When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables her Budget on February 1, the numbers could be something to cheer.
Around 30-50 million passengers in the reserved category have switched over to digital payments.
Western Railway stated that local train services were running normally on Monday morning, however, commuters claimed trains were running late by 5 to 10 minutes.
Railways must pull back its share of freight traffic.
The new board will have a leaner structure on functional lines headed by the chairman and four members - covering infrastructure, operations and business development, rolling stock, and finance.
The block will affect the movement of long-distance as well as local trains.
'The new trains should be fast, but the roll-out of the privatisation plan should be slow and well-considered,' recommends T N Ninan.
The government had also appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as consultant to come up with a road map to upgrade base kitchens and service on trains.
The Indian Railways must opt for a dynamic fare-fixing system and improve its management and marketing techniques.
The Santacruz observatory recorded 286.4 mm rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, making it the fourth highest rainfall in Mumbai since 1974, an Indian Meteorological Department official said.
This comes as IR posted its worst operating ratio (money spent to earn every Rs 100) in 16 years, at 96.9 in 2016-17.
A passenger at Delhi airport said that most of the flights are delayed.
Talking to reporters at the accident site, he said the issue is of electric point machine, a vital device for railway signalling, and electronic interlocking.
Indian Railways has to up investment to strengthen network just like China and Russia.
Raiwalys in existential crisis but no stock market route: Prabhu.
The sector is witnessing weak tendering.
After making landfall near Puducherry on November 30, Cyclone Fengal weakened on Sunday, but torrential downpour under its influence paralysed the union territory, with the Army stepping in to evacuate stranded persons in inundated streets.
The railways is expecting a revenue of Rs 1,84,820 crore during the current financial year (FY17).
There is no hacking nor any leakage of IRCTC ticketing website and everything is safe, railway board member (Traffic) Mohd Jamshed told PTI.
Budget is likely to focus on infrastructure creation in the N-E
As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at relocating about 10 lakh people in several coastal districts to safety. In West Bengal, the cyclone is set to bring heavy rainfall in several southern West Bengal districts, including Kolkata, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
Even as several trains have more than 200 waitlisted passengers every day, running some trains with so many vacant seats is a criminal waste of scarce resource.
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we are facing a situation of empty coffers but eagerness to expand.
Indian Railways is currently implementing a project that involves laying of a broad gauge line connecting Nangaldam to Talwara in Himachal Pradesh.
Bibek Debroy highlights the importance of the Assam Rail Link Project.
Three coaches of the Dadar-Puducherry Express (train no 11005) derailed near Matunga station in Mumbai on Friday night after the engine of the CSMT-Gadag Express, going in the same direction, dashed it sideways, a Central Railway official said.
The losses ranged between Rs 33,204 and Rs 10,90,480.
Of the total trains, 2,875 have terminated, while 401 are in transit. The top five states and union territories from where maximum trains originated are Gujarat (897), Maharashtra (590), Punjab (358), Uttar Pradesh (232) and Delhi (200).
Rail Budget caters to all sections of the society and showcases a vision to reorganise and rejuvenate the national transporter
Budget proposals have set four goals to transform Indian Railways.
The maintenance of track is increasingly becoming mechanised and capital-intensive.
Incessant rains apparently caused cracks in the bridge, resulting in its collapse, an official said.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has ordered a survey of Patna to check the feasibility of introducing a monorail service to ease traffic congestion.
No domestic flights could take off or land from the Indira Gandhi International Airport due to low visibility.
Opposition said saying it lacked vision and road map to execute ideas.
Suresh Prabhu, the new railway minister, described his charge as being 'the engine of growth'.
Indian Railways has plans to decongest network and become more self dependent.
Ananda Shankar Jayant had everything going for her. Then, she saw her medical reports.
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The newly appointed CMD at Coal India has a tough road ahead.
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