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Vande Bharat Sleeper Rake Is Here!

The Integral Coach Factory unveiled its first Vande Bharat train rake with AC sleeper coaches for long distances involving night travel. ICF has been manufacturing Vande Bharat Express trains since......

New Vande Bharat Express will be saffron in colour

The 28th rake of Indian-built semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express will be 'saffron' in colour, railway officials said on Saturday. IMAGE: The new and old Vande Bharat Express stationed at......

India's fastest train pelted with stones during trial run

Photograph tweeted by GM ICF Sudhanshu Mani. The Railways' fastest train -- Train 18 -- which is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 29, was pelted with stones......

'Vande Bharat's Potential Yet To Be Exploited'

'All Shatabdis and Rajdhanis should be converted to this type of high-speed train.''There should be a sleeper version of the train.''Right now, there is only a day version of the train.''Unless you......

Passengers praise Railways for isolation coaches -- barring mosquitoes

Clean toilets, colour-coded dustbins, comfortable beds, oxygen cylinders and all amenities one can expect in a top class hospital -- the first inmates of the train coaches converted into isolation......

Railways transports 20% of cars produced in India

'In 2024-25, 1 million units of cars were transported via railways. This is 20.6 per cent of India's total car production of over 5 million.' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted......

Indian Wheels for Vande Bharat Trains

IMAGE: A look inside the Integral Coach Factory, where Vande Bharat trains are manufactured in Chennai. Photograph: ANI Photo India's iconic Vande Bharat train project may finally find a solution......

Vande Bharat gets back on track after myriad controversies, vigilance probe

On August 15 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced from the ramparts of the Red Fort that the Indian Railways would launch 75 Vande Bharat Express trains by August 2023. Photograph:......

What is the controversy over Vande Bharat all about?

The Railway Board and employees at Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, makers of the train, are at loggerheads over the proposed transfer of design and reassigning the manufacturing of Train 18 to......

Will the railways change to safer LHB coaches?

Two high-level railway safety commissions came down heavily on ICF coaches, recommending their replacement by LHBs, says Bibek Debroy. ICF stands for the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai......

Canoe bronze medallist suspended 'after failed drug test'

Moldovan canoe sprint bronze medallist Serghei Tarnovschi was provisionally suspended from the Rio Olympics on Thursday, after he failed a pre-Games drug test, the International Canoe Federation......

Arjuna Awardee began life as a carpenter

S Bhaskaran is the first bodybuilder to be presented the Arjuna Award in 20 years.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com met the man of steel. IMAGE: S Bhaskaran with his wife and two children. When S......

Learnt a lot from Dhoni during run chases: Vijay Shankar

'It was a great experience to share the dressing room with names like Virat Kohli, M S Dhoni, Rohit Sharma. It is important to watch and learn from the seniors in the team'. IMAGE: 'I......

How the Rio Olympics ban has affected these Russian athletes

Following the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision on Sunday not to issue a blanket ban on Russian athletes despite evidence of systematic doping across the majority of Olympic sports,......

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