Page 53 - Railways

Indian Railways ropes in Italy's FS Group for improving safety

The cooperation areas identified in this agreement includes safety audit of Indian Railways

Railways allocated Rs 500 crore for CCTV cameras at 983 stations: Minister

The minister said that currently CCTV cameras have been installed at 344 railway stations

Ministry report identifies staff faliure as biggest cause of rail accidents

A task force on safety was formed in Dec last year after a derailment killed 151 people near Kanpur

Railways lost Rs 800 crore in 2016-17

The loss on passenger revenue was around Rs 100 crore

Railways to replace conventional coaches with modern LHB

The LHB coaches are equipped with modern technology to prevent capsizing of coaches

Shorter trips in Railways to get cheaper soon. Here's why

Short-distance passengers are not allowed reservation in Mail and Express trains on longer routes

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