PASSENGER TRAINS

No extra fare being charged, festival special trains still running: Railways

It further said that the festival special trains that started in October last year are still running as part of longstanding practice of ca...

Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani special train to speed up from January 9

As per an official release, Rajdhani superfast special train will leave Mumbai's CSMT at 4 pm every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday ...

Railways extends to 9 months time to claim refunds for trains cancelled from March 21-June 31 last year

"Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the time limit beyond six months and up to nine months from the date of journey for cancellatio...

Freight trains on newly inaugurated section of Eastern DFC achieve 90 kmph top speed

Since December 29, 2020, when PM inaugurated the DFC section, the railways have operated over 50 trains on the route.

Indigenously designed ballastless tracks to be used for high-speed RRTS trains

Track slabs will first be used on the 17-km-long Sahibabad-Duhai priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor. The section ...

Maiden run of train connecting Bengaluru with airport begins

"Starting today, Bengalureans can take a train to the Kempegowda International Airport, Devanahalli station. The trains will operate from B...

Watch: Passenger falls while boarding train at Dahisar Railway Station in Mumbai

A shocking incident came to light where a passenger fell on platform while boarding a train in Mumbai on January 02. Incident occurred at D...

New vistadome coaches will make train travel more memorable: PM

The vistadome tourist coaches, which have larger viewing area including roof top glass and 44 seats for passengers that can rotate up to 18...

Trains will not need to slow down on new 351-kilometre dedicated freight corridors

An official said the train that was flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday at a designated speed of 60 kmph clocked 59.6 km per hour du...

India's first driverless train evokes pride, excitement among passengers young and old

From pride and excitement to surprise and a little bit of apprehension, several young and old passengers went through a gamut of emotions a...

PM Modi inaugurates India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line

The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has said, adding that af...

Central Railways' Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani train to restart from December 30

Train number 01221 Rajdhani special will leave the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) here on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and ...

Indian Railways to run demand-based passenger trains

Further, it plans to achieve freight movement of 2024 million tonne by 2024 as part of its Vision 2024 as against the current 1210 million ...

Siemens providing driverless train solutions for Bengaluru Metro

Technology major Siemens on Thursday said it is providing driverless train solutions for Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) to im...

Eastern Railway to resume non-suburban passenger train services from December 2

Non-suburban passenger train services were stopped in the last week of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of these, 30 trains will be run ...

Women passengers allowed to travel during non-peak hours from Nov 23: Southern Railway

Women passengers will now be allowed to travel in Chennai Suburban trains during non-peak hours from Monday to Saturdayand to travel throug...

GMR, Welspun, L&T among 102 private cos qualify for PPP in passenger trains

India’s Passenger Train Operations Project is the country’s first major public private partnerships (PPP) initiative under which railways m...