Special trains are being arranged for migrants stuck in Gautam Buddh Nagar due to temporarily closure of industries, factories amid coronavirus outbreak. As per the instructions of the state government, special trains will be run for migrant labourers. The trains will be run from Dadri railway station and Dankaur Railway station.
IRCTC has started taking the destination address of all passengers who are booking tickets with effect from May 13 (Wednesday). Railways has said that this new addition of passengers information while booking tickets is being done in order to help it for contact tracing.
The Indian Railways on Tuesday said full refund would be provided to its online customers for trains cancelled up to May 3, while those who have booked at the counters can take refund till July 31.
The Firozpur railway division has cancelled 14 trains in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra Valley after the state government banned entry of all tourists to the state over the coronavirus pandemic, a railways spokesperson said.
Flight operations on January 1, 2020 remained normal. The minimum temperature remained around 5-degree Celsius on Wednesday morning.
Indian Railways has raised basic passenger fare nationwide. The prices will affect AC as well as non-AC trains. The price for non-AC mail, express trains will go up by 2 paise per kilometre while the prices for AC trains will go up by 4 paise per kilometre. This hike will be applicable to high-end passenger trains like Shatabdi and Rajdhani as well.
Amid the protests in Tripura and Assam, the Railways has suspended all passenger train services in the states and short-terminated long-distance trains on Thursday. The two states are agitating over the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament.
Here's how Indian Railways is making things better for differently-abled persons. Specially designed coaches, concessional tickets and reservation quota are some of the facilities offered. Railway stations made more accessible by wheelchairs, battery-operated vehicles and Yatri Mitra Sewa.
Two trial runs on Srinagar-Banihal railway line were conducted successfully on Saturday, paving the way for resumption of full services in Kashmir Valley from Sunday, more than three months after they were suspended due to security reasons, officials said.
Rail services in Kashmir resumed on Tuesday – over three months after being suspended due to security reasons in view of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370
The valley had been under restrictions after August 5, when the Centre revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into union territories.
For the convenience of rail travellers and to clear extra rush of passengers during this festive season, railways is running 200 pairs of special trains from Durga Puja till Christmas this year.
Railways has formed a task force to draw a blueprint for developing 50 railway stations with world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its network.
The MTR Corporation on Monday suspended the through-train services to several mainland Chinese destinations, including Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.
The Magenta Line of Delhi Metro suffered a technical glitch on Sunday, due to which the train services were affected. Confirming the development, the DMRC, through its Twitter handle, said there is single line train movement between RK Puram and Kalkaji temporarily.
Railways was readying to begin the facility in the next couple of weeks in 39 trains departing from Indore.
To start with, Indian Railways will provide this facility in 39 trains departing from Indore Railway Station.
"The material was examined and was found not to be an explosive," Eastern Railway spokesman RN Mahapatra said.
According to officials, the agitated protesters resorted to stone-pelting and clashed with security personnel when they were removed.
Several Dalit organisations have called for a 'Bharat bandh' today to express their concerns over the "dilution" of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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