Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that all women passengers will be allowed to travel in local trains in Mumbai and suburbs from Wednesday.
The Western Railway (WR) has said that 156 trips of 12 special trains would be operated on various routes during the forthcoming Dussehra and Diwali festivals to clear the extra rush of passengers.
Mumbai AC local train service is set to resume from October 15 (Thursday) onwards. According to the official release, the Western Railway will run additional 194 special services including the 10 AC trains, from Thursday.
The Railways Ministry has approved Zonal Railways' proposal for the operation of 196 pairs of Festival Special trains. The trains will be operated between October 20 to November 30. The fare applicable for these services will be that applicable for special trains.
Trains running on identified routes at a speed of 130 kmph or above on the railway network will have only air-conditioned coaches in the near future as part of the Railways’ plans to upgrade the network, an official said on Sunday.
In a welcome move for those seeking to travel to Jammu and Katra in Jammu and Kashmir from Delhi as country is exiting from the lockdown in phased manner, the Railways will resume service of India's semi-high speed train New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat express from an early convenient date.
In a bid to provide relief to passengers, the Indian Railways has allowed booking and cancellation of tickets till five minutes before a train leaves the station.
The Central Railway (CR) on Wednesday announced that it will run five pairs of special trains in Maharashtra starting October 9.
The Indian Railways has announced that it will further add 39 pairs (78 new trains) to existing train service. These trains will be introduced as special services from an early convenient date, the Ministry of Railways informed.
In a big relief for passengers, the Indian Railways has allowed the sale of cooked food at its catering and vending units on stations ahead of the festive season for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.
The Central Railway (CR) on Wednesday said that it would introduce eight additional services including two ladies special trains from October 1, to reduce overcrowding on special suburban train services in the city.
The Indian Railways passengers may have to shell out additional Rs 10-Rs 35 for their train ticket fares as user charges for availing redeveloped stations with state of the art amenities and to help the national transporter in raising funds for redeveloping more stations, according to sources.
In a massive boost to railway infrastructure in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated Kosi Rail Mahasetu along with 12-key rail infra projects including a new rail bridge at Kiul on the Delhi-Howrah Main Rail line.
The Delhi government has asked the Railways not to demolish slums along railway tracks in the city without providing alternative accommodation to the inhabitants in accordance with provisions of the Delhi Slum Rehabilitation Policy.
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has shared the video of world's tallest pier bridge that the Indian Railways is constructing in Manipur. The Railways Minister said the world's tallest pier bridge is being constructed across river Ijai in Manipur.
Railway ICF Recruitment 2020: Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Ministry of Railways has released a recruitment notification for to the post of Apprentice on its website icf.indianrailways.gov.in.
The Indian Railways will operate 13 intra-state special trains in Tamil Nadu from September 7 with passengers requested to be at the station 90 minutes before the train departure time, as the country enters Unlock 4 after the government eased down lockdown restrictions amid the pandemic.
Railways will start 40 new pairs (80 special trains) services from September 12 for which reservations will begin from Sept 10. These new trains will run in addition to 230 trains that are already in operation, Rail Board Chairman said.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) sleuths from the South Western Railway (SWR) zone have busted a complex web of illegal operators and hackers who used Pakistani software to compromise the IRCTC Tatkal system to stealthily book reserved tickets, bypassing the Indian Railways as well as the banks OTP safeguards, an official said on Tuesday.
The Indian Railways is planning to run more passenger trains in addition to already running trains as the country entres Unlock 4 after the government eased down lockdown restrictions amid the pandemic.
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