Railways have modified 288 passenger coaches as Covid care isolation coaches: General Manager, NFRInteracting with media virtually, he said in order to contain the spread of Covid-19, Northeast Frontier Railway is making all out effort t...
13 May, 2021, 09.43 PM IST
Railways builds fleet of 4000 Isolation coaches with 64000 bedsIn the latest development, with the States of Nagaland and Gujarat seeking Isolation Coaches, the Railway has catered to their demand and p...
05 May, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Railways deploying 31 COVID care coaches in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra: MinisterMadhya Pradesh on Monday reported 12,686 coronavirus cases, taking its tally to over five lakh, while Maharashtra reported 48,700 cases tak...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
Railways deploy 2,670 Covid Care beds at 9 railway stationsThe India Railways has deployed 2,670 Covid Care beds at nine railway stations across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra...
26 Apr, 2021, 09.39 PM IST
Four thousand Covid-care coaches positioned at rail stations across India amid spike in casesAs India faces a ravaging second wave of the pandemic, State governments of Delhi, Maharashtra, among others, have asked for these coaches ...
25 Apr, 2021, 09.09 PM IST
COVID-19: Isolation train coaches become operational in BhopalThese coaches are equipped with essential medicines and necessary staff, and oxygen cylinders will also be made available there for emergen...
25 Apr, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
Coronavirus: 20 isolation railway coaches set up in BhopalIn a bid to address the bed crunch in hospitals amid rising COVID-19 cases, the West Central Railways has deployed 20 isolation coaches at ...
24 Apr, 2021, 12.28 PM IST
Maharashtra: Gunny, water drip system keep temperature low in Railways' isolation coachesThe isolation coaches, which were deployed last year in only some states as COVID care centres, are now being put to use again in this dist...
18 Apr, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
Delhi govt approaches Railways for 5,000 Covid-coaches amid record surge in cases“The facilities at government and private hospitals available in Delhi are getting strained and there is an urgent need for more number of ...
18 Apr, 2021, 02.58 PM IST
Less utilisation of railways' COVID-19 care coaches a good sign: OfficialThe railways, which has so far converted around 5,000 non-airconditioned coaches into COVID care centres, has deployed 813 of those with 12...
23 Jul, 2020, 09.45 PM IST
Northern Railway instals alarm system in COVID-19 isolation coaches to alert doctors of emergencies"Applying their ingenuity, the railway engineers have developed a circuit system whereby each COVID care coach is being provided with an al...
25 Jun, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
Rail coaches for isolation of Covid-19 patients operationalisedOn 20th June, 42 suspected patients were admitted in Covid-coaches deployed at Mau junction in Varanasi and 17 patients were admitted on 21...
22 Jun, 2020, 08.51 PM IST
Over 900 rail coaches deployed for Covid-19 patients in five states, more demand coming in from States: OfficialsIn Delhi, 503 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at nine locations-- 50 at Shakurbasti, 267 at Anand Vihar, 21 at Delhi Safdarjung, 50 a...
17 Jun, 2020, 07.41 PM IST
Roof insulation for COVID-19 coaches in high temperature areas: RailwaysThe Railways has so far deployed 204 isolation coaches in four states. They will work as COVID-19 care centres. The Railways' isolation war...
15 Jun, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Delhi, UP and Telangana ready rail coaches for isolating Covid-19 patientsUttar Pradesh has finalised 24 stations for deployment of these coaches, while Telangana has asked for coaches to be stationed at three sta...
11 Jun, 2020, 07.06 PM IST
Covid-19 task force for turning train coaches into wardsThe Indian Railways has already set up stationary isolation coaches, but the task force said it would not serve the desired purpose. The is...
13 Apr, 2020, 07.30 AM IST
Railways converts 5000 coaches into isolation wards for Covid-19 patients, awaits govt direction on deploymentThe railways has set a target of converting 20,000 coaches to counter the pandemic, of which 5,000 coaches with 80,000 beds are ready to be...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.26 PM IST