Railways

News: The railway and the women and child welfare development ministries have joined forces in a bid to rescue abducted and lost children and put an end to child trafficking. It’s a mammoth task, given that the Indian Railways carries 23 million people every day and that there are more ...

News: The Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL), a public sector unit of the Human Resource Development ministry is finalising the project and university will have its main campus at the National Academy of Indian Railways at Vadodar. The academy provides training to all levels of Indian Railway officers, from probationers ...

News: Government has given an in-principle nod for Madrid-based locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake trial runs of its lighter and faster trains that could cut travel time between Mumbai and Delhi from 17 hours to 12 hours without overhauling India’s ageing rail tracks. The trial train to India will come by ...

News: The government of India has asked Asian Development Bank to carry out pre-feasibility study for financing the project across Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. A road and rail link project between India’s Rameswaram and Sri Lanka’s Thalaimannar may be a combination of bridge and underwater tunnel which ...

News: Government has initiated the proposal for construction of 1,352 km long four strategic railway lines along the China Border. Government has identified four strategic lines along India-China border — Missamari-Tenga-Tawang (378 km), Bilaspur-Manali-Leh (498 km), Pasighat-Tezu-Rupai (227 km) and North Lakhimpur-Bame-Silapathar (249 km). The Railway ministry has requested the ...

News: Train passengers can call 138 through mobile phone for medical emergencies. All passengers trains are provided with First Aid Boxes containing essential drugs and dressing materials. In addition, augmented First Aid Boxes with wide range of medicines, disposable medical materials have been provided with the Train Superintendents of Rajdhani/Shatabdi ...

News: The Defence Ministry has identified four strategic lines along India-China border – Missamari-Tenga-Tawang (378 km), Bilaspur-Manali-Leh (498 km), Pasighat-Tezu-Rupai (227 km) and North Lakhimpur-Bame-Silapathar (249 km), Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said. Government said it has initiated the proposal for construction of 1,352 km long four strategic ...

News: Indian Railways has modified rules on identity proof of passengers travelling on tickets issued under its Tatkal Scheme. As per modified rules, there won’t be any need to mention or furnish photocopy of proof of identity, while booking a Tatkal ticket or indicate the same while booking tickets through ...

News: Railway has undertaken feasibility study for high-speed rail corridors between Delhi and Mumbai, Mumbai and Chennai, and New Delhi and Kolkata, which are part of the Diamond Quadrilateral project. China is undertaking feasibility study of the Delhi-Chennai route, also a part of the Diamond Quadrilateral project. Spain is likely ...

News: Railways today assured the industry that the ambitious Rs 81,459 cr worth ‘Dedicated Freight Corridor’ (DFC) project, meant for faster goods movement, will be completed by 2019. Currently goods trains are moving at 25/26 km per hour speed. The speed will go up to 100 km per hour on ...