Rail Ministry News

No VIP Culture: Rail Minister Ashwini Vaisnaw removed the bell in his own office first. The Minister`s office said that the attempt has been intended to ensure that each employee here is given equal respect and to change the mindset of VVIP culture. 

The revised designation is more in consonance with their existing duties and responsibilities and will improve the motivation level of Guards now Train Managers, the railways said in a tweet.

Indian Railways may allow all passenger trains to resume normal services soon In view of the festive season, the sources said that the Rail Ministry might allow more passenger trains to resume operations to meet the growing public demand during Holi

Indian Railways has finally allowed e-catering services Railrestro will soon resume food delivery at the select stations RailRestro is an IRCTC-authorized e-catering wing

Indian Railways has announced that it will run 46 special trains in view of Diwali and the Chhat Puja The festival special trains for Diwali and Chhath Puja will be fully reserved trains, the Northern Railway said Unreserved accommodation in the train is not available, the tweet said.

Indian Railways is going to introduce a new facility for passengers soon. Railways will now transport your goods from your home to your train, and from the train to your preferred destination.

The Indian Railways has decided to run 40 pairs of new special trains or clone trains from September 22 for which the reservations will begin from September 10. The Railways will monitor all the trains currently in operation to determine which ones have long waiting lists. This will be the first time that the Indian Railways’ will run 40 ‘clone’ or duplicate trains on high-demand routes from September 21. The advance reservation period for such trains will be 10 days. Such trains will be in addition to the 310 special trains which are already in operation. These trains will be run one or two hours ahead of the departure of already operating special trains. However, the travel time and the stoppages will be limited to operational halts.

The Indian Railways on Thursday broke another recordby operating  'SheshNaag', a 2.8 Km long train amalgamating 4 empty BOXN rakes, powered by 4 sets of electric locomotives. 

The Indian Railways has launched a major drive to identify and act against touts who have become active again and were making attempts to dupe gullible migrants and others.

This is a growth of 20% over last year’s income which is a significant achievement. It is worth mentioning that growth happened despite pressure on margins due to intense competition in the Telecom market, the company said in a statement. 

More than 2.5 lakh wagons of commodities loaded in the past one week out of which over 1.55 lakh wagons contained essential items.

Railways' new smart coaches will be equipped with black boxes and coach information and diagnostics systems.

The railways is increasingly adopting the airline model -- from its food to its vacuum toilets -- to give passengers airline-like comforts.

Indian Railways has decided to run 500 special trains during Holi. The move is most likely to benefit passengers from UP and Bihar.

Talking about technology at the event, Goyal said railways has been an early adopter of computers which could have been also expanded for various operational processes like safety.

The scheme, launched on September 9 last year and applicable to premium trains such as the Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto, allows 10 percent of the seats to be sold at normal fare and thereafter increasing it in phases by 10 percent with every 10 percent of berths sold, with a ceiling of a 50 percent rise.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday called the Utkal train derailment as 'unfortunate' and issued a direction to officials to give all possible assistance to injured passengers of the Express.

The Railway Ministry on Thursday reported a rise in passenger traffic and revenue generation during 2016-17.