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After spending billions on 'flawed' bio-toilets, Railways mulls replacement

In 2007, an experts committee headed by Vinod Tare, a professor at IIT, Kanpur, had concluded that bio-toilets developed by the DRDO were not workable

Ups and downs in the Railways

There are several chapters that transcend the personal and have insights about railway policy - dishonesty and falsification of records, safety and corruption

JSPL to Adani Logistics, private sector bigwigs join Railways wagon scheme

The railways through its Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) arm leases out general purpose vehicles on a rental scheme

Indian Railways set to repaint 30,000 Mail, Express coaches in new colour

The freshly-painted Delhi-Pathankot Express with 16 coaches will be the first train to be rolled out, by this month-end, with the new colour scheme developed by the in-house team of Northern Railway

Railways to issue credit card-like medical cards to employees, retirees

Currently, railway has around 1.3 million employees and around the same number of pensioners

'Mystery shoppers' to MADAD: How Railways is trying to make travel smoother

Indian Railways is looking to bring in a new quality audit system that would be kept a secret from its own staff and vendors

New Indian Railways app out, use it to book and cancel unreserved tickets

No advance ticket booking is allowed since the app is only for unreserved tickets

Hate trains running late? Here's Indian Railways' worst performing division

Though Railways has made an all-out effort to prevent delays by improving the punctuality rate, Mail and Express trains are sometimes running more than 5 to 10 hours behind schedule

Overcharged for food on trains? Now use Indian Railways Menu on Rail app

Once you click on a menu, you will get the full list of food items along with the price

You'll soon be able to book rail tickets at 290,000 centres in remote areas

Now all 2.9 lakh CSCs will be connected through technology to facilitate railways ticket booking

RITES readies Rs 2.5 billion for IRSDC stake; IPO to boost railways infra

According to the new plan, Indian Railways will offer 20 per cent of the overall redeveloped area for residential purposes

That was your last train trip without a ticket, as per railways' new drive

Facing flak over late running of trains across zones, the railways recently took a series of new measures to improve passenger experience

Now, rail passengers to pay six-time penalty for carrying excess luggage

The Indian Railways has decided to strictly enforce its over-three-decades-old baggage allowance rules

What's the job of any railways in the world?

...To run trains, not run schools. Indeed, other than India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Uganda, there is no other place where railways run schools

You can now check trains, seat availability on IRCTC without logging in

A user was asked to log in before searching for any information on the IRCTC website

Railways plans to hike coal supply to power firms as inventories plunge

In view of the coal shortage situation in some power plants, Railways has drawn action plan for immediately increasing coal supplies to power houses in North India

Turning around the public bus

State road transport undertakings deserve as much attention as railways

Indian Railways to protect female train passengers with panic button, CCTV

The railways propose to have 'panic buttons' in the coaches which will be linked with the guard coach

No train ticket bookings for 2.5 hrs in Delhi tomorrow; what you must know

Indian Railways said rail services including enquiry on 139 and ticket bookings, will remain unavailable briefly

Rlys eyes income boost, to build walls along high-speed corridors for ads

Not just revenue, the wall will also help the railways maintain safety on tracks, get rid of encroachers, reduce interference with cattle or other disturbances.