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The wrong track

Privately-run trains need clear signals

Private trains could be a setback for Dalits and tribals, fear activists

With the launch of private trains, many Dalits feel an important mobilisation tool will be lost to them forever.

Pvt trains to share gross revenue including onboard earnings with Railways

The Railways recently floated a Request for Qualification (RFQ) inviting private entities to operate passenger trains on its network

From Tatas to Adani, private players train sights on railway privatisation

Railways holds meet with prospective bidders prior to RFQ

Youth Cong holds 'shirtless' protest against 'privatisation of railways'

IYC activists were detained by the police

Railtel gives a fillip to Railways' digital drive amid Covid-19 pandemic

While the initiative of e-office got a push in the last three months, the usage of the commercial bandwidth of Railtel increased 1.5 times and retail bandwidth by 2.25 times during this period.

No job cuts but profiles of employees may change, says Railways

In an online briefing, Director General (HR) Railway Board, Anand S Khati said the Railways will be "rightsizing and not downsizing".

India's first private train in just three years: All you need to know

Business Standard's Assistant Editor Shine Jacob gives a sense of this announcement in detail

Covid-19 crisis drags Indian Railways' freight traffic down 21% in Q1

Its earnings from freight also saw 31 per cent fall to Rs 22,266 crore for the April-June period.

India's first private train to be on track by April 2023: Indian Railways

The Railways indicated that the plan to rope in private players came after an estimate showed that passenger traffic is expected to grow by 55 per cent from the current level by 2030

Not feasible to turn coaches into Covid-19 ICU wards: Railways to Bombay HC

As per the affidavit, train coaches cannot be reused for regular passenger services if major structural changes were carried out

Govt inviting private firms to operate trains will affect the poor: Rahul

Railways on Wednesday formally kickstarted its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network

Private train operations likely by 2023, fares to be competitive: Railways

Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said that private players in passenger train operations will mean a quantum jump in technology and coaches that run at higher speeds

Indian Railways to upgrade speed of trains at 130 km/hr on two long routes

It is worth noting that the speed of Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains has been increased on many routes

Top headlines: Modi quits Chinese social media, GVK chairman booked & more

From Chinese tech firms moving writ petitions, GST collection improving in June to PM Modi quitting Chinese social media, here are the top headlines of the day

Railways fast-tracks proposal to let private players operate 151 trains

Move to see investment of around Rs 30,000 crore

Railways starts process to let private players operate passenger trains

This is the first initiative for private investment for running passenger trains on the Indian Railways network

IRCTC keeps order to terminate over 500 supervisors till further notice

Days after issuing an order asking its zonal offices to terminate services of over 500 contractual hospitality supervisors, IRCTC has now decided to keep the order in abeyance till further notice.

Unlock 2: Schools to remain shut; domestic flights, trains to be expanded

More domestic flights and passenger trains will be allowed in a calibrated manner, as the government issued guidelines for the month-long 'Unlock 2' beginning July 1

Railway to add 40 additional services on Mumbai Suburban section from today

A total of 202 services will now be running on WR's suburban section