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Will SAIL-BSP be able to complete the Indian Railways order this fiscal?

Company racing towards fulfilling railways' requirement of 1.35 million tonne

A lowdown on India's controversial private train concept

The Railway Board has made it clear that none of the physical operations and infrastructure - including safety-related operations - will be handled by private players

Railways' existential dilemma: Fare hike, rejig proposal spark fresh debate

A fare hike and restructuring proposal have raised afresh the debate over whether this state-owned transport utility is a service or a business

Piyush Goyal wants to put Railways on fast track with private sector help

He dismissed speculations of privatisation of the railway network, but highlighted the need for a public-private partnership funding model for the sector

Budget 2020: Railway capex may rise 18% to all-time high of Rs 1.9 trn

A major concern for the finance department of the railways is the decline in internal resources

NITI Aayog pitches for bringing in private players for train operations

The paper, prepared for discussions with stakeholders, has split the 100 routes into 10-12 clusters

After a passenger fare hike, Railways plans occupancy-based discount

Occupancy-based discount is an effort to augment revenue by increasing number of passengers during lean periods

Best of BS Opinion: Railway finances, company boardroom, and more

From Indian Railways' inefficiency costs, infrastructure deficiencies to corporate India's need for boardroom wisdom are some issues our opinion writers tackle

Reforming Railways

Passenger fare hike does not go far enough

Quantifying the social burden on railway finances

Put simply, the Railways spent Rs 98.44 for every Rs 100 it earned. This was the highest level in 10 years.

Train rides get costlier from today: Here's by how much

Railways have increased passenger fares by 1 to 4 paisa across various classes. But is that enough for the cash-strapped national transporter ? Listen to this podcast to know more

Railways announces fare hike from Jan 1; already booked tickets excluded

Premium trains like Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto trains are included in the fare hike.

One-fourth of Rs 102 trn infrastructure spending in energy sector alone

Rs 24.54 trillion investment will flow in the energy sector, and of that Rs 11.7 trillion would be in just the power sector

Indian railways stares at weak finances as staff, pension costs rise

Operating ratio has already crossed 100% in FY20, while share of internal resources in capex is down to 3.5%

Dedicated rail freight corridors look to rope in Amazon, Flipkart

'A game-changer for parcel industry'; move expected to slash parcel delivery times drastically

IRCTC to launch Tejas train from Ahmedabad to Mumbai on January 19

The Tejas train is already functional on the Delhi-Lucknow route

No clarity on hike, Rly Board says fares, freight rates to be rationalised

In the first quarter (April-June) of financial year 2019-20, the railways earned a revenue of Rs 13,398.92 crore from passenger fares. This dipped to Rs 13,243.81 crore in the July-September quarter

Train fare hike likely this week, 5 to 40 paise per km increase expected

Railways had received approval from PMO in November, but was asked to wait till end of Jharkhand elections to make the announcement

Strong signals: Railways in talks with Reliance Jio on tower use

The Railway Board has entrusted its RailTel Corporation arm to work on the modalities with Jio

Delhi fog affects rail traffic, over 100 trains delayed up to 2 hrs: Report

Delhi was enveloped in dense fog on Friday with minimum temperature settling at 6.4 degrees Celsius.