Category: Railways

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a Rs 100 lakh crore national master plan for multi-modal connectivity that aims to develop infrastructure to reduce logistic costs and boost the economy. PM Gati Shakti targets to cut logistic costs, increase cargo handling capacity and reduce the turnaround time, Modi said at a function to launch […]

The Indian Railways has earned close to Rs 1,000 crore more by ferrying imported coal in 6 months to September 2021. According to official data, cumulative freight earnings from imported coal stood at Rs 4,598.88 crore during the period, up from Rs 3,682.32 crore till September 2020. This was during the period when there was […]

With the completion of electrification work of the High-Density Network (HDN) from Katihar to Guwahati, the north-eastern city will now be connected to the major cities of the country. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has completed the electrification work of the total 649 Route Kilometre (RKM)/ 1294 Tonne Kilometre (TKM) of High-Density Network (HDN) from […]

Amidst coal shortage at thermal power projects, Indian Railways has made arrangements for transporting coal round the clock to power plants. The coal shortage is being treated as an “emergency” by the national transporter internally. Instructions have been given to the principal chief operations managers of all zones of Indian Railways to man operations control […]

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) Tourism launched a seven nights and eight days long tour package to Ayodhya, Chitrakoot, Nandigram, Prayag, Shringaverpur, and Varanasi. IRCTC announced it on its official Twitter handle recently. The total cost of the package will start at Rs 7,560 per person and will cover a significant number of […]

Indian Railways completes track electrification from Bihar to Assam! On Sunday, the Northeast Frontier Railway zone said it has completed the work of railway tracks’ electrification from Katihar in Bihar to Guwahati in Assam. This will provide seamless electric traction from the national capital to this largest city in India’s North East region. Other than […]

14 passenger trains will have additional coaches during the upcoming festive season, the Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways has decided. The decision to add extra coaches was taken, as per an official statement by the Western Railways, after seeing the risen demand of passengers along those routes. Here are the details of the […]

Trishul Freight Train: For the first time, Indian Railways has operated a long haul Train formed by clubbing together three Goods trains as one. According to a statement issued by the South Central Railway zone, the long haul train, named as “Trishul” to indicate clubbing of three trains together as one, was formed at Vijayawada […]

You will soon need to pay somewhere between Rs 10 and Rs 50 to board trains from stations that either have been redeveloped or are planned to be revamped soon. Similarly, a fee would be charged to get off at the stations that have recently been revamped or will be soon. This specific fee will […]

IRCTC Special Train: To clear extra rush of passengers during Durga Puja and Diwali Festival holidays, Indian Railways has decided to run Special Train services in the coming days. According to a statement issued by Southern Railways, the Railway Board had permitted the operation of Special fare Special trains to clear passengers’ extra rush during […]

Indian Railways’ Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail line project is all set to be a game-changer for Jammu and Kashmir! So far, 80 per cent of the work on the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link has been completed while the rest of the work will be completed by the year 2023, Union Minister Darshana Jardosh […]

More Rail Line Projects to be ready soon! In the coming days, the Indian Railways’ meter gauge line connecting Mathura and Vrindavan in the state of Uttar Pradesh will be transformed into a “heritage line”. According to officials quoted in a PTI report, the rail line gauge conversion project on the Mathura – Vrindavan rail […]