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Suresh Prabhu unveils Mission 41k energy plan for Railways

Railways will electrify 24,000 km of rail tracks over the next five year

Railways' new policy okays advertisement in trains, stations

Long-term sustainability is not possible with revenue from just freight and passenger fare

Railways ministry used as bargaining tool by earlier govts: PM Modi

Suresh Prabhu said his ministry is planning to replicate redevelopment at 23 railway stations

17 trains cancelled, 75 delayed due to dense fog

As many as 47 trains were rescheduled on Tuesday, the official said

Railways to procure latest tech to ensure passenger safety

Railways will procure modern equipment for faster detection of fracture on rail tracks

Railways announce 10% rebate in vacant train berths

The rebate will be effective for six months beginning form Jan 1

Derailment cases up this year, says Indian Railways

The railways witnessed two derailment cases in two months near Kanpur

Railways doubles relief to Rs 8 lakh for death, injury in accident

The relief amount will be given to the kith and kin of the person who dies in the accident

Raillways asks WB govt to take charge of all ongoing and new projects

Railways says that they incurred losses of around to Rs 15,000 crore due to delay in projects

Now, Railways to issue fog alert to inform travellers of delays

More than 90 runs of trains between Delhi and Patna were delayed due to fog last week

Railways to form joint venture with Maharashtra to fast-track 20 projects

These include work on 3 major corridors -Bandra-Virar, Virar-Vasai-Panvel, CSTM-Panvel

Indian Railways introduces French security system for trains

In September 2014, Southern Railway had awarded this signalling contract to Thales

Railways to offer 10% discount on seat left after chart preparation

Discount would be applicable on the surged fare base and not on the original base fare

Railways plan 1,200 Mw of solar, wind energy

In a year, Indian Railways consumes 18.25 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, 1.8% of the country's total

Railways to adopt e-tendering for Rs 1.22 lakh cr capex

Suresh Prabhu termed demonetisation as a good opportunity to move to cashless transactions

Railways tweaks flexi fare system to attract last minute booking

There were 5,871 vacant berths in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains during September 9-October 31 this year

Vision 2030: Indian Railways to execute projects worth Rs 8.56 lakh

According to the plan, IRFC will provide almost the same amount of funds to the Railways as the government through the budget

Indian Railways launch website for National Rail Plan

Railways will be including all the ideas received during recently held Rail Vikas Shivir in the National Rail Plan

16 states respond to share Rs 60,000 cr cost for rail projects

Five states have signed joint venture agreements with the Railways so far; two others have agreed to collaborate

Around 70 north-bound trains delayed due to fog

Departure of around 30 trains were rescheduled due to bad weather conditions