Railways

News: The Railways on Friday signed an MoU with the Commerce and Industry Ministry for setting up Railway Design Centre at National Institute of Design(NID) campus in Ahmedabad. NID will design coaches, toilets, platform sheds, pantry cars, ladder for upper berths, lighting arrangements at stations and circulating areas to give ...

News: The toy train service between ‘Queen of Hills’ Darjeeling and New Jalpaiguri is resumed today after a gap of nearly 5 years. The toy train service was suspended on September 11, 2010, after a landslide destroyed about 600 mt of road and tracks running parallel to it at Tindharia. ...

News:  Central railways has started with the I.C.U facility on rails. Benefits: Train accident victims can expect faster treatment in case of accidents. The fully air-conditioned van offers all the facilities, including medical professionals and equipment, that one needs in an Intensive Care Unit.  The van has an ambulance on ...

News: The railway ministry has decided to do away with these chains. An official said railways had incurred a loss of Rs 3000 crore because trains ran late with the indiscriminate chain-pulling for no good reason. The alternative arrangement for this, the mobile phone number of the driver and assistant ...

News: Railways is planning to come out with a solar policy for procuring 1000 MW solar power in the next five years. For the same railways proposes to install solar power plants of about 8.8 MW capacity at railway stations, railway office buildings and level crossing gates throughout the country ...

News The sixth and final trial for Gatimaan Express, the first semi high-speed train service between Delhi and Agra has been completed. The train covered the 195-km journey in 115 minutes, clocking a maximum speed of 160-plus kmph. Details The running schedule of the train as well as its fare ...

News The Railways has invited global players for a Rs 2,500-crore project it has lined up under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ programme for the procurement and manufacture of 15 train sets which will be used for faster inter-city travel. While the successful bidder will be importing ...

News The Ministry of Railways has decided to set up the ‘Technology Mission for Indian Railways’(TMIR) as a consortium of Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Industries on an investment sharing model for taking up identified railway projects for applied ...

News The Ministry of Railways has decided to set up the “Malaviya Chair” for Railway Technology at IIT (BHU) to help in development of new materials to b e used in all assets of Railways. The project formulation and implementation in the fields of development of new materials for use ...

News Stepping up efforts to reduce usage of paper, Railways has decided to introduce paperless mobile ticketing system in premium trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi services. Currently, the paperless ticketing system is operational in unreserved ticketing for commuters in Egmore and Tambram suburban section in Chennai on a pilot basis. Passengers ...