MRVC invites international bids to procure 238 Vande Metro trains for Mumbai's suburban networkThe successful bidder will be required to set up new maintenance depots and upgrade existing facilities. The procurement and lifetime maint...
22 Jun, 2023, 08.55 AM IST
MRVC invites international bids to procure 238 Vande Metro trains for Mumbai's suburban networkAlong with the procurement-cum-lifetime maintenance of Vande Metro rakes, the successful bidder will have to set up new maintenance depots ...
21 Jun, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
Kolkata Metro bids adieu to non-AC rakesThe Kolkata Metro, which started operations on this day in 1984, organised an exhibition 'Down the Memory Lane' at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar st...
24 Oct, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Trial runs of Vande Bharat-type trains between Mumbai to Pune, Nashik, Vadodara from next weekThe Vande Bharat Express has reduced the travel time between New Delhi and Varanasi by 40 per cent.
05 Jun, 2019, 04.51 PM IST
Samjhauta Express to run as per schedule between Delhi and Attari: Railways"The train will run as per schedule as of now," Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said.
28 Feb, 2019, 09.57 AM IST
Railways-Bombardier deal hits logjam over pricesAccording to an initial plan announced by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal a few months ago, 39 new AC local trains were meant for the city.
13 Nov, 2018, 11.39 AM IST
Kolkata Metro to receive China made rakes from DecemberFirst of the 14 rakes ordered from Dalian is scheduled to arrive in December and three more will come in the next three months of the curre...
04 Oct, 2018, 10.18 AM IST
First AC local train starts in Mumbai; commuters elatedEarlier, BJP MPs Kirit Somaiya, Gopal Shetty, Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar and WR General Manager Anil ...
25 Dec, 2017, 05.24 PM IST
Kolkata Metro has Feb 2018 date with advanced Chinese trains"These will be state-of-the-art AC coaches with comfortable seating and much like the metro trains run by the DMRC in Delhi. They will also...
03 Nov, 2017, 09.42 PM IST
Kolkata Metro to get 40 new AC rakes, first of the lot arrives"Kolkata Metro has ordered new rakes from Integral Coach Factory Perambur, Dalian and CRRC Zhuzhou of China," Metro spokesperson Indrani Ba...
19 Jul, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
Metro snag inconveniences commuters in KolkataThousands of commuters were inconvenienced when a south-bound non-AC metro rake developed snag after soon leaving Park Street station in Ko...
23 Jun, 2014, 02.59 PM IST
More premier trains with dynamic fares in 17 busy routesEncouraged by success of recently introduced premier AC superfast special train to Mumbai with dynamic fares, Railways said such service co...
31 Dec, 2013, 08.38 PM IST
Railways mulling automatic doors in AC coachesThe new system will be controlled by the driver or guard from his cabin and all doors will automatically open and close.
22 Sep, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
Train fares to be costlier from January 22, 2013Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had announced about 21 per cent hike in passenger fares with an aim to mop up additional revenue of Rs ...
21 Jan, 2013, 08.25 PM IST
Revised class-wise rail fare tableIn addition to increase of 10 paise per km in case of First Class, 15 paise per km in case of AC 2 Tier and 30 paise per km in case of AC F...
09 Jan, 2013, 10.28 PM IST
Railway fares hiked for first time in 10 years; increase across all classesThe fare for second class non sub-urban travel has gone up by 3 paise per km and that of sleeper class has been hiked by 6 paise per km.
09 Jan, 2013, 06.26 PM IST
Rajdhani-like coaches for all trainsStainless steel seems to be future for Indian railways desperately trying to increase the life span of its coaches & wagons & increase the ...
17 Sep, 2012, 12.30 PM IST