The national transporter is also mulling a hike in passenger fares in the Rail Budget next year to tide over the loss in passenger sector
Passengers were finding it difficult to reach counters to cancel the reserved tickets within the stipulated time and as a result they are losing money
The overturned GS and SLRD (Brake Van) coaches are still being restored and rescue works are on, they said.
In 2021, the Railways boasted of a historic feat -- no passenger deaths in train accidents in two years. However, the derailment of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express in 2022 brought the Railways back to its forgetful past.
Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved
Women are taking up responsible jobs in Indian Railways.
A passenger should not have to wait for more than five minutes to buy a ticket from stations.
'The core sectors have not done very well in the past one year.'
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi present the Railway Budget on Wednesday.
Established in 1986, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways has manufactured around 16,000 passenger coaches of 51 different types including self propelled passenger vehicles which constitute over 35% of the total coaches in the Indian Railways.
The Railways has drawn up a schedule to operate 2,600 Shramik Special trains over the next 10 days across the country to ferry around 36 lakh migrant workers, stranded due to the COVID-19 lockdown, to their home states, Chairman of the Railway Board V K Yadav said on Saturday.
There will be provision for a few new trains including premium and services connecting various pilgrim centres in the Rail Budget 2014-15.
The operations are being carried out in coordination with the railway authorities on the ground, he said.
Trinamool politics set to trump prudence on passenger fares.
While this benefit of easing fuel cost should have been passed on to consumers through the review of FAC due this month, the Railways does not intend to revise freight and passenger fares until the next Budget to be presented in February.
Former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday blamed railway officials for the mishap involving the Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express that left four passengers dead.
Budget is likely to focus on infrastructure creation in the N-E
IndiGo's president and director Aditya Ghosh apologised for the incident and said stern action was taken against an airline staff for manhandling the passenger.
8 bogies of Mahakaushal Express derail in UP, 52 injured.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to present a populist Railway Budget on February 24, leaving passenger fares untouched but rationalising the freight rates keeping the essential commodities aside.
New Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Monday gave ample hint of a possible passenger fare hike to improve services in the railways.
An amount of Rs 100 will be paid in case the delay is for over an hour and Rs 250 for delay of over two hours, the IRCTC said ahead of the launch of its first train. The train is scheduled to make its first commercial run on October 5.
Passengers struggling with heavy luggage and senior citizens trying to make their way in the maze of crowded railway stations can now breathe easy as the Railways have decided to install 100 escalators in major stations.
200 passengers travelling to India by Samjhauta Express last Thursday were stopped at the Wagah Border
While there was a brief respite from the incessant downpour on Tuesday, collaborative efforts from the defence, national, and state disaster response forces took the lead in executing rescue and relief operations.
In a first, seat number 64 of coach B5 in the Kashi-Mahakal Express, that connects three Jyotirlingas in two states, had been turned into a mini-temple devoted to Lord Shiva.
The injured, two of them seriously hurt, have been admitted at the Bangad Hospital in Pali, they said, adding the incident led to the disruption of traffic on the route with nearly two dozen trains cancelled or diverted.
Indian Railways is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km of track over a route of 65,000 km and 7,500 stations.
No fare hike was announced in the Railway Budget for 2019.
"We understand that it is a bit harsh to hike the fares, but in the future it will only benefit the people and this is something that we cannot play politics with," Railway Minister, D Sadananda Gowda said.
On these routes, the train speed would also be increased to above 160 kmph over the next four or five years by revamping the entire signaling, tracks and fencing.
Railway hospitals will offer postgraduate courses for medical students.
The first semi-high speed service of the Railways is being considered a boon for tourists visiting the city of Taj Mahal.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said review of the facilities available at stations developed as 'Adarsh' stations.
The railway ministry has decided to install Closed-circuit television cameras in ladies' compartments in phases in order to provide enhanced security to women passengers, the Rajya Sabha was told on Friday.
Two passengers of a Guwahati-bound special train carrying northeast people fleeing Bengaluru were killed and seven others injured on Sunday after they were beaten up and pushed out by unidentified persons.
India will soon get a Bullet train between Mumbai-Ahmedabad!
India Inc on Friday said the hike in railway passenger and freight fares will help in resource mobilisation, hoping that the higher fares will lead to better quality and safety of services offered by the Indian Railways, while asking the government to allow FDI in Railways.
