Page 68 - Indian Railways

Suresh Prabhu flags off train with Vistadome coach along Vizag-Araku route

Contains double-wide reclining seats with 360 degrees rotation for better sightseeing experience

Railways formulating policy to promote tourism through rail connectivity

Policy aims at hassle-free and seamless movement of people across different tourist places

Railways to float global tender to procure steel

The national carrier will buy steel from entities other than SAIL for the first time in 30 years

Railways to run trains at 200 km/h on Delhi-Chandigarh route

French technical help to reduce the travelling time to about two hours

Overhauling the railways

The regulatory body must usher in systemic change

Tracks of history

Every Indian seems to have at least one romantic railway memory

For Indian Railways, Santa Claus never came all this while: Suresh Prabhu

He was referring to finance railway infra by raising resources outside Budget

Indian Railways earn Rs 228 cr more on reserved class child fare

Railways earned Rs 914 cr from child passengers between April 21, 2016, and March 20, 2017

Private trains via the back door

Individuals can 'own' trains in the event of land acquisition disputes with Indian Railways

Indian Railways to install advanced fire alarm system in Rajdhani, Tejas

Indian Railways to install advanced fire alarm system in Rajdhani, Tejas

New spanking clean railways

Even the other big railway station in Kolkata, Sealdah, has a more modest cleaning regime

Railways goes on global shopping spree to acquire 200 kmph locomotives

These locomotives will run trains at 200 km per hour on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes

Flexi fare gives railways a revenue boost

This system has earned Rs 260 cr since September from 142 premium trains against Rs 21 cr past year

Indian Railways to end SAIL monopoly; eyes private steel suppliers

The government has also launched a $15 billion fund to improve railway safety

Railways looks at private suppliers for tracks, in a blow to SAIL

Government has also launched a $15-billion fund to improve rail safety

Neale and Neale

John Neale invented block instrument; his son J E Neale came up with a token dispensing technique

Railways global tender eludes Bhilai plant

BSP has been supplying rails to IR for over five decades

Changes in rail tariffs only after regulator in place

Rail regulator Bill to be taken up in next Parliament session

Bill to set up independent regulator in railways to be placed before Parliament next week

Changes in railway tariffs not before Railway regulator in place

India Inc welcomes Railways' discount scheme

Coal constitutes 45% of railway's freight traffic shares