Indian Railways record 5 per cent jump in freight, passenger traffic in last 8 monthsThe freight traffic, which essentially serves the revenue of the railways, recorded an almost 5 per cent jump in loading during April 1-Nov...
07 Dec, 2017, 07.46 PM IST
Utkal Express derailment; Railways suspends four, sends three top officials on leave"Some maintenance work was going on, which might have cause the derailment of Utkal Express," said Mohd Jamshed, Member Traffic, Railway Bo...
20 Aug, 2017, 09.49 PM IST
Track maintenance work may have caused derailment: Railways"Some maintenance work was going on, which might have cause the derailment of Utkal Express," said Mohd Jamshed, Member Traffic, Railway Bo...
20 Aug, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
IRCTC to take over catering services in all trains by year-endIRCTC will be given responsibility of managing catering services in all trains with pantry cars be December end, Railway Board Member (Traf...
26 Jul, 2017, 07.28 PM IST
From June, a mega app to answer all your rail-related queriesThe Railways often finds itself flooded with complaints from passengers about not getting reliable information on train running status, esp...
23 Apr, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
70 million more passengers travel in trains in 2016-17With concerted efforts, we have managed to buck the trend since 2012 and achieved a positive growth for the year 2016-17, said Railway Boar...
02 Apr, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
Railways carries 1107 MT goods in 2016-17, exceeds targetThe railways earned Rs 1.67 lakh crore in 2016-17 fiscal from freight, as against Rs 1.63 lakh crore in the last fiscal.
01 Apr, 2017, 08.14 PM IST
Railways order inquiry into Mahakoshal Express derailmentRailways has pressed 15 buses into service for carrying about 200 passengers, who were travelling in affected coaches, to Jhansi to resume ...
30 Mar, 2017, 12.36 PM IST
Railways suspect sabotage in train derailments"In 45 cases of derailment this year, the sabotage angle cannot be ruled out," Railway Board Member (Traffic) Mohd Jamshed said here.
25 Jan, 2017, 10.20 PM IST
Good response to flexi-fare system, claims railwaysThe railways has introduced the flex-fare system in Rajdhani, Shatadbi and Duronto trains from September 9, aiming at raking in Rs 500 cror...
11 Sep, 2016, 07.45 PM IST
Talgo completes New Delhi-Mumbai Central trial run in less than 12 hoursTalgo train had left New Delhi at 2.45 PM yesterday and reached Mumbai at 2.33 AM early this morning covering the 1,384 km stretch at about...
11 Sep, 2016, 07.42 PM IST
Railways to run 2,190 special trains for Simhastha MelaRailways is expecting to carry about 50 million pilgrims for the month-long fair at the Kshipra river, the venue of the Simhastha fair.
26 Apr, 2016, 10.11 PM IST
Railways to use 50-wagon train to transport water to LaturRailways will make available a third rake, if required, for supplying water in Maharashtra as it is committed to continue the water transpo...
12 Apr, 2016, 09.58 PM IST
Railways launch bar coding of unreserved ticketsRailways today launched bar coding system for unreserved tickets to prevent revenue leakage and bring transparency in the ticketing system.
01 Mar, 2016, 11.06 PM IST
Railways offer 8000 SLRs on leaseThe railways today offered 8000 SLR (seating cum luggage rake) coaches on lease for parcel purposes.
07 Jan, 2016, 10.10 PM IST
Mohd Jamshed takes over as ex Officio Secretary of Railways MinistryMohd Jamshed has taken over as Member Traffic and ex Officio Secretary to Govt of India, Ministry of Railways.
17 Dec, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
Railways to increase online bookings up to 75 per centJamshed said there will be more Information Technology-related steps in railways for increasing online bookings as part of 'Digital India' ...
15 Dec, 2015, 07.13 PM IST