Ashwini Vaishnaw flags off Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat, services from May 2Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the first direct Vande Bharat Express between Jammu and Srinagar. This 20-coach train connects ...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
India’s fastest train gets nod: New train can run up to 220 kmphIndian Railways is set to manufacture advanced trainsets with a design speed of 220 kmph. This marks a significant upgrade from current Van...
10 Apr, 2026, 02.59 PM IST
LSG pacer Prince Yadav's father shares how he chucked Delhi Police Constables' exam to live IPL dreamNajafgarh's Prince Yadav, son of an RPF ASI, defied his father's initial worries to become a Lucknow Super Giants swing sensation. Despite ...
07 Apr, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
Titagarh Rail shares rally 16% in two days. Here's why Jefferies is bullish on this railway stockTitagarh Rail Systems shares surged following Jefferies' 'Buy' rating, citing robust growth prospects in passenger and metro coaches driven...
07 Apr, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Kalka-Simla Railway to get modern coachesCurrently, the Kalka-Simla Railway - also a UNESCO World Heritage Site - uses coach designs that were made over hundred years ago by Moghal...
30 May, 2023, 12.31 AM IST
Ukraine war: Major rail factories miss production targets due to supply chain disruptionsAccording to documents, a recent performance review of the Railway production units found the manufacturing of these essential components w...
04 Sep, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Railways to roll out Tejas sleeper coaches; 500 to be manufactured in FY 21-22With the introduction of this modern Tejas Sleeper type train for long distance journey, the Indian Railway is making a paradigm shift in t...
12 Feb, 2021, 11.54 PM IST
Government to replace all long distance trains with modern coachesHe also assured the House that the government will implement "whatever announcements have been made with regard to introduction of more tra...
04 Jan, 2019, 04.17 PM IST
Tejas Express to be flagged off from Mumbai on MondayManufactured at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, Tejas coaches will have automatic entrance door, a first in non- suburban train in In...
22 May, 2017, 01.33 PM IST
Railways to invite bids for manufacturing modern coachesIn June last year, the Railways had sought RFQ for manufacturing 5,000 modern EMU/MEMU coaches over the next 10 years in a JV model.
02 May, 2017, 03.34 PM IST
Conventional coaches to be replaced with modern LHB coachesCurrently, railways have about 50,000 conventional coaches which will be retrofitted with modern safety features in phases.
22 Jan, 2017, 04.28 PM IST
Kanpur train accident fallout: Shift to safer LHB coaches may take 30 yearsAs per the railways' coach production programme, the production units will make 1253 LHB coaches in 2016-17.
23 Nov, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
Railways not to launch trains on saturated routes, to retrofit old coachesThere was a review of entire safety scenario at the Railway Board meeting in the wake of the Indore-Patna Express derailment near Kanpur.
22 Nov, 2016, 12.11 AM IST
New coach factory at Kolar gets Cabinet nodThe coach factory, expected to foster economic development of the state, will be set up with an estimated cost of Rs 1,460.92 crore.
28 Feb, 2014, 05.11 PM IST
- Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate Rae Bareli coach factory
The inauguration of the Rs 1,685 crore coach factory was delayed for more than a year due to the vexed issue of compensation to farmers who...
06 Nov, 2012, 06.34 PM IST
- Railways to sign MOU with SAIL for Kanchrapara coach unit soon
Railways will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with the Steel Authority of India for setting up a modern coach-making unit at Kancha...
13 Nov, 2011, 09.49 PM IST
- Heritage trains to be equipped with high-tech coaches
A ride on a narrow gauge train will never be the same again, with Indian Railways planning an overhaul of its existing structure.
15 Jun, 2008, 10.53 AM IST