Info about innovations / reforms in Indian Railways

NEW DELHI: To provide quality food to passengers in trains, railways has decided to hand over catering services to railway PSU IRCTC which will be setting up ne

Mahamana Express: The modern upgraded rake of the much talked about Mahamana Express is ready!

Kapoor has undertaken similar exercise with large organisations and has a clear idea of the challenges, an official said.

Of around 30,000 level crossings, as many as 11,000 are unmanned. Around 7,000 people die every year at these unmanned crossings

Suresh Prabhu is the new hero!

Indian Railways Minister Piyush Goyal announced to undertake a safety audit of nearly 450 road overbridges, foot overbridges and bridges over the pipelines here to detect and rectify any flaws in...

"It has been decided that the interiors of the coaches are changed including replacing the white colour bedrolls with multi-coloured ones," said a senior Railway Ministry official.

By Lipi Mehta: The Ministry of Indian Railways has a buzzing Twitter account. Right from complaints regarding safety, cleanliness and reservations, to concerns about staff behaviour and quality of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two day visit to his home state, laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Gandhinagar Railway station yesterday (9 January)

On the heels of the successful allocation of 750 megawatts of solar power capacity at record-low rates, the Indian Railways is now looking to replicate this model to ensure a cheap and sustainable...

To avail the service, a passenger of a running train would have to SMS CLEAN{space}10 digit PNR no to 58888 or enter the PNR no at www.cleanmycoach.com.

If you think that train journey in India are too heavy on your pockets, it’s about time you know that Indian railways bear almost half of the cost of your

Inaugural train left Tirupati at 4.30 pm and would reach Sainagar Shirdi at 9 pm on Sunday, railway officials said.

Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said a target has been fixed to increase the line construction to 13 km.

There is a new way of reaching out to Indian Railways in case of any emergency – with just a simple tweet to the Ministry of Railways. All that a passenger has to do is tweet with his/her contact...

Soon, all engines of the Indian Railways will have the national flag proudly showcased on the front.

Indian Railways is organizing a two-day global technology conference where 52 experts will showcase their expertise in areas such as safety, monitoring, congestion reduction among others

In what may signal a sustained revival in passenger traffic of Indian Railways (IR), the segment witnessed a 2.5% growth in the April-May 2017 period compared with the similar period a year ago.

Soon you can zip through Visakhapatnam's Araku valley in a train enjoying the beautiful scenery - not only gasping at the window view - but also the breathtaking view that the 'glass ceiling' of the...

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today announced four new categories of trains, one for unreserved passengers and three for reserved ones, which will be operational in the next couple of months.

Indian railways is all set to shed its traditional red and blue colour for a makeover designed by the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. S

As far as raising passenger fares and freight rates is concerned, he said, "we are setting up regulatory body to decide on it."

A woman passenger, travelling from Patna to New Delhi by Shramjeevi Express, complained directly to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu when she saw that the berth she was allotted was “captured” by a g…