Slow pace in modernisation and infrastructure addition chokes tracks, constrains productivity, raises costs and invites political interference.
The Maoists blew up the tracks near the Bhalui halt station on the Jhajha-Kiul section of East Central Railway around 2 am, disrupting train services on Patna-Howrah main line
Train services on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of South Eastern Railway resumed on Sunday after restoration of both the railway tracks which was obstructed due to derailment of Jnaneswari Express.
LHB coaches are safer. Two high-level railway safety commissions came down heavily on ICF coaches, recommending their replacement by LHB, says Bibek Debroy.
The block will affect the movement of long-distance as well as local trains.
Ministers may come and ministers may go but the attitude of the RB remains the same forever, and it is this group that really calls the shots in Indian Railways, says S Pushpavanam.
The lawmakers seem as uninterested as those who use the railways.
The Cabinet can take a decision on the matter only after the Election Commission's approval.
Motormen of both the central and western railway of the Mumbai suburban railway network have gone on a hunger strike on Monday to press for their demands for rise in pay scales and allowances, railway officials said.
8 bogies of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP, 52 injured.
The CMRS asked for clarifications on Wednesday regarding certain deficiencies observed in this line following an inspection of the corridor on September 27 and 28.
It was planned to add 2,000 kms of new lines, convert 10,000 km of metre/narrow gauge into broad gauge, double the 6,000 km of single track and electrify 3,500 km of routes during the 11th Plan.
'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has circulated a draft Cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultations.
25 per cent of the stalls will be reserved for the under-privileged sections of the society.
'Because of the callous attitude of the railway administration, they don't take care of safety.'
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu presented the Railway Budget in the Parliament on Thursday.
Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani grabbed a match haul of 10 wickets as Mumbai defeated Andhra by 10 wickets to secure a successive bonus-point victory in the Ranji Trophy in Mumbai on Monday.
Munaf bagged six wickets as the defending champions collapsed for a paltry 140 in the first innings in the Ranji Trophy match.
DIPP had proposed 100% FDI in Railways, which it had to now scale down to 74% in certain areas
A summary of the final day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
The channel should also act as a medium in promoting tourism and culture across the country.
'I think governments -- whether this one or the ones earlier -- have not understood the strength of the Indian Railways... that it can easily add 2.5 per cent to GDP.'
The weather bureau has issued a red alert for neighbouring Raigad and Palghar districts predicting heavy to very rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rain at isolated places for Wednesday. An orange alert is sounded for Thane district.
Pannun, the self-proclaimed general counsel of "unlawful association" SFJ, released the video messages on social media platforms on November 4.
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.
Faced with revenue shortfall, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to refrain from announcing many populist measures in the interim budget on February 12.
Security has been beefed up in Mumbai on Wednesday after the Railway Police Force (RPF) received an anonymous call that some railway stations on the Western and Central lines and religious places here would be blown up.
'Why do politicians ask for votes if they cannot rehabilitate us? Where do we go -- to the footpath?'
The Centre is likely to cut budgetary support to the railways by around Rs 5,000-10,000 crore for 2018-19, out of the total budgeted GBS of Rs 53,060 crore. Due to this cut in GBS, the railways is likely to depend more on borrowings, asset monetisation, and internal generation to meet the capex target of Rs 1.465 trillion for the current year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Rajasthan on July 7 and 8 during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of about 50 projects worth around Rs 50,000 crore, official sources said Tuesday.
While we complain about comfort in coaches, rarely do we think about the comfort of engine drivers.
A iron cross beam that gave away below the Charni road bridge caused a huge scare and delayed traffic on Mumbai Western railway line on Friday morning. The iron cross beam which supported the foot over bridge dangled precariously above the track over the Churchgate-Borivili fast line.
Despite public-private partnership projects announced in several rail budgets, the investment since 2000 has been merely Rs 3,000 crore.
An FIR indicated that live overhead wires which snapped when the accident occurred, entangled with a few coaches, electrocuting the passengers trapped in them.
The police lodged a suo motu case against unknown persons in connection with their involvement in the mishap, a police officer said.
At least four gelatin sticks were on Thursday found on the railway tracks near Taloja in Navi Mumbai, a day after a discarded overhead equipment was spotted lying on the rail lines in Raigad
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were also present with the PM as he interacted with the students inside the train.
'Had it collapsed on the railway tracks a major disaster could have occurred if a train arrived at that time'
Big challenge to garner sizeable additional resources.
