Railways may convert 20,000 coaches into isolation wards

The Railway Board has instructed zonal railways that they might be required to convert up to 20,000 coaches into isolation wards as part of its preparedness to fight the coronavirus outbreak. In a......

Railways manufactures prototype of non-AC isolation coaches

The railways has manufactured a prototype of an isolation ward for treating coronavirus patients by converting non-air-conditioned train coaches, it said on Saturday. Once the best practices are......

Railways mulls LHB coaches as safety measure

To minimise casualties after derailments, the Railways are contemplating switching over from indigenous ICF coaches to German technology based LHB coaches in all mail and express trains as a safety......

Train 18's Delhi-Varanasi AC chair car ticket to cost Rs 1,850

While the chair car fares are 1.5 times the base price of Shatabdi trains running the same distance, the executive class fares are 1.4 times that of the base fare of first class air conditioned......

Lalu's 'Garib Rath' ready for pilot run

'Garib Rath', an AC three-tier train targetting the middle and lower income classes, is ready for a pilot run, six months after it was announced by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in his Rail Budget......

Highlights of Rail Budget 2006-07

Following are the highlights of the Railway Budget 2006-07 presented by Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday:2005-06 : Review of Performance and Revised EstimatesRecord breaking......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

AIFF inter-state transfers

The All India Football Federation on Tuesday released the first list of inter-state transfers.Releasing the list, AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said 81 players have sought transfer in the first......