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Railtel gives a fillip to Railways' digital drive amid Covid-19 pandemic
While the initiative of e-office got a push in the last three months, the usage of the commercial bandwidth of Railtel increased 1.5 times and retail bandwidth by 2.25 times during this period.
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No job cuts but profiles of employees may change, says Railways
In an online briefing, Director General (HR) Railway Board, Anand S Khati said the Railways will be "rightsizing and not downsizing".
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India's first private train in just three years: All you need to know
Business Standard's Assistant Editor Shine Jacob gives a sense of this announcement in detail
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Covid-19 crisis drags Indian Railways' freight traffic down 21% in Q1
Its earnings from freight also saw 31 per cent fall to Rs 22,266 crore for the April-June period.
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India's first private train to be on track by April 2023: Indian Railways
The Railways indicated that the plan to rope in private players came after an estimate showed that passenger traffic is expected to grow by 55 per cent from the current level by 2030
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Not feasible to turn coaches into Covid-19 ICU wards: Railways to Bombay HC
As per the affidavit, train coaches cannot be reused for regular passenger services if major structural changes were carried out
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Govt inviting private firms to operate trains will affect the poor: Rahul
Railways on Wednesday formally kickstarted its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network
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Private train operations likely by 2023, fares to be competitive: Railways
Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said that private players in passenger train operations will mean a quantum jump in technology and coaches that run at higher speeds
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Indian Railways to upgrade speed of trains at 130 km/hr on two long routes
It is worth noting that the speed of Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains has been increased on many routes
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Top headlines: Modi quits Chinese social media, GVK chairman booked & more
From Chinese tech firms moving writ petitions, GST collection improving in June to PM Modi quitting Chinese social media, here are the top headlines of the day
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Railways fast-tracks proposal to let private players operate 151 trains
Move to see investment of around Rs 30,000 crore
Railways starts process to let private players operate passenger trains
This is the first initiative for private investment for running passenger trains on the Indian Railways network
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IRCTC keeps order to terminate over 500 supervisors till further notice
Days after issuing an order asking its zonal offices to terminate services of over 500 contractual hospitality supervisors, IRCTC has now decided to keep the order in abeyance till further notice.
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Unlock 2: Schools to remain shut; domestic flights, trains to be expanded
More domestic flights and passenger trains will be allowed in a calibrated manner, as the government issued guidelines for the month-long 'Unlock 2' beginning July 1
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Railway to add 40 additional services on Mumbai Suburban section from today
A total of 202 services will now be running on WR's suburban section
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RITES to pick 24% stake in Railway's station redevelopment entity
According to sources, a shareholder agreement was signed on May 21 and the proposal will be taken up for approval of the shareholders
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AC trains to have operation theatre-like fresh air pumped into coaches
The experiment, started with 15 pairs of air conditioned trains being run by the Railways on the Rajdhani routes since May 12, will be replicated in all AC trains
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32 firms show interest in redevelopment of four railway stations
Nagpur, Gwalior, Amritsar, Sabarmati may see Rs 1,300-crore investment
Railways spending Rs 200,000 per isolation coach; govt sanctions Rs 620 cr
"It is heartening to see that the occupancy in trains from UP, Bihar, West Bengal to big cities is increasing day by day, indicating an improving economic situation," Yadav said
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RailTel to provide video surveillance at 6,049 stations across country
The scope of work also includes integration of the existing standalone CCTV network of the railways into the VSS system for centralised monitoring
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