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Railway finances to take Rs 20.44-bn hit as govt clears bonus for employees

At close to 98%, the Railways' operating ratio is also expected to be the worst ever this financial year

84 railway projects worth Rs 990 billion on cards to boost coal traffic

Once the coal projects are completed, the railways expects freight movement of 2 billion tonnes in three to five years

Technology only input to impact future of Indian railways: Piyush Goyal

Goyal hit out at the previous government for the low amount of budget sanctioned to the ministry, which halted the evolution of technology

Necessary evils

If Railways needs to fill vacancies; cooking fuel subsidy is difficult to scrap

Indian Railways not to mark Gandhi's birth anniversary as 'Vegetarian Day'

Railway Board has instructed that the option of non-vegetarian food be made available for passengers on the said day as usual

Uncertainty looms for railway job aspirants as PIL filed against TCS iON

With the petition, uncertainty will prevail till Indian Railways gets a clean chit from the judiciary

A year after launch, Railways' station revamp plan back to drawing board

The first phase of the station redevelopment programme covering 23 stations that was launched with much fanfare had to be called off owing to lukewarm response from developers

Govt likely to share burden of further Indian Railways borrowing

A final call on this would be taken soon as the national transporter wants the extra money to be allotted to it in the form of Gross Budgetary Support (GBS)

Railways takes in first GE locos as part of a $2.5-billion contract

The locomotives are part of a $2.5 billion agreement signed in 2015 in support of the Government of India's Public Private Partnership 'Make in India' program

Railways to try out new signalling system on Mathura-Vadodara stretch

This comes after the plan to revamp the entire signaling system for Rs 780 billion was red flagged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a review meeting on March 26

Soon, CCTV cameras, Wifi connections at Railway hospitals, says Goyal

There are a total of 125 railway hospitals in the country

Beware scamsters! Railways to fine Rs 2,00,000 for online ticket fraud soon

Railways proposed amendment has suggested a fine of more than Rs 2,00,000 for the offence, the sources said

To lure back riders, Railways set to scrap dynamic pricing on 40 trains

The flexi-fare scheme is reportedly being scrapped for trains that have reported 50 per cent bookings

Cabinet approves 100% electrification of railways at a cost of Rs 121.34 bn

This comes at a time when General Electric is set to come up with a diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Marhowra in Bihar

Railways' Plan Bee: Right on track to save elephants

Can bees save elephants from train accidents? As incredible as it may seem, they seem to be doing their job fairly well. In November 2017, the Indian Railways launched the initiative, 'Plan Bee' to prevent trains from hitting elephants crossing tracks. On Friday, the Indian Railways declared that its “Plan Bee” has been a great success as the number of casualties has gone down drastically.

Railways to convert diesel locomotives to electric, says Piyush Goyal

He added the Railways is looking for conversion of existing diesel locomotives to electric ones at a cheaper cost, compared to refurbishment

After stations, Indian Railways to rank top 200 trains on cleanliness

Apart from the passenger feedback, audit team will also look into cleanliness conditions of the entire train, including toilets

Railways to replace AC II-tier coaches in premium trains with AC-III

If such a replacement is done, for example, in the 50 Rajdhani trains, it will create around 14,400 additional berths for AC-III passengers

India-made semi-high speed 'Train 18' to be rolled out for testing in Sept

Built by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, the train will promote "Make in India", and is capable of running at a speed of 160 km per hour

To boost passenger safety, railways to induct 4410 LHB coaches in 2018-19

LHB design coaches are lighter in weight, have higher carrying capacity, speed potential and better safety features as compared to ICF coaches