9 coaches, loco of Mumbai-Nagpur Duronto derail due to landslide

IMAGE: Work in progress for the restoration of the railway tracks after Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express train derailed near Asangaon in Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday morning. No......

Mumbai welcomes everyone, says Chavan

Countering Shiv Sena's anti-migrant stand, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday said Mumbai welcomed everyone provided they do not 'encroach on the land illegally.' "We welcome one......

The saga of late trains and dirty stations continues

The Manduadih-Rameswaram Weekly Express tops the list of latecomer trains, with the highest average delay time of 11.5 hours! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Indian Railways is notorious for......

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train ticket to cost less than airfare!

81 per cent of the Rs 97,636-crore (Rs 976.36-billion) project will come as loan from Japan. Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor would be completed in six years and its fare will be less......

Duronto trains to stop at few stations

The Railways will provide commercial stoppages to the non-stop Duronto Express at places where presently there are technical halts. Owing to the decision on providing commercial halts, reservation......

Indian Railways certainly deserves a lot more attention, isn't it?

If you don't rationalise the number of trains, there are limited options to de-stress the railways' high-density networks notes Bibek Debroy Image: Passengers hang off the side of an overcrowded......