Page 25 - Railways

Railways to take offline route to stream movies

Daily captive audience base of 23 million may lead to market potential of Rs 2,277 crore, says report

Government to take over Shakuntala, only private railway line

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has cleared a proposal to take over the narrow gauge line and convert it into broad gauge at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore

Rail travellers to soon face glass ceilings

Basic objective behind such coaches is to promote tourism and woo upscale tourists from both India and abroad, said A K Manocha

Railways should seek innovative financing: Vinod Rai

Railways' massive infrastructure programme includes redevelopment of 408 major station

Railways gets Rs 1656 crore for installing bio-toilets, CCTVs

The railways has set the target of making the entire network as discharge-free zone by September 2019

Now avail train travel insurance at just one paisa

Travel insurance scheme for train passengers will be available at a token price of just 1 paisa instead of 92 paisa

Foreign senior citizens' fare concession discontinued: Railways

According to the ministry, the fare concession will only be granted to senior citizens of Indian nationality, permanently residing in India

Railways to offer 30% discount to bulk customers in loadings

Targeted customers are foodgrain, cement, limestone and steel companies while commodities such as coal and iron ore are absent

End the delay

An executive order is adequate to set up the rail tariff body

Cabinet approves 78-day bonus for railway employees

All non-gazetted railway employees will be eligible for the bonus

78-day wages as bonus for railway employees likely

Despite the financial crunch of about Rs 10,000 cr in the earnings due to slowdown in loadings and drop of passengers in short train journey

Indian Railways fine 15,000 passengers for littering platforms

Indian Railways took several measures to improve passenger services, whilst maintaining cleanliness in stations

President Pranab Mukherjee lauds Indian Railways

Railways is one of the few institutions which can truly be called the unifier of the nation

Foreign firms to develop train tech in India: Suresh Prabhu

Prabhu said the Indian Railways is going to use new technologies in every area from ticketing to emergency response

Rebooting railways

The key issue is to enhance the carrier's autonomy

Railways to launch 'Yatri Mitra Sewa' at major stations

Railways said that passengers will be able to access the service through a mobile application that is being developed by the CRIS

Railways goes down new track to power growth

It is willing to let go of its budgetary independence and restructure its companies in order to make itself more viable commercially and less important politically

Confirmed seat on demand by 2020: Railways

Manoj Sinha said there is a huge gap between passenger requirement and the existing infrastructure

Congress, Left demand roll back of rail surge pricing

Centre on Wednesday had announced surge pricing on Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains through flexi fare system

Opposition wants railway fare hike rolled back

CPI-M pointed out that the scheme excludes AC I coach and executive Chair, reflecting the pro-rich bias of the government