Nearly 70,000 rail staff vaccinated, 3.2 lakh to receive jabs in next phase, Piyush Goyal tells parliamentThe railways continued operating its freight trains and began running special trains since March last year when the government announced a ...
10 Mar, 2021, 08.38 PM IST
Railways extends to 9 months time to claim refunds for trains cancelled from March 21-June 31 last year"Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the time limit beyond six months and up to nine months from the date of journey for cancellatio...
07 Jan, 2021, 07.20 PM IST
Don't play 'petty politics' over Shramik Special trains: Railway union to Sonia GandhiOpposition parties have accused the government of charging money from the labourers for the train journey. However, the government has said...
07 May, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
Northern Railways' PPE samples clear DRDO test; 100 units a day to be produced soonThe Northern Railways said on Sunday the test at the Defence Research and Development Organisation's Gwalior lab was conducted to check the...
06 Apr, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
Northern Railways' PPE samples clear DRDO test; 100 units a day to be produced soonThe Northern Railways' Jagadhari Workshop which developed these sample will share the technical details including specifications of the app...
05 Apr, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Railways mulling post-lockdown precautions for passengers: SourcesWhile no decision has yet been taken on when the passenger services, which were suspended in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown, will be ...
05 Apr, 2020, 04.47 PM IST
COVID-19: Northern, North Central Railway modifying 680 coaches to accommodate 11,000 patientsAs many as 68 trains with 10 coaches each are being modified and they are expected to be ready within a week to accommodate 10,880 people, ...
03 Apr, 2020, 02.49 PM IST
Indian Railways mulls converting coaches into isolation wardsAccording to sources, the proposal to offer the empty coaches and cabins to be used as isolation wards was discussed in a meeting of Railwa...
27 Mar, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Railways extends time limit of stay in retiring room for stranded passengers till normal services resume"It has been brought to notice that some passengers who were in retiring rooms and booked to travel by train after a day or two are facing ...
23 Mar, 2020, 02.16 PM IST
1,000 people arrive at Howrah from Mumbai by special train, screened at station in view of coronavirusOn Saturday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her anguish at thousands of passengers being brought to West Bengal from Maharashtra ...
22 Mar, 2020, 11.15 AM IST
Refund window for counter generated train tickets extended till 30th June: Indian RailwaysA Saturday morning communication from the ministry of railways relaxed the refund rules for counter-generated tickets between March 21 to J...
21 Mar, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
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.
20 Mar, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
IRCTC hits lower circuit; only sellers for stock as 155 trains cancelledThere were nearly 3.1 lakh pending sell orders with no buyers on NSE and BSE.
19 Mar, 2020, 01.02 PM IST
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....
18 Mar, 2020, 01.25 PM IST
Railways increases platform ticket prices, cancels trains to prevent Covid-19 from spreadingThe central and western railways increased the price of platform tickets to Rs 50 from Rs 10 at a number of stations with effect from Tuesd...
17 Mar, 2020, 08.13 PM IST
Railways starts thermal screening of passengers in running trainAccording to Railway Ministry officials, the national transporter officials have started the screening of passengers inside the trains in T...
16 Mar, 2020, 03.31 PM IST
Bring your own blanket: Railways withdraws curtains, blankets amid coronavirus scareCentral Railway and Western Railway have advised passengers to bring their own blankets. They are also cleaning all coach fittings such as ...
15 Mar, 2020, 05.25 PM IST