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Southern Railway's Chennai Divn starts new service to map movement of goods

The time-tabled container services were introduced on August 20, and have been running daily between Chennai Harbour and Whitefield. Each way trip fetches a revenue of Rs 4.3 lakh

Lukewarm opening day for 80 special trains; avg occupancy less than 50%

Occupancy in trains originating from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal for journeys towards Karnataka and Telangana maintained an average occupancy of around 30 per cent

In new roles for restructured Railway Board, CEO to retain key portfolios

The Cabinet had earlier approved the restructuring of the Railway Board, whose strength has been cut from eight to five, as part of large scale reforms initiated by the national transporter

Rly freight revenue may revive in 5 months, passenger income in 9: Study

Railways' freight revenue is expected to recover within next four to five months, but passenger revenue may take over nine months to revive completely from the effects of the Covid, a study has found

Railway Protection Force busts illegal tickets booking racket, 50 arrested

The RPF busted an illegal train ticket booking racket with the arrest of 50 people, RPF Director-General, Arun Kumar said

Goyal urges industry to work with Railways in reducing cost of logistics

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said there has been a transformation of railways and that the COVID-19 phase has been utilised to remove bottlenecks making policing changes and improving infrastructure

Railways achieves 31% of targeted capex in five months despite Covid-19

During the time of lockdown, the Railways increased the pace of infrastructure works, completing almost 200 projects that needed a traffic blockade

Prayagraj to house the nerve centre of automated goods train running system

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will also host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia

South Western Railways to run 40 pairs of special trains from Sept 12

According to a statement issued by the SWR on Saturday, these services shall be in addition to the Shramik specials and the special trains, which are already in operation

No blankets in AC coaches even after pandemic subsides: Railway Board chief

The railway passengers traveling in AC Coaches will have to travel with their own blankets and bedsheets "even after the pandemic subsides", said Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav

80% land acquisition for bullet train complete in Gujarat, says official

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023

Bullet train project risks delay due to land acquisition, Covid: Railways

63 per cent of the land need for project has been acquired yet, says official

Indian Railways to conduct exams from December 15 to fill 140,000 posts

The national transporter received 24.2 million applications for 140,000 vacancies

Railways to run 80 new special trains from Sept 12; bookings from Sept 10

Yadav said the Railways will be monitoring all the trains that are currently in operation to determine which trains have long waiting list

Karat requests Goyal's intervention on SC eviction order of jhuggi clusters

Brinda Karat wrote a letter to Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal requesting his intervention on the Supreme Court judgment of August 31, directing the removal of all jhuggi clusters on railway land

Railway Board restructuring gets green flag: Vinod Yadav to be first CEO

The current restructuring will be a zero-cost exercise and money will be saved by surrendering posts in the board and stopping duplication of work

CII launches plan to nurture new businesses, to work with DPIIT on strategy

Will provide policy inputs, identify new growth segments and set up international partnerships; wants govt to invite other nations to participate

SC orders removal of 48,000 slum dwellings around railway tracks in Delhi

The removal of the slums has to be completed within 3 months. The apex court also directed that no court should grant a stay in the matter

ACC approves appointment of V K Yadav as Railway Board's first ever CEO

The Cabinet had earlier approved the restructuring of the Railway Board, whose strength has been cut from eight to five, as part of large scale reforms initiated by the national transporter

Western Railway saves Rs 3 cr by generating solar power at 75 stations

These rooftop solar plants generate a whopping 8.67MW