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Daily average train services rise to 11,740 post-Covid-19 rationalisation from pre-pandemic level of 11,283 daily trainsIndian Railways is running 164 Vande Bharat chair car trains. The introduction of new services depends on various factors. A sleeper versio...- Railways during Emergency: Trains on time, but veterans also recall long working hoursFifty years after the Emergency, railway employees share their memories. Trains ran on time, but work conditions were tough. Shiv Gopal Mis...
- Vande Bharat Sleeper Train: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates new sleeper car at BEMLThe Indian Railways, under the guidance of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, is developing the Vande Bharat sleeper transit, aiming to enh...
- Railways to convert 200 saloons into 10 tourist trainsIn a bid to regulate the use of the colonial era-style carriages and generate additional revenue, the IRCTC will convert 200 saloons into 1...
- Piyush Goyal tells railways to use saloons for commercial purposeThe saloons or inspection cars can usually accommodate two families and are adequately built to facilitate stay for upto five days.
- Convert aged coaches into restaurants: Railway BoardCiting the example of the Shan-e-Bhopal -- India's first multi-cuisine rail-coach restaurant located in Bhopal -- Nath said such eateries w...
- Luxury travel on railway saloons now a reality for publicThe six VIP customers will be the first passengers to experience the grandeur of travelling in a saloon car, which till now was primarily r...
- Now, book coaches, special trains onlineAfter depositing the money, they would be given a receipt with a unique FTR number printed on it. The process was cumbersome, officials sai...
- Luxury travel on railway saloons could soon be a realityRailways is set to give non-railway personnel a taste of travelling in its saloons or inspection coaches and is exploring ways to promote i...
- Railways asks 30,000 trackmen to resume duties to spruce up safetyIndian Railways has instructed 30,000 trackmen, who were earlier posted at the residences of rail officials in different zones and division...
- When more privileges are set to bite the dustRailway Board members have been told by their new minister to abjure their special saloon cars and executive class benefits and travel in n...
- Cultural overhauling: Railways changes 36-year old practice to end VIP cultureRailways ends a 36-year-old protocol of attending board members by general managers, asks senior officials to relieve railway staff engaged...
- In reality check, railway officers told to travel second-classPrabhu asked railway board members to make weekly visits to various zones and see the conditions in which the officers are working.
- Indian Railways to bring back its forgotten flavoursRailways has been known for its bland food, shabby coaches and erratic schedule - in that order. But the 160-year-old institution is set fo...
- Palace on Wheels train begins season's first journeyPalace on Wheels, the luxury train for tourists, today chugged out of Safdarjung station here on its first journey of the season carrying 3...
- Electric trains to run on new Indore-Ujjain trackElectric trains would run on the new Indore-Ujjain railway stations most likely from next week, following inspection and clearance from the...
- Mamata's 'Rail Bandhu' mag to roll out in AprilThe initial issue, a 100-page publication, is to include short story by Ruskin Bond.
- Internet facilities for train passengers on anvilTermed as value addition to passenger amenities, railways is keen to establish High Speed Internet Corridor along all routes to provide Int...
- Railways to launch Royal Rajasthan on WheelsRailways Ministry in close coordination with Rajasthan will be launching a second super luxury train in December.
- Railways to flag off first pan-India luxury trainIndian Railways is in final negotiations with global travel major Cox and Kings to introduce the country’s first pan-India luxury train. Wo...
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