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CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON RAILWAYS
Surge in ticketless travel in first 9 months of 2021-22; railways nabs 1.78 cr passengersSources indicated that one of the major reasons for such a surge in ticketless travel is the fact that even now, when most of the Covid res...- COVID-19 among reasons for Railways' losses in last 3 years: Piyush GoyalGoyal pointed out that remittance of dividend receipts from Railway PSUs to General Revenues, which hitherto used to be part of Railways' s...
- 800 'Shramik Special' trains run so far, 10 lakh migrants ferried home: Railways"As on May 14, 2020, a total of 800 'Shramik Special' trains have been operationalised from various states across the country. More than 10...
- 3.4 lakh workers ferried in 302 Shramik trains since May 1Shramik special trains were run from May 1 on the request of different state governments. The railways has suspended passenger, mail and ex...
- Transported 1,150 tonnes of medical items during lockdown: RailwaysWhile the railways has played a significant role in transporting essential commodities across the country, it has also been helping people ...
- Indian Railways to continue land monetisation, hold pre-bid meeting via video-conferencingRail Land Development Authority, a statutory authority, under the Ministry of Railways, for development of vacant railway land for commerci...
- Railways to cancel around 39 lakh tickets booked for Apr 15-May 3 due to lockdown extensionWith the national transporter allowing tickets to be booked during the 21-day lockdown announced earlier for journeys starting after April ...
- How Indian bureaucracy is moving urgent files with ingenuity during the lockdownThe government cannot move one step without a file. Here's how filed are being moved in this situation.
- Modified rail coaches to provide 3.2 lakh isolation beds: Indian Railways"These modified 20,000 coaches can accommodate up to 3.2 lakh possible beds for isolation needs. Work on modification of 5,000 coaches, whi...
- Coronavirus: Western Railway suffers Rs 178 crore loss due to lockdown"WR has suffered loss of Rs 178.5 crore in suburban and non-suburban train operations till March 29. In Mumbai division, over 9 lakh passen...
- COVID-19: Northeast Frontier Railway to convert coaches into isolation wardsIn view of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is converting coaches at the Coach Maintenance Depot in Kamakhya and...
- Government mulls curbing train travel as Covid-19 cases rise, 13,000 trains may be affected3,500 to 4,000 train services were already affected on Sunday amid the janta curfew imposed nationwide.
- IRCTC orders closure of all onboard catering services in mail, express trains from Mar 22The Indian Railway Catering and Toursim Corporation (IRCTC) has also decided to close all food plazas, refreshment rooms, Jan Aahars and ce...
- Indian Railways cancels 90 more trains; total number of cancelled trains climbs to 245The source also said while the railways was taking a huge revenue blow, the cancellation of trains was necessitated so that people not unde...
- IRCTC shares crack 50% in 17 sessions; firm expects Rs 80 crore hit from coronavirusThe scrip tanked to Rs 950.35 on March 20 from Rs 1,952.45 on February 25.
- Foreign flights banned, curbs likely on public transport in the view of Coronavirus outbreakThe government announced the flight ban — no international services for a week starting Sunday — after a meeting of the group of ministers ...
- Jagannath temple in Puri shut to general public until March 31Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has identified three city hotels, Ginger Hotel, Empires and Hotel Kalinga Ashok that will offer pay for u...
- Platform ticket at Rs 50, quarantined wards, clean stations: How Railways is fighting CoronavirusThe national transporter, used by more than 23 million passengers every day (on an average), is critical to India's virus containment plan....
- Nikkei closes at 4-month low as coronavirus spreads beyond AsiaThe Nikkei share average tumbled 3.3 per cent to 22,605.41.
- Coronavirus slows China's Belt and Road pushChina's top regulator of state-run cos said that virus has caused "difficulties" on some overseas projects.
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