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Mumbai's CSMT facelift plan back to drawing board due to railway revamp

The project, which had received bids from Adani, Oberoi and GMR, goes back to drawing board after abrupt shutdown of nodal agency; station will now be developed under BOT mode

Railways placed purchase order of 39K wheels with Chinese manufacturer

A purchase order for 39,000 wheels for LHB coaches has been placed by Indian Railways with Chinese manufacturer Taiyuan.

RailRestro expands services to 100 new rly stations, takes total to 450

The food tech startup, which provides meals on trains via online orders 24x7, will now offer regional cuisines to passengers

Agnipath row: Special security arrangements at Ludhiana railway station

A day after violence erupted at the Ludhiana railway station amid protest against the Centre's Agnipath scheme, Ludhiana Police on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday took stock

Secunderabad Rly Station arson: Role of army coaching centres suspected

As many as 46 people have been arrested in connection with the arson and violence at the Secunderabad Railway Station on June 17 for protesting against 'Agnipath'

Outrage over Agnipath, job aspirants block railway track in Delhi's Nangloi

More than a dozen defence force aspirants on Thursday stopped a train at Nangloi Railway Station in outer Delhi by lying down on tracks protesting against the centre's Agnipath' scheme

PM to lay foundation stones for redevelopment of 5 railway stations in TN

The project has been undertaken with a view to enhancing the convenience and comfort of the passengers through modern amenities

The great railway chronicler

'The Great Railway Bazaar' is inflected with literary ideas and references to fictional worlds

Skywalk linking New Delhi railway station to metro station opens for public

The 242-metre long modern facility will also help in streamlining the traffic flow on the Ajmeri Gate side of the railway station, officials said

Soon, recharge mobiles, pay bills at 'RailWire' kiosks in 200 stations

Passengers in 200 railway stations across India will soon be able to recharge their mobiles, pay electricity bills, fill up Aadhaar and Pan card forms and even file taxes with help from Common Service Centre (CSC) kiosks to be set up by RailTel. The scheme has been operationalised in partnership with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited' (CSC-SPV) and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, RailTel said in a statement. The kiosks will be run by village level entrepreneurs (VLEs). "The services offered by CSC include booking of the travelling tickets (train, air, bus etc.), Aadhar Card, Voter Card, Mobile recharge, Electricity bill payment, Pan card, Income tax, Banking, insurance and many more," the statement said. The kiosks have been named RailWire Saathi Kiosks' -- RailWire is the brand name of RailTel's retail broadband service. To begin with, the RailWire Saathi CSC kiosks at the Varanasi City and Prayagraj City stations in Uttar Pradesh have been made ...

New code to book tickets for Jhansi Railway Station post name change

Passengers going to Jhansi Railway Station will now have to use 'VGLB' as code to book tickets instead of 'JHS', as per the changed name, a railways official said on Thursday

Jhansi Railway Station now Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station'

The Uttar Pradesh government has renamed Jhansi Railway Station as Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station' after Rani Laxmibai. The announcement was made by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday in a tweet in Hindi. "The Jhansi Railway station will now be known as 'Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station', he wrote. A notification to this effect has been issued by the UP government and the Railways has started preparations to implement the change, Chief PRO of North Central Railway, Prayagraj, Shivam Sharma, said. The notification stated that the station's name was changed following a "no-objection" given by the Ministry of Home Affairs in a letter dated November 24, 2021. Earlier the Mughalsarai Railway station was renamed as Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction and the Faizabad Railway station as Ayodhya Cantt. Since coming to power, Adityanath government has changed names of several establishments including those of Faizabad and Allahabad districts, which were renamed as Ayodh

New Delhi Railway Station redevelopment project hits a hurdle in history

Two protected monuments, Ajmeri Gate and tomb of Ghaziuddin Khan, interrupt redevelopment

Security tightened at railway stations in 9 UP districts after bomb threat

The superintendent of Meerut City Railway Station has received a letter threatening bomb blasts at railway stations and temples in nine districts, including Meerut

The first 24-hours multi-brand Food Plaza at New Delhi Railway Station

Spread across 6,000 sq feet, the seating capacity extends to 120 people on each floor.

IRCTC dedicates new food plaza for passengers at New Delhi railway station

To offer an enhanced travel experience with taste, Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) offered a new food plaza for the passengers at New Delhi Railway Station on Friday.

Railways tweaks model contract doc for pvt players to redevelop stations

The railways have made a slew of changes in its model contract document for private players to redevelop railway stations, bringing down the concession period from the earlier 60 years to 35-40 years

Railways entrusts RLDA to redevelop 49 additional railways stations

The Indian Railways has entrusted the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) to redevelop additional 49 railway stations across the country, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Railway stations need to go beyond transport, become economic hubs: PM Modi

Work on redevelopment of 125 stations currently underway, at total investment of over Rs 50,000 cr

India's 1st upgraded rail station promises to offer 'airport experience'

The Gandhinagar Capital railway station, the country's first redeveloped station set to be inaugurated this week, will provide an airport-like experience to passengers