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Foreign senior citizens' fare concession discontinued: Railways

According to the ministry, the fare concession will only be granted to senior citizens of Indian nationality, permanently residing in India

Railways to offer 30% discount to bulk customers in loadings

Targeted customers are foodgrain, cement, limestone and steel companies while commodities such as coal and iron ore are absent

End the delay

An executive order is adequate to set up the rail tariff body

Cabinet approves 78-day bonus for railway employees

All non-gazetted railway employees will be eligible for the bonus

78-day wages as bonus for railway employees likely

Despite the financial crunch of about Rs 10,000 cr in the earnings due to slowdown in loadings and drop of passengers in short train journey

Indian Railways fine 15,000 passengers for littering platforms

Indian Railways took several measures to improve passenger services, whilst maintaining cleanliness in stations

President Pranab Mukherjee lauds Indian Railways

Railways is one of the few institutions which can truly be called the unifier of the nation

Foreign firms to develop train tech in India: Suresh Prabhu

Prabhu said the Indian Railways is going to use new technologies in every area from ticketing to emergency response

Rebooting railways

The key issue is to enhance the carrier's autonomy

Railways to launch 'Yatri Mitra Sewa' at major stations

Railways said that passengers will be able to access the service through a mobile application that is being developed by the CRIS

Railways goes down new track to power growth

It is willing to let go of its budgetary independence and restructure its companies in order to make itself more viable commercially and less important politically

Confirmed seat on demand by 2020: Railways

Manoj Sinha said there is a huge gap between passenger requirement and the existing infrastructure

Congress, Left demand roll back of rail surge pricing

Centre on Wednesday had announced surge pricing on Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains through flexi fare system

Opposition wants railway fare hike rolled back

CPI-M pointed out that the scheme excludes AC I coach and executive Chair, reflecting the pro-rich bias of the government

Arvind Kejriwal demands roll back of 'surge pricing' in railways

Kejriwal's remarks came a day after Indian Railways announced to increase ticket price of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto express trains

Railways to start surge pricing tomorrow

The dynamic system to applicable from Sept 9; prices will go up by 10% for every 10% tickets sold

Service tax should be shared with railways: Parliamentary panel

Panel also noted that the concessions given by the Railways on various categories should also be taken up with the ministries concerned

Railways set to roll out 2 major reform initiatives

It will set up a regulatory authority for fixing fares and create an infrastructure development fund

Railways seek non-budget funding for infrastructure development

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that World Bank had agreed to anchor the Railway Infrastructure Development Fund with a corpus of $5 billion over 7 year

Prabhu advocates high speed technology for railways

He said that advance technology always plays a great role in the nation building