New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Thursday refuted reports that it was going to discontinue the sleeper class on mail and express trains and said that the aim behind introducing three-tier coaches was to make journey of passengers more affordable and comfortable. Addressing a virtual press conference, Railway Board Chairman and CEO V.K. Yadav said: “We […]
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Railways to hold exams for 1.4 lakh posts from December 15
New Delhi: The Indian Railways will start conducting examinations for 1.4 lakh posts for which it received applications, from December 15 this year, officials said on Saturday. “We have invited some applications for recruitment in various categories for 1.4 lakh posts. These were notified during the pre-Covid period,” Railways CEO V K Yadav said at […]
Railways to operate 80 more trains from Sept 12: CEO
New Delhi: Besides the 230 trains operating as of now, the Indian Railways has decided to operate 80 more trains from September 12, for which reservations will start from September 10, Railways CEO VK Yadav said on Saturday. “We have decided to operate 80 more special trains from September 12 and reservations for these will […]
Unlock 4: Railways planning to run more trains
New Delhi: Days after the Centre announced the guidelines for Unlock 4, the Indian Railways said that it is planning to run more special trains and the state governments are being consulted on this. A senior Railway Ministry official said, “The Indian Railways is in consultation with the state governments.” According to railway ministry sources, […]
Senior railway official tests positive for COVID at Rail Bhavan
New Delhi: A senior railway official, who worked on the restructuring of the Railway Protection Force Service tested positive for novel coronavirus, becoming the third such case at Rail Bhawan, the headquarters of the Indian Railways. According to railway ministry officials, woman staffer had visited the Rail Bhavan on May 13, after which the ministry […]
Railways books 5.7 lakh tickets in 24 hrs for 12 lakh passengers
New Delhi: A day after the Indian Railways started taking bookings for 200 special trains from June 1, within 24 hours the national transporter sold 5.72 lakh tickets for 12.5 lakh passengers. A senior railway ministry official said that for the 200 time tabled trains starting from June 1, a total of 5,72,219 tickets have been […]
Railways to start 200 non-AC train services from June 1, online bookings to start soon: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that Indian Railways will resume the services of 200 special non-airconditioned trains and bookings for them will start soon. The announcement came a week after the national transporter started running the 15 pairs of special air conditioned trains. In a series of tweets, Goyal said: “In a […]
Railways earns over Rs 76 cr from sale of 2.05 lakh tickets
New Delhi: The Indian Railways, which started bookings for 15 pairs of Special Rajdhani Express, has earned Rs 76.22 crore from the sale of 2.05 lakh tickets in a week, officials said on Monday. On May 10, the national transporter had announced the running of Rajdhani trains from May 12 and started ticket bookings a […]
Railways to deploy isolation coaches at 215 stations
New Delhi: The Indian Railways, which converted 5,231 coaches into isolation wards for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients has decided to send these coaches at 215 stations across the country as pandemic care centres to state authorities where the state governments have exhausted the facilities. A senior railway ministry official said that these coaches can […]
Railways ferries tractors to Gujarat, Rajasthan from Karnataka
Bengaluru: With agricultural activity and harvesting in full swing, the South Western Railway ferried tractors to Gujarat and Rajasthan from Dodaballapur in Karnataka amid the extended lockdown, an official said on Friday. “We have transported 175 tractors and farm equipment of Tafe to Kankaria near Ahmedabad in Gujarat in one rake of NMG (newly modified […]