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Soon, use Railways' plastic bottle crushers and get free mobile recharge

Railways have issued directions that from October 2 this year, single-use plastic will not be used on its premises

Passenger rail corridors on Delhi-Mumbai leg may foster private trains

On these routes, the train speed would also be increased to above 160 kilometers per hour

Rs 1,377 cr: Amount Railways earned fining ticketless travellers in 3 years

As many as 8.9 million passengers were caught without tickets in the first 10 month of the current financial year

IRCTC to bring back service charge on online ticket booking from Sep 1

Passengers may have to pay Rs 15 and Rs 30 for non AC classes and AC classes as service charge from September 1

Indian Railways plans to float a new tender for content-on-demand

This time, the Railways has scaled down its revenue target to Rs 1,000 crore, sources in the know of the developments said

Railway project to link Kashmir with rest of India put on fast track

The project is now being directly monitored by the Prime Minister's Office for its faster completion

Centre sets up three-member panel to resolve dispute between SAIL, Railways

During the last financial year, SAIL supplied around 985,000 tonnes of rail worth Rs 5,900 crore

RRB JE Result 2019 to be announced today on rrbcdg.gov.in, check steps

The RRB has already declared the date for RRB JE Stage 2 Exam 2019 either during the last week of August

Railways, CIL in talks over 538-km eastern freight corridor stretch

The railways is expected to float a tender by October

RRB Paramedical Answer Key 2019 live on rrbcdg.gov.in, download by Aug 8

The last date to download the RRB Paramedical Answer Key 2019 and submit objection is August 8, 2019

Vande Bharat dream goes on slow track; Train 20 likely to be shelved

Two consecutive bulk tenders for the propulsion systems of Train 18 got cancelled recently, citing technical reasons

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea oppose free spectrum to railways

Reliance Jio said the Railways should not be permitted to offer commercial services like Wi-fi and voice and video communication

Telcos oppose allocation of 700 MHz spectrum to railways, call for auction

Telcos said the spectrum allotted to Railways for captive use should not be utilised for commercial services for passengers as such services should be provisioned by entities that hold a valid license

How exemption of 13 railway projects puts wildlife sanctuaries at risk

The Forest (Conservation) Act of 1980 prohibits the use of any forest land for non-forest activities

Cabinet likely to soon decide on 2 ambitious semi-high speed train projects

Russian Railways will come out with a report on the speed upgrade of the Nagpur-Secunderabad section by September. India and Russia had signed a memorandum of understand for this in December 2015

RRB Recruitment 2019: Check RRC Group D application status on rrbcdg.gov.in

The inspection of the RRB recruitment 2019 application status has been completed

Inside the Indian Railways' high-tech project to map defects in tracks

At present, thousands of trackmen throughout the country patrol the railway tracks every day to manually check every nut and bolt for defects

Private insurance firms make windfall from Railways' insurance scheme

Private insurance companies received a premium of around Rs 46 crore in the last two years from railway and its passengers while making a payout of only Rs seven crore in claims under the national transporter's travel insurance scheme, an RTI has found. IRCTC, which is a wholly owned undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, has entered into an agreement with three private insurance companies through limited tender - Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd and Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company Ltd for its Optional Travel Insurance Scheme which was launched in September 2016 with a premium of Rs 0.92 per passenger. This facility is for confirmed/RAC railway passengers who booked e-ticket through the official website of Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). Under the scheme, a sum assured is paid to the victim/family or legal heir of the victim as the case may be in case of death/injury of reserved passengers due to ..

RRB recruitment test 2019 from tomorrow for 1,937 posts: Details here

The computer-based test will be of a 90-minute duration and will have a total of 100 questions

Uphill task for Railways as few private players ready for participation

In her July 5 Budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Railways needed Rs 50 trillion in five years to 2030