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Hydrogen-powered train to be ready in India next year: Railway Minister

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India is developing hydrogen-powered trains and they will be ready in 2023

Railways floats tender to procure 80,000 indigenous forged wheels a year

Invites industry to set up domestic manufacturing facility at estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore

Vande Bharat trains' manufacturing to begin from October: Railway Minister

The Railways' target is to begin a regular production of Vande Bharat trains from October with manufacture of two to three trains per month, to five to eight in the coming months, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. The Railways has set a target of manufacturing 75 such trains by August 2023. The newest train has completed all its trials and is ready to run commercially. Sources said that it is likely to be run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad and will be officially launched later this month. Addressing a press briefing, Vaishnaw said that the new train comes with much advanced features. The third Vande Bharat train, which has completed its trials and is fit to be operated commercially, will zoom from 0-100 kmph in 52 seconds as compared to the earlier version which attained the same speed in 54.6 seconds. He also said that the weight of the new train has been reduced by 38 tonnes, which has contributed to its faster acceleration. So, the new train would reach a speed

Railways eyes Rs 30,000-crore revenue with new land licensing fee policy

Sources also indicated that the current policy was causing a lot of leasable Railways land to go idle, notwithstanding the potential for terminal operations

Improving efficiency: New railways land policy

Increasing railway land usage will boost activity

IRCTC cancels 269 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 4 here

Indian Railways cancelled 269 trains on Sunday, September 4. Read this report to know the status of rescheduled, source-changed, diverted, cancelled or shortly-terminated trains today

IRCTC cancels 173 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 3 here

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation announced the list of cancelled, rescheduled, diverted, source-changed trains and shortly-terminated trains on Saturday, September 3. Read this article

IRCTC cancels 182 trains today, 30 Aug: Check your train status here

Indian railways cancelled 182 trains today, August 30, rescheduled 18, source-changed 19, and diverted 29. Read this article to know more

After facing backlash, IRCTC says it will review its data monetisation plan

The review is likely to see clearer distinctions on the scope of data sharing, with all provisions of sharing of personal data slated to be completely excluded

No proposal to withdraw flexi fare policy, says Railway Minister Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Wednesday said that no changes will be made in the flexi fare policy in the coming times. The flexi fare system was introduced in Rajdhani, Duronto, etc

Monsoon Session: Agnipath protests cost govt nearly Rs 259.44 crore

Amid the protests in several parts of the country against the recently launched Agnipath, railway properties were vandalised, torched or attacked from Bihar to Telangana

Mumbai's CSMT facelift plan back to drawing board due to railway revamp

The project, which had received bids from Adani, Oberoi and GMR, goes back to drawing board after abrupt shutdown of nodal agency; station will now be developed under BOT mode

Railways stakes claim for coal transport planning, fix 'big mismatch'

Coal freight is railways' biggest source of revenue, earning it Rs 67,000 crore in 2021-22

Ashwini Vaishnaw to inaugurate new train services in Odisha today

The Railway Minister will announce new train towards Puri and stoppage of Sewa Express at Bolagarh PH

Railway officials to be rated on freight volumes, train movement efficiency

The Railways' overall freight growth against the ministry's internal target was 0.94 per cent in FY22

Railways gets $245-mn World Bank loan to cut logistics project's emissions

Bid to help India reduce emissions through logistics project

Eastern Railway cancels, reschedules several trains over Agnipath protests

A number of express trains, including the Howrah-Kalka Netaji Express, Kolkata-Amritsar Express, Yog Nagari Rishikesh Doon Express were cancelled

Bharat Gaurav train: India's first private rail service begins journey

South Star Rail is the registered service provider that will operate the train between Coimbatore and Shirdi

India confident of running first bullet train by 2026, but only in Gujarat

The first phase of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, a 61-km stretch between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat, is likely to be operational only in 2026

Man's fight to get Rs 35 refund on cancelled railway ticket benefits 300k

The Railways has approved Rs 2.43 crore in refunds to 2.98 lakh IRCTC users -- many of whom might have brought multiple tickets, according to an RTI reply received by Kota-based engineer Sujeet Swami.