North Eastern Railway achieves 75% electrified routes in 2021North Eastern Railway Zone, primarily being a passenger-oriented system, has positioned itself as one of the prominent zones in providing s...
12 Jan, 2022, 10.17 AM IST
Eastern Railway to resume non-suburban passenger train services from December 2Non-suburban passenger train services were stopped in the last week of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of these, 30 trains will be run ...
28 Nov, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
Indian Railways procures Ninja drones for security surveillance and passenger safetyRailway Protection Force has planned extensive use of drones for the purpose of railway security. Nine drones have been procured by RPF so ...
22 Aug, 2020, 04.36 PM IST
CCTV monitoring, powerless water coolers on trains soon as Railways to launch 20 in-house innovationsThe Railways launched a dedicated portal in 2018 to solicit the good ideas attempted by its employees across zones, aiming to implement som...
12 Jul, 2020, 04.13 PM IST
UP-bound Shramik Special train from Maharashtra takes Odisha route, passengers baffledHundreds of migrant workers had boarded the special train on Thursday from Vasai Road in Maharashtra for Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and wer...
23 May, 2020, 07.18 PM IST
Eastern Railway hospital doctor tests positive for COVID-19At least 10 staff members of the B R Singh Hospital, the main hospital of the Eastern Railway, have been asked to go on home quarantine by ...
23 Apr, 2020, 01.15 PM IST
Railways cancels 76 trains as coronavirus precautionary measure, non-occupancyAccording to officials, central railways cancelled 23 trains, south central railways cancelled 29 trains, 10 trains were cancelled in weste...
18 Mar, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
Railways allow armed escorts in freight trains to secure goods prone to theftArmed escorts have been initially approved in the Eastern Railway zone and will be reviewed after a period of six months before it is exten...
31 Jan, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
VK Yadav assumes office as Railway Board Chairman in extended term, likely to be its first-ever CEOVinod Kumar Yadav, who assumed office as the Chairman Railway Board on Wednesday in his extended term, is likely to be its first-ever CEO, ...
01 Jan, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Train services between West Bengal and Northeast suspendedOfficials said all trains originating from Howrah, Sealdah and Kolkata stations towards north Bengal have been suspended till further notic...
16 Dec, 2019, 05.48 PM IST
South Eastern Railway earns Rs 9330.02 cr from freight sectorMaintaining its growth in freight loading and earnings during April-November of 2019-20, SER has registered an increase of 9.49 per cent in...
11 Dec, 2019, 06.16 PM IST
Eastern Railway plans to generate 30 MW solar power by 2020Aiming at maximum possible use of clean and renewable energy within the zone, the Eastern Railway (ER) has set a rapid growth path for util...
22 Nov, 2019, 04.37 PM IST
No separate RRB, divisional headquarters for SCoR as of now: Rail MinistryGoyal said that there are 21 RRBs across the country for catering to the recruitment requirements of various categories of Group 'C' posts ...
21 Jun, 2019, 05.12 PM IST
Cyclone Fani: Railways take measures to keep passengers safeAccording to a forecast by the MeT office, heavy-to-very heavy rainfall may occur in the coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal on Fri...
02 May, 2019, 09.37 AM IST
1.71 lakh theft cases reported by railway passengers in last 10 yearsThe cases of theft have reached a highest mark of 36,584 in 2018 in the past one decade.
28 Apr, 2019, 12.19 PM IST
Railway awards Pushpa, a woman in male dominated professionPushpa carries spare nuts, detonators, wrenches and a hammer while covering 6 to 8 kilometres in eight hours everyday, checking tracks, ens...
08 Mar, 2019, 05.57 PM IST
Nearly 50,000 deaths in 3 years after being hit by trainsData provided by the railways states, 49,790 deaths happened because people were hit by trains on tracks from 2015 to 2017.
22 Oct, 2018, 07.05 PM IST