Tag Archives: Indian-Railways

Rattled by a spate of train accidents in which several lives were lost, Railways today said “enough is enough” and any “laxity on safety front is not acceptable” as it decided to seek Rs 1 lakh crore funds from the Finance ministry for safety upgrade. Railway minister has shown serious concern ...

Indian Railways and Google have joined forces to create a network of free Wi-Fi across 400 railway stations across the country using the Google Fiber project, under the name ‘Project Nilgiri’. The service will allow users to access free Internet at high speeds for first 34 minutes and the speed ...

Stinking washrooms on trains may become a thing of the past with the railways launching the trial run of vacuum toilet on Dibrugarh Rajdhani. Fitted in the First AC coach at an estimated cost of about Rs 3 lakh, the vucuum toilet is also equipped with the bio-digester system. Railways ...

To improve cleanliness on-board trains and stations, the Indian Railways announced the creation of an exclusive wing and has been named as “Environment and Housekeeping Management Directorate”, for integrated management of all housekeeping activities. Source: ET

News:  Indian Railways will join hands with ISRO to get online satellite images for improving safety and increasing efficacy. Geospatial services will be available from satellite-assisted navigational support through the GPS aided geo-augmented navigation (GAGAN) system of ISRO. The MoU will facilitate getting images and communications through the satellite system. While ...

Analysis Submitted by our Citizen Journalist –  Sumit Parakh , Software Engineer , Chattisgarh MyGov is a citizen engagement platform founded by the Government of India to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country’s governance and development. In the railway budget,Min of Railways translated citizens’ ideas from MyGov into actions. ...

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 ...