Railways must ensure that hygiene efforts are not derailed by faulty laundering.

According to Railway Ministry officials, the national transporter officials have started the screening of passengers inside the trains in T...

Central Railway and Western Railway have advised passengers to bring their own blankets. They are also cleaning all coach fittings such as ...

Many passengers use these curtains as towels for wiping their dirty hands and polishing their shoes, which makes it tough for railways to m...

The first rake of Tejas coaches capable of running at 200 kmph was rolled out in June last year and was successfully running on the Mumbai-...

Newly designed lightweight blankets made of soft fabric will replace the existing ones and these will be washed after every use, a first in...

White bedsheets and pillow covers in trains are set to become a thing of the past as Railways is introducing multi-colour bedrolls designed...

Barring air-conditioned and a few non-AC sleeper coaches, majority of coaches currently don't have dustbins, resulting in excessive garbage.

SC orders lab test of materials used for furnishing interiors of coaches in trains to ascertain whether they meet rescribed safety standard...

Integral Coach Factory (ICF) started removing curtains from AC 3 tier coaches in April after a letter from the railway board.

Railways officials found, for instance, that the shutters of emergency windows were broken by passengers so they could rest their elbows.

Citing safety reasons, railways has decided to remove curtains put on pathways of all air-conditioned three-tier (3 AC) coaches of trains.

As part of its green initiatives, the Indian railway will make efforts to promote use of renewable and clean energy in 26 buildings and at ...

Railways has proposed to introduce a modern coach "Anubhuti" with good ambience in Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains phase-wise, providing highe...

In an effort to check the number of fire accidents on trains, Railways will soon equip pantry and power cars with latest fire suppression s...

Railways has decided to equip all new doubledecker coaches with automatic smoke detector systems to prevent any fire incident.

The Rail Budget came under attack in Lok Sabha from the Opposition and allies alike with the BJP accusing the Railways of "fleecing passeng...