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India | December 15, 2020 14:07 ISTSide lower berths will soon be modified in the reserved coaches to make passengers’ journey more comfortable.
Side lower berths will soon be modified in the reserved coaches to make passengers’ journey more comfortable.
The Indian Railways on Sunday refuted claims about issuance of unreserved tickets, saying that there has been no change in policy to run all Express trains, including festival specials and clone specials, as fully reserved trains only, by issuing reserved tickets for second class coaches coaches and passenger portion of SLRs coach.
RRB Recruitment Exam: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is going to conduct its mega recruitment drive for filling up about 1.4 lakh vacancies maintaining social distancing rules in the examination centres.
The railways will use the LiDAR technique with laser-enabled equipment mounted on a helicopter for conducting ground survey for the Delhi-Varanasi high speed rail corridor, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited said on Monday.
The company, the dedicated financing arm of the Indian Railways, will be going for the anchor investment also.
Addressing a virtual press conference, Railway Board Chairman and CEO V.K. Yadav said, "As of now railways is operating 908 mail or express trains as compared to 1,800 trains pre-Covid-19 pandemic."
Tea will be sold in environment-friendly 'Kulhads' (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.
Fact Check: Indian Railways has taken no decision to stop trains services from December 1. The message circulated on WhatsApp is fake.
Providing a list of trains that will be restored, the Railways said, "As per information received, the rail agitation is likely to be lifted in the evening of November 23. Accordingly, a tentative plan for restoration of train services in Punjab area shall be as below."
As railways plan to introduce new private trains in the coming years, companies including GMR, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), L&T Infrastructure Development Projects, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Welspun Enterprises are among 13 players who have been shortlisted by the Indian Railways to run private trains.
At least 41 trains were cancelled, while 11 trains were short terminated in Punjab as farmers' body continues protest against the Centre's farm laws. Mostly, trains on the New Delhi-Katra route have been affected, a release by the Northern Railway said.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to Kisan Unions to completely lift their rail blockade to allow passenger trains also to ply in the State, in view of the initiative taken by Central government to discuss the issue of the Farm Laws, Punjab Chief Miniser office has informed.
To provide more convenience to the passengers, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has introduced new rules in the train ticket booking related to the second reservation chart.
The Indian Railways on Thursday said that it has got the assurance from Punjab government that the rail blockade will be removed in the state by Friday morning and the national transporter is fully prepared to resume the train services.
The Indian Railways is making efforts towards coronavirus-free passenger journey with a number of precautionary installations inside coaches to minimise the spread of the infectious disease.
Indian Railways to run 16 special trains to Bihar to manage the heavy rush of passengers for Chhath Puja. Chhath Puja will be observed from November 18 to November 21.
The Northern Railway has cancelled, short-terminated and diverted some trains in view of the farmers' agitation in Punjab against farm bills.
The two Tejas Express services are the first set of trains run by a corporate entity, IRCTC, a subsidiary of the Indian Railways. The operations resume with several guidelines including the mandatory use of masks and Aarogya Setu app for all users.
Indian Railways' has planned to upgrade the network and trains running on identified routes at a speed of 130 kilometre per hour or above will have only air-conditioned coaches in the near future.
At least 22 special trains would be operated by the South Western Railway (SWR) to and from Karnataka from October 23-27 to ferry passengers for Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath puja.
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