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Now, book up to 24 train tickets a month if IRCTC user ID linked to Aadhaar

So far, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation allowed people to book six tickets a month

9,000 trains cancelled this year, 1,900 to make way for coal: RTI applicant

The Railways cancelled almost 9,000 train services this year, out of which over 1,900 were due to coal movement in the last three months, an RTI query has found. In a reply to a query under the Right To Information (RTI) filed by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railways has said that it cancelled 6,995 train services for maintenance work or for construction purposes, while 1,934 services were cancelled from March to May due to coal movement. Officials said due to severe shortage of power, the Railways has been forced to prioritise the movement of coal rakes over passenger services. They also said that the national transporter is on its way to deliver 58 super critical and 68 critical projects worth more than Rs 1,15,000 crore in the next few years, and hence, maintenance as well as construction work is also being carried out as a priority across its network. However, this has critically affected the movement of passengers across the country, especially during the peak summer ...

Railways to invest over Rs 95,261 cr to link northeastern state capitals

Railways would invest over Rs 95,261 crore to execute 21 projects including connecting the state capitals of Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya by 2023, and Nagaland capital by 2026

Fuelled by coal demand, Railways earns Rs 14,000 crore from freight in May

This is the 21st consecutive month of the national transporter topping its own freight loading record

A power crisis on an old track and a plan that was never implemented

The Railways' decision to stick with steel wagons may have contributed to the shortage of rakes to haul coal to generating plants

Man's fight to get Rs 35 refund on cancelled railway ticket benefits 300k

The Railways has approved Rs 2.43 crore in refunds to 2.98 lakh IRCTC users -- many of whom might have brought multiple tickets, according to an RTI reply received by Kota-based engineer Sujeet Swami.

Dedicated freight corridors to be delayed again, deadline extended by 2 yrs

DFCC has so far commissioned 1,010 kilometres (km) of the proposed 2,843 km, pertaining to stretches undertaken by the government for both the corridors

Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi railway line destroyed in 1964, to be restored

The railways plan to redevelop this station and connect it with the new broad gauge and electric line

Char Dham railway line: An uphill task in face of geological challenges

RVNL ready to build a curtailed link: that would mean the Indian Army will have to cover a longer distance to the China border by road.

JSPL may produce rail wheelsets; to set up manufacturing unit in Raigarh

The plant will have an initial capacity of producing 25,000 wheelsets per year

India's first semi-high speed freight train likely to run by December

Replicating the concept of Vande Bharat trains, the 16-coach 'Gati Shakti' train can clock 160 kmph and will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.

Eastern Railway achieves 100% electrification of 2,848 km network

The total electrification will help reduce carbon emission significantly and support the Indian Railway in achieving its target of making the country's railway network carbon neutral by 2030

Char Dham rail: A train to the Kedarnath shrine may not run anytime soon

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd says 'no purpose' in building Kedarnath leg of Char Dham rail

RITES hits pre-Covid revenue levels in FY22 with 21% jump on strong export

RITES Q4 results 2022: Operating revenue, excluding other income, went up by 21.5 per cent to Rs 744 crore in Q4 FY22

Railways may scrap new dedicated freight corridors, enhance existing ones

Railways new assessment will delay DPR of new corridors by 5 months

Quomodocunquize: Tharoor takes dig at Railway Ministry with head-scratcher

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a dig at the Ministry of Railways with a difficult-to-pronounce head-scratcher -- quomodocunquize.

IRFC records 38% growth in profit after tax at Rs 6,090 crore in FY22

Revenue from operations for FY22 grew by 28.71 per cent and stood at Rs 20,298.27 crore this fiscal as against Rs 15,770.22 crore a year ago

Parl panel holds meeting for discussing railway connectivity to ports

Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture is scheduled to convene a meeting on the subject of 'Railway Safety and Rail Connectivity to Ports'.

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Railways-coal sector rift continues amid ongoing power crisis in India

Daily shortage of 25 rakes from May 1-7, says an insider; Railways refutes charge