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Indian Railways must diversify its freight portfolio, says report

Another key proposal is to allow private players to run trains on the dedicated fre­ight corridors

Railways should diversify freight portfolio: Ficci-Crisil White paper

Another key proposal is to allow private players to run trains on the dedicated freight corridors

Indian Railways drops extra charges for large goods moving through DFCs

This is a significant shift because the restrictive goods consignment dimensions are cited as one of the reasons for the falling utility of rail freight

Indian Railways starts a new train between Mau and Delhi

Indian Railways on Sunday started a special train from Delhi to Mau on a proposal from former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma

Indian Railways expecting improved operating ratio despite Covid-19 impact

Rail ministry official says huge cut in expenditure offset falling passenger revenues; freight revenue seen driving improvement

IRCTC to resume e-catering services from next month in relief to passengers

IRCTC is the Indian railways' catering arm

Adani, GMR, Godrej eye revamp of Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station

Project cost pegged at Rs 1,642 crore for creating a City Centre Rail Mall

Indian Railways allows e-catering in train, Railrestro set to deliver food

Indian Railways has allowed the e-catering services to resume in the trains. They will now be permitted to resume functions depending upon the feasibility, availability of staff and local restrictions

A beaten track: Plan for Railways has vision but lacks clarity on execution

The national transport utility's long-awaited draft national plan merely reiterates a direction that has already been set

Railways announces 33 Sankranti special trains in Andhra from Jan 9 to 16

Considering the Sankranti festival rush, the South Central Railway (SCR) zone will run more than 30 special trains to ferry passengers from Hyderabad to multiple places in Andhra Pradesh from Saturday

Rijiju bats for restoration of passenger fare concession for sportspersons

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday requested Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to restore the privileges

PM flags off world's 1st double-stack container train, launches DFC section

One train carries 360 10-feet container equivalent units (TEU), which is equivalent to 270 high capacity trailer trucks

L&T construction arm is lowest bidder for Uttarakhand railway project

The Rs 3,338 crore order is a contract from Rail Vikas Nigam for package-4 of a new broad-gauge line between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag

Recovery tracker: More visits to transit stations, freight shows gains

Monday morning traffic is still over 40% below 2019 levels in key cities

Piyush Goyal launches IRCTC's upgraded e-ticketing website

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday launched an upgraded version of the e-ticketing website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which has personalised features.

IRCTC launches new website and mobile app with personalised features

Predictive suggestions using AI while entering station or passenger name to save time buying tickets, integrated booking for meals and accommodation as some of the add-ons

New vistadome coaches will make train travel more memorable: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the newly designed vistadome coaches developed by the Integral Coach Factory

Jindal Steel first private firm to get "regular supplier" tag from Railways

With this, Indian Railways, its arms and track-laying contractors can source 60kg 880 grade (90 UTS) Rails made by JSPL for their ongoing and upcoming projects

CIL to construct 21 railway sidings at cost of Rs 3,370 crore

Coal India said it is constructing 21 railway sidings at an estimated investment of Rs 3,370 crore in four of its subsidiaries

IRCTC struggles to stay on track as travel worst impacted due to Covid-19

The pandemic has eaten into the profitability of this govt-owned railway catering and ticketing monopoly