Equipped with facilities like water purifiers, mobile phone charging points and fire extinguishers among others, the first Antyodaya Express is slated to be pressed into service from Mumbai for Tatanagar this month.
A CCTV footage has surfaced on social media showing passengers crowding and jostling to board an unreserved express train at Bandra Terminus, which led to a stampede that left 10 persons injured.
Nine persons were injured in a stampede after rush for boarding a train at Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Sunday morning, a civic official said.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu presented the Railway Budget at the Parliament on Thursday.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched a host of passenger amenities and new air-conditioned trains with world class services.
Uttam Ghosh on how rail passengers will benefit from the Railway Budget.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday presented the Railway Budget.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com brings you some fascinating facts and photographs from India's first international rail exhibition.
The Railways will also add two to four 'Deen Dayalu' coaches to some long-distance trains for unreserved travel to enhance the carrying capacity
Modi said 'Vision 2020' will make the Railways free from constraints.
The railways is expecting a revenue of Rs 1,84,820 crore during the current financial year (FY17).
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that the common people have always been the focus of all initiatives by the Indian Railways.
Suresh Prabhu is trapped in the 'rhetoric of his own government'.
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