger of funds

Focus towards minimising overlaps in fund purpose