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Railways collected over Rs 8.5 billion in ticket-related fines, says govt

Rajen Gohain told the Rajya Sabha that during the financial year 2017-18 1.8 million checks were conducted by Zonal Railways

Films, rucksacks, cycles, rods: New safety tools for Railways to save lives

The rod, called Coach Window Rod Snapper Tool, made with high-speed steel, can cut through in 30 to 40 seconds

Revenue from passenger fare up by 5%, freight by 8%, says Railways

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently said that the railways had set a target to triple its freight traffic to three billion tonnes by 2030 from the existing 1.1 billion tonnes

Soon, all trains to have 22 coaches, to be able to run on any routes

The changes in the number of trains operating on a route and their timings will reflect in the new time-table, to be published in July

A story of two buildings

Both Baroda House, headquarters of Northern Railways, and Rail Bhavan, headquarters of Indian Railways, were acquired through adverse possession, indelicately referred to as squatter's rights

Railways record 5% jump in freight, passenger traffic in last 8 months

Overall freight loading saw a growth of 747.70 million tonne in these eight months of this year

Addressing safety issues a priority for Railways? No, official data reveals

Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani urged officers to maintain the "safety culture" of the railways

Railways saves over Rs 5,000 cr in power bills in two years

The railways currently sources power through open access route in seven states

Railways will now use big data and AI to make your train travel safer

The failure of signals is one of the major reasons for train accidents and delays

Railways clutching at straws with 'superfast' levy on 48 more trains

The railways is expected to mop up an additional Rs 70 crore from these levies

Railways looking at airline pricing model: Lohani

"The dynamic fare in airlines is really dynamic. It goes up and also comes down, decided by the demand and supply scenario", adds Lohani

Cut red tape, promote efficiency: Railway panel report

It said decisions could move faster if the levels at which a file moved were cut down

No trains to go to Northeast till August 20 as floods damage tracks

Situation has been aggravated after a railway bridge between Maniyan and Kuretha was damaged

GST breather for Railways; no tax on transfer of goods for self-consumption

No exemption would be available if the transaction is classified as a good

Railways earns additional Rs 540 cr through flexi fare in less than a year

The Flexi flare scheme is applicable in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains

Railways earned Rs 1,400 crore from cancelled tickets in FY17

The jump in the earnings may be attributed to the doubling of cancellation charges from Nov 2015

Despite rains & floods, Railways' July freight, passenger business up

60.5 million more passengers travelled in 2017 between April and July 20, a growth of 2.41%

Railways suffers pricing jet lag

Rail passenger traffic takes a knock from its flexi fares and low-cost carriers

Delay by Railways in electrification projects, says CAG

The national auditor said that Railways didn't adopt e-tendering system to reduce processing period

Railways' muddled priorities

Problem with premium trains is not their occupancy levels, which are fairly high by any yardstick