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PM to flag off Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat train on Jan 19

The train will have intermediate halts in Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry

Longest train 'Vivek Express' covering 4,189 km to now run 4 days a week

India's longest train Vivek Express, which covers a distance of 4,189 km across 9 states, would now run 4 days a week from Dibrugarh in Assam, Northeast Frontier Railway officials said

Over 480 trains today affected due to dense fog, says Indian Railways

The railways on Sunday said foggy weather has affected the movement of over 480 trains. "Around 335 trains have been delayed, 88 cancelled, 31 diverted and 33 short terminated due to foggy weather," a railway official said. A blinding layer of dense fog enveloped northwest India and the adjoining central and eastern parts of the country, affecting road, rail and air traffic movement. Very dense fog lowered visibility to 50 metres at the Palam observatory near the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport at 5:30 am. The Delhi International Airport Limited tweeted that flights, which are not CAT III compliant, may get affected. Passengers have been advised to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information. According to the weather office, very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is dense, between 201 and 500 metres moderate, and between 501 and 1,000 metres shallow.

Trial run of vistadome coaches on Kalka-Shimla route to be conducted soon

People taking the train on the Kalka-Shimla heritage line may soon get to travel in advanced vistadome narrow gauge coaches which will have glass roofs and large windows and offer a panoramic view of the scenic route. The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) here has commenced production of these coaches, which are expected to be ready by next month. These coaches will have a trial run on the Kalka-Shimla route before they are put into service, officials said. The production of the vistadome narrow gauge coaches commenced following successful oscillation trials of two prototype coaches on the Kalka-Shimla heritage track in December last year. The RCF is likely to roll out four of these coaches by the first week of February, its general manager Ashesh Agrawal told PTI here. Initially, the four coaches -- AC executive car (12 seats), AC chair car (24 seats), non-AC chair car (30 seats) and one power-cum-luggage and guard car -- will be manufactured and handed over to the Research Designs and ...

Passengers to face delays as 32 long-distance trains run late due to fog

Passengers are likely to face inconvenience as over 32 long-distance trains are running behind their schedule by up to seven hours or more due to fog and bad weather conditions on Saturday

North India reels under cold wave, dense fog affects train movement

Several parts of north India reeled under severe cold and dense fog affected railway movement, with Delhi recording a minimum temperature of three degrees Celsius -- the lowest in January in two years -- making it cooler than several hill stations. Most people kept indoors and turned to space heaters and cups of hot beverages to keep themselves warm as frosty winds from the snow-clad Himalayas barrelled through the plains, including the national capital. Delhi's minimum temperature was lower than Dalhousie (4.9 degrees Celsius), Dharamshala (5.2 degrees Celsius), Kangra (3.2 degrees Celsius), Shimla (3.7 degrees Celsius), Dehradun (4.6 degrees Celsius), Mussoorie (4.4 degrees Celsius) and Nainital (6.2 degrees Celsius), according to official data. Jammu and Kashmir too saw a dip in temperature, with capital Srinagar recording its coldest night of the season so far at minus 6.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night against minus 5.2 degrees Celsius the night before. The India ...

Delhi Airport issues fog alert for passengers, 12 trains delayed in North

All flight operations are currently normal and the passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information, the authorities added

Railways to roll out hydrogen-powered trains on heritage routes by Dec 2023

"This will mean that these heritage routes will go completely green," said Vaishnaw

Gross budgetary allocation for Railways to go up by 29% in Budget: Report

The total capital expenditure (capex) of the railway ministry is expected to jump 20 per cent to Rs 3 trillion in FY24

Railways rolls out energy efficiency plan to meet 2030 net-zero target

Focuses on meeting non-traction demand through renewables

Sloganeering angers Mamata, refuses to sit on dais at Railway function

Sloganeering at Howrah Station on Friday snowballed into a major controversy as a visibly annoyed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to get up on the dais from where the Vande Bharat express to New Jalpaiguri was flagged off. Banerjee seemed upset by the loud sloganeering of 'Jai Shri Ram' by BJP workers present at the railway station. Attempts by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Governor C V Ananda Bose to pacify her did not bear fruit, as the chief minister chose to sit on a chair below the dais along with the audience. Banerjee greeted the PM who appeared through a video conferencing link with a short speech from her seat and condoled the death of his mother Hiraben earlier in the day by stating, Your mother is our mother too. The Vande Bharat Express connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, the gateway to the northeast, as well as several development projects, was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. However, the chants stirred up

Indian Railway Finance Corporation pays Rs 903 crore dividend to govt

The Central government has received Rs 903 crore and Rs 78 crore from the Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) and RITES Ltd respectively as dividend tranches.

Next 8 yrs will see Indian Railways on new modernisation journey: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated multiple projects of the Indian Railway in Kolkata

Indian Railways denies IRCTC data breach but launches investigation

On December 28, the railways had submitted a data breach alert of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) to IRCTC

Data of 30 mn railway users compromised, personal details on dark web

Breach not from IRCTC, says railways; ticketer's private partners on the govt's radar

Railways to renovate 1,000 small stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

Key features of these proposed stations include provisions for roof top plazas, longer platforms, ballastless tracks, and 5G connectivity

Three key railway stations in Chhattisgarh set to get Rs 1,200-cr makeover

According to officials, a mechanism would be developed to ensure that train traffic movement is not affected once the work starts

Indian Railways promises an even better Vande Bharat with its 2.0 edition

According to the Railway Ministry, vibration tests of the new train are underway at a speed of 115 km per hour to 180 km per hour

Telecom firms get green signal for towers, services on railway land

The move is likely to give 5G network a boost

Women's National Championships: 8 Railways boxers now reach finals

Defending Champions RSPB dominated proceedings as eight of their boxers stormed into the finals of 6th Elite Womens National Boxing Championship