Railway Ministry
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February 24, 2021, Wednesday
Railways hiked fares for short distances to deter non-essential travel
Hike covers less than 3% of total trains running; fares fixed in passenger trains at unreserved price of mail or express trains ...
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February 21, 2021, Sunday
Goyal encourages railways officials to give suggestions for optimisation
These suggestions could be about anything that can contribute to better passenger services, safety, revenue generation, freight ...
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November 05, 2020, Thursday
Punjab BJP seeks Railway Minister's intervention to resume train services
A Punjab BJP delegation met Railway Minister Goyal over the suspension of trains due to farmer protests, and sought his ...
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October 14, 2020, Wednesday
Alstom's e-locos approved for freight locomotives to run at 120 kmph
Electric locos allow heavy freight trains to haul 6,000 tonnes at a top speed of 120 kmph and they are expected to increase the ...
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October 07, 2020, Wednesday
BHEL, L&T, Welspun, IRCTC among 15 firms in fray for running private trains
Rail ministry had invited RFQ for private operation of passenger trains over 12 clusters consisting of 140 Origin-Destination ...
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September 23, 2020, Wednesday
MoS Railways Suresh Angadi passes away due to coronavirus at AIIMS
Suresh Angadi is also the first sitting minister to have died after testing positive for the infection
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September 16, 2020, Wednesday
Indian Railways' clone train scheme: A friend of waitlisted passengers
These trains will be operated as an alternative to existing trains, when the actual trains will have a large number of waitlisted ...
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September 01, 2020, Tuesday
More special trains being planned, states being consulted: Rail Ministry
To ease passenger movement in high-demand areas, the Railways will run more special trains apart from the 230 plying currently, ...
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August 27, 2020, Thursday
Railways meets solar power developers for zero carbon emission goal
The railways has developed a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20-GW capacity by utilising its vacant land by 2030
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August 27, 2020, Thursday
Will resume services when Centre gives go-ahead: Kolkata Metro
The Metro Railway here said on Thursday that it will restart services on receiving the go- ahead from the Union Home Ministry ...
