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Railways allows sale of platform tickets at 8 stations under Delhi division

The sale of platform tickets was suspended to avoid overcrowding at railway stations in view of the Covid-19 crisis.

Cabinet okays allotment of 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band to Railways

The project will require over Rs 25,000 crore investment and be completed in 5 years

Could government-run GeM be a candidate for listing on Indian bourses?

If the listing does happen, the scale could be comparable to what the LIC public issue will be in the insurance sector

12 stations to go green in Varanasi division of North Eastern Railways

Twelve railway stations in the Varanasi division of the North Eastern Railways (NER) will soon turn into 'green zones'

Passenger footfalls have doubled from a month ago: Railway Board chief

Spike in demand over two months likely to sustain for next two months; Railways trying to meet surge with clone trains

Oxygen Expresses delivered 26,281 tonnes of LMO across 15 states

The railway's Oxygen Express trains have delivered 26,281 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across 15 states, the national transporter said on Sunday.

27 lakh caught without ticket on trains in 2020-21; cases down to 25 pc

Despite restrictions on entry at railway stations without confirmed tickets in view of Covid, over 27 lakh people were caught travelling on trains ticketless, an RTI query has revealed.

Working to become world's largest green railways says Indian Railways

The railways is working in mission mode to become the largest Green Railways in the world and is moving towards becoming a 'net zero carbon emitter' before 2030,national transporter said on Friday.

Railways maintains steady momentum with higher freight loading in May 2021

Indian Railways reported 114.8 million tonnes of freight loading in May 2021 which is 9.7 per cent higher than the previous best of 104.6 MT reported in May 2019.

Railways loads highest ever freight of 114.8 MT in May, earn Rs 11,604 cr

Indian Railways' Freight made the highest ever loading of 114.8 Metric Tonne (MT) for the month of May and earned Rs 11604.94 crores from freight loading, said Ministry of Railways on Tuesday.

RDSO becomes first standards body to join 'One Nation, One Standard' scheme

Lucknow-based RDSO, which sets standards for the railway sector, has become the first standards body in the country to join the central government's 'One Nation, One Standard' scheme that aims to ensure quality products to Indian consumers. The Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) has now been recognised as a 'Standard Developing Organisation' by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which is implementing the scheme. The partnership will help RDSO, the sole R&D wing of the railways ministry, to realign its standard formulation procedures as per the code of good practices mentioned under the WTO-Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO-TBT). The recognition will be valid for three years. At a virtual press meet on Tuesday, Railway Board Chairman and CEO Suneet Sharma and Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said that RSDO's partnership with BIS will help harmonise standards for the ease of doing business in the future. The objective of the government's 'One Nation, One ...

RDSO and BIS to jointly set norms for goods and services used by Railways

Alliance is under One-Nation-One-Standard mission of BIS

Recovery tracker: Signs of increased activity as Covid-19 cases decline

Some indicators have begun to reverse earlier decline

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi hails Karnataka woman for piloting Oxygen Express

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed woman loco pilot Sireesha Gajini of the South Western Railway (SWR) for also steering the Oxygen Express

Railways delivered 19,408 tonnes of oxygen to 39 cities over last month

So far, 289 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey while 11 more are on their way carrying more than 865 tonnes of the life-saving gas in 50 tankers.

Railways transports 1,195 tonnes of oxygen, highest in a day so far

This surpasses the previous high of 1,142 tonnes transported three days earlier

Railways will be remembered for contribution to fight against Covid: Goyal

Goyal also said 'Oxygen Express' trains have served the nation in an extraordinary manner

Recovery tracker: Power generation lower than during May 2020 lockdown

This week power generation fell below the last year level indicating continued deceleration in economic activity from the lock­down

Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar's job with Northern Railway at stake

Sushil Kumar, who was on deputation with Delhi government since 2015 had already got extension for 2020 and was trying to get it for 2021 too

Railways has delivered 13,319 MT liquid medical oxygen to states so far

The Railways has so far delivered 13,319 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in more than 814 tankers to states across the country since it started operating the Oxygen Express service last month.