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Railways to enhance IRCTC's e-ticketing website: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that the IRCTC e-ticketing website will have all the features for ease of booking by the passengers

Railways lost 700 workers to Covid in last 9 months, among 30,000 infected

The Railways has lost around 700 frontline workers, among the 30,000 infected with Covid-19 in the last nine months,

Railways allow teachers to use Mumbai suburban train services amid Covid

In a joint release, Western and Central Railways, which operate the suburban system in MMR, said permission has been granted with immediate effect

Maharashtra asks Railways to allow teachers to travel in local trains

The letter was addressed to the General Managers of the CR and the WR by Kishore Raje Nimbalkar, Secretary, Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation

Eastern Railway, WB govt to discuss resumption of suburban trains on Monday

The West Bengal government and the Eastern Railway will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss resumption of suburban train services, railway sources said.

Finance ministry rejects railways' request to bear pension expenses

Reminds national transporter of its autonomy; asks it to rationalise freight

Congress urges govt to rollback raised railway fares for festive season

The Congress on Wednesday accused the railways of charging higher fares for festival special trains and urged the government to roll back the raised prices to help people during the festive season.

Not following Covid norms, boarding train when positive could invite fine

Passengers not following Covid-19 protocols, including wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and travelling after being infected could be booked under various sections of the Railway Act

Work on reviving India-Bangladesh rail link likely to be completed by Dec

A defunct railway link with Bangladesh is being revived with work on the Indian side of the border from Haldibari in north Bengal likely to be completed by December, a railway official said

RailTel Corporation files draft papers with Sebi for Rs 700-cr IPO

The initial public offer (IPO) is entirely an offer-for-sale through which government will offload 8.66 crore equity shares, draft papers filed with Sebi showed

Railways to introduce 200 more trains during festive season: Board Chairman

The Railways is planning to introduce 200 special trains between October 15 and November 30 to cater to passengers travelling during the festive season, Railway Board Chairman and CEO V K Yadav said

Railways generates over million man-days of employment in six states

Indian Railways has generated 1,066,246 man-days of work till September 25 under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan in 6 States

Win-win situation for Railways, investors: NITI Aayog CEO on private trains

In a first, private entities will source and operate modern technology trains for undertaking passenger business using Indian Railways' infrastructure, Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog CEO said

Collected Rs 430 crore as fare from state govts for Shramik trains: Govt

An amount of Rs 433 crore has been collected as fare from state governments for operating 4,621 Shramik Special trains since May 1, the Ministry of Railways informed Parliament

Lockdown led to 42% dip in revenue, ticket refund of Rs 3,371 cr: Railways

Owing to discontinuance of passenger services due to lockdown, traffic revenue by August end declined 42% as compared to last year with the railways refunding Rs 3,371 crore for cancelled journeys

In new roles for restructured Railway Board, CEO to retain key portfolios

The Cabinet had earlier approved the restructuring of the Railway Board, whose strength has been cut from eight to five, as part of large scale reforms initiated by the national transporter

SWR, BMRCL sign MoU with BIAL to upgrade connectivity to intl airport

According to the SWR, the construction of this Railway Station is near completion and is scheduled to be operationalised shortly

Despite Covid, East Coast Railway carries 72.2 mt of freight during Apr-Aug

It has utilised about 7,135 wagons per day during the April-July period in the current financial year

By March 2023, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland to have rail connectivity

he first train in the north-east region chugged out from the industrial city of Dibrugarh in eastern Assam 138 years ago

Bengal writes to Railways, says metro, local train services can be resumed

The government also requested the board to put in place the required logistics for smooth operations of the services