Tag: Indian Railways

India’s much-awaited locally manufactured semi high-speed train ‘Vander Bharat Express’ (coded as Train 18), will make its maiden run on 15th February 2019.  The train is built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai under PM’s ‘Make in India’ programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the train on New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route from the New Delhi Railway Station. However, there will not be any festivities and the train will run without any flower decorations, on the event of terror attack in Pulwama, Kashmir last night. A two-minute silence will also be observed before the launch in memory of CRPF ... Read more

Indian railway extends 22 pairs of train services running on Indian Railways system. It was announced by Piyush Goyal, Minister or Railways and Coal, in Rail Bhavan on Wednesday. These extensions will provide additional connectivity between various places in the country. Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board; Girish Pillai, Member Traffic, Railway Board and other senior officers were present on the occasion. Speaking of the occasion, the minister said, the extension of train services will reduce additional lie-over time of the trains across various Zones of Indian Railways. “The first successful experiment of extension was introduced on Gatimaan Express, which ... Read more

Indian Railways envisages providing a comfortable jerk free journey to its passengers and endeavours to achieve that with the use of better technology continuously. Currently travel by rail is not that comfortable as travelling by road and Air. In order to minimize the effect of jerks and to improve riding comfort for passengers, Indian Railways has introduced new design of Center Buffer Couplers (CBC) with Balanced Draft Gear (BDG) as per specification prepared by Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow. It has been decided to introduce CBCs with BDG on all the mainline passenger coaches of Indian Railways. All ... Read more

Considering the success of the pilot project, Indian Railways is planning to adopt the solar energy system on more trains. It was informed by the Rajen Ghain, the Minister of State of Railways. The first solar-powered DEMU (diesel electrical multiple unit) train was launched in July 2018, from the Safdarjung railway station in Delhi. The train run from Sarai Rohilla in Delhi to Farukh Nagar in Haryana. A total of 16 solar panels, each producing 300 Wp, are fitted in six coaches. As per the minister, Railways have already provided solar panels on roof top of 19 Narrow Gauge coaches ... Read more

The Indian Railways is all set to start ‘Panj Takht Express’ from January 14, 2019, which will link the five takhts (temporal seats/Gurudwaras) of Sikhs. The five Gurudwaras are Akal Takht in Amritsar, Takht Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib, Takht Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo near Bathinda, Takht Hazur Sahib at Nanded and Takht Patna Sahib in Patna. With 800 seats in three-tier air-conditioned coaches, the train will complete the journey in 9 nights and 10 days. Costing Rs 15,750 per head, the pilgrims taking the tour will be lodged in hotels or Gurudwaras. The special tourist train, announced on the ... Read more

Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has signed an MoU with National Building Construction Corporation Ltd on 30th June 2017 for redevelopment of 10 stations, viz. Tirupati, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Nellore, Madgaon, Charbagh (Lucknow), Gomtinagar, Kota, Thane New, Ernakulam Jn. and Puducherry as a part of the SMART City project launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. This information was given by Rajen Gohain, Minister of State of Railways, in Lok Sabha on 19th December 2018, while answering a question related to it. Contracts have been awarded for redevelopment of Gomtinagar and Charbagh (Lucknow) railway stations. Bids have been invited ... Read more

If you are one of the passengers who relay on the water vending machines at the railway stations, you have to pay Rs 1 extra for a glass of water. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has also proposed to increase the prices to fill up one bottle by Rs 1. The railway board has also approved the proposals for the new costs at the WVMs. Earlier a 300 ml glass of water was priced at Re 1 but the passengers will now have to pay Rs 2 for same. Half litre of water was priced at Rs ... Read more

New look for the Buddhist Circuit Train Indian Railways launched the new look Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train on Saturday, 8th December 2018. The luxury train is with a mini library, a kitchen with modern appliances and stylish bathrooms. It was revealed by a press release of the Railways. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman Railway Board flagged off the train.  The new train will be travelling through sites associated with Buddhism – Bodh Gaya, Rajgir (Nalanda), Varanasi (Sarnath), Lumbini, Kushinagar, Sravasti and ending with a tour of Taj Mahal. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman Railway Board, on the inauguration of the train The Buddhist Circuit ... Read more

For the first time in India, a railway station will be built inside a tunnel at a height of 3,000 metres, on the strategic Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line close to the Sino-India border. Once completed, the Keylong station in Himachal Pradesh will be the first on the railway network to be inside a tunnel. Keylong is the administrative centre of Lahaul and Spiti district, 26 km north of Manali and 120 km from the Indo-Tibetan border. “The Keylong station, in the project, will be inside the tunnel according to the first phase of the location survey. This will be the first such railway station ... Read more

The Indian Railways is planning to give a new name to replace its existing name Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The decision to change the name surfaces after the Railways department feel that the name it has now is not attractive and the abbreviation is not cute enough. Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal has asked the the higher officials of the railways to find an attractive name. The ministry has asked to keep the brand name small, attractive and easy to remember. The ministry has conducted an online competition earlier in January through its website seeking suggestions to ... Read more

ഇന്ത്യൻ റെയിൽവേ കാറ്ററിങ് ആൻഡ് ടൂറിസം കോർപ്പറേഷന്റെ പേര് ആകർഷകമല്ലെന്ന നിഗമനത്തിൽ പേര് മാറ്റാൻ റെയിൽവേ നീക്കം തുടങ്ങി. ചുരുക്കപ്പേരായ ഐ.ആർ.സി.ടി.സി.ക്കും ആകര്‍ഷകത്വമില്ലന്ന കാരണംപറഞ്ഞാണ് പേര് മാറ്റാനുള്ള പ്രാരംഭപ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ തുടങ്ങിയത്. ആകർഷകമായ പേര് കണ്ടെത്താൻ റെയിൽവേ മന്ത്രി പീയുഷ് ഗോയൽ റെയിൽവേ ഉന്നതാധികാരികളോട് നിർദേശിച്ചു. ചെറുതും ആകർഷകവും സാധാരണക്കാരുടെ മനസ്സിൽ തങ്ങിനിൽക്കുന്നതുമായ പുതിയ ബ്രാൻഡ് പേര് കണ്ടെത്താനാണ് നിർദേശം. റെയിൽവേയുടെ സേവനങ്ങൾക്ക് പുതിയ പേര് നിർദേശിക്കാനാവശ്യപ്പെട്ട് ജനുവരി അവസാനം കേന്ദ്രസർക്കാരിന്റെ വെബ്സൈറ്റിൽ ഓൺലൈൻ മത്സരം നടത്തിയിരുന്നു. ജൂലായ് വരെ 1852 പേർ പേരുകൾ നിർദേശിച്ചു. ഇതിൽനിന്ന് നല്ല പേര് കണ്ടെത്താനായില്ലെന്നാണ് അറിയുന്നത്. തുടർന്നാണ് റെയിൽവേ മന്ത്രി ഉന്നതോദ്യോഗസ്ഥരെ ചുമതലപ്പെടുത്തിയത്.

The Indian Railways said it will not provide free travel insurance to its passengers starting September 1. Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to stop free travel insurance starting September 1 and “the option of free insurance will be optional”. Travellers, while booking tickets through its website or mobile application, will have to choose from two options: to opt-in or opt-out of travel insurance. IRCTC has been giving free travel insurance to passengers since December 2017 with an aim to promote the digital transaction. The Railways had earlier also waived off ticket booking charge for users who make payments via debit ... Read more

Railways have agreed to accept soft copies of driving licence and Aadhar as identity proof if they are stored in DigiLocker. DigiLocker is a digital storage device used by people to store official documents on cloud. Indian Railways sent a message to all zonal principal chief commercial managers which conveyed that from now onwards Aadhar card and driving licence stored on DigiLocker will be considered valid identity proof. “While undertaking journey in a train, if a passenger shows the Aadhaar/Driving Licence from the ‘Issued Documents’ section by logging into his/her DigiLocker account, the same should be considered as valid proof ... Read more

Ministry of Railways’ PSU IRCTC has launched its trial run of environment friendly bagasse based food packaging on 8 select Shatabdis and Rajdhanis originating from New Delhi. Passengers in these trains will be served meals on eco-friendly disposable plates (compostable containers) instead of the polymer ones as part of the Railways’ drive to go green. IRCTC with this new initiative reaffirms its commitment to a cleaner and greener India and has taken a small step in this direction to achieve the same. Bagasse, the fibrous remains left behind after extracting sugarcane juice, is being used to make disposable cutlery and ... Read more

ട്രെയിനുകളുടെ വൈകിയോട്ടം പരിഹരിക്കാന്‍ യൂറോപ്യന്‍ ട്രെയിന്‍ കണ്‍ട്രോള്‍ സിസ്റ്റം-2 (ഇ ടി സി എസ്-2) അവതരിപ്പിക്കാനൊരുങ്ങി റെയില്‍വേ. ഒരേ ദിശയിലേയ്ക്ക് അടുത്തടുത്ത സമയത്ത് പുറപ്പെടുന്ന ട്രെയിനുകള്‍ക്ക് ഒരേ സിഗ്നല്‍ ഉപയോഗിക്കാം എന്നതാണ് പുതിയ സംവിധാനത്തിന്‍റെ ഗുണം. സിഗ്നലുകള്‍ക്കായി കാത്തുകിടക്കേണ്ട സാഹചര്യമുണ്ടാകില്ല. തിരക്കുള്ള റൂട്ടുകളിലാണ് ഇതിന്‍റെ പ്രയോജനം കൂടുതല്‍ ലഭിക്കുക. രണ്ടു ട്രെയിനുകള്‍ തമ്മില്‍ 500 മീറ്റര്‍ അകലം പാലിച്ച് ഒരേ ട്രാക്കില്‍ ഓടിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയുമെന്ന പ്രത്യേകതയും ഇതിനുണ്ട്. മുന്നില്‍ പോകുന്ന ട്രെയിന്‍ എത്ര അകലത്തിനാണ് പോകുന്നതെന്ന് ലോക്കോ പൈലറ്റിനു അറിയാന്‍ സാധിക്കും. അതനുസരിച്ച് വേഗം ക്രമീകരിക്കാനാകും. ഇത് അപകടങ്ങള്‍ കുറയ്ക്കും. ഉത്തരേന്ത്യന്‍ റെയില്‍വേയുടെ കൂടുതല്‍ തിരക്കുള്ള മേഖലയില്‍ ആദ്യം പരീക്ഷണം നടത്താനാണ് തീരുമാനം. സിഗ്നലിംഗ് സംവിധാനത്തിലെ പോരായ്മകളും ട്രാക്കിലെ അറ്റകുറ്റപ്പണികളുമാണ് ട്രെയിനുകള്‍ക്ക് കൃത്യസമയം പാലിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയാത്തതിന്‍റെ കാരണമായി അധികൃതര്‍ പറയുന്നത്. യാത്രക്കാരുടെ സുരക്ഷ ഉറപ്പാക്കാനും സമയകൃത്യത പാലിക്കാനുമാണ് ഇടിസിഎസ്-2 റെയില്‍വേ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്.