Prudent Financial Decisions: An Urgent Need for Indian Railways

IR has been consistently spending over 90 per cent of what it earned. This left little room for investing in capital expenditure Read more

IR’s Future Roadmap – Part 1: Big Push on Speed, 160 kph on GQ

Ministry of Railways has drawn up an ambitious, timeline-bound plan for the next five years, according to information received from senior sources. If things go according to this plan, the… Read more

New Delhi – Kathgodam Shatabdi speeded up by 20 minutes

New Delhi- Kathgodam Shatabdi has been speeded up by 20 minutes in both directions according to a statement from North Eastern Railway. Read more

GC: Kelod – Bhimalgondi Section Commissioned, Itwari – Kelod Passenger Extended

The erstwhile Itwari - Kelod Passenger service has now been extended to Bhimalgondi, a newly completed station about 94 kilometres from Itwari Read more

Araku Vistadome to go for periodic overhaul, passengers fume

The Vistadome coach introduced on 58501/02 Visakhapatnam-Kirandul-Visakhapatnam in April 2017, will not be available on this train from May 1 to 31, 2019. Read more

Shan-E-Bhopal Express runs into derailed goods wagons near Gwalior, no injuries or casualties

The derailment also resulted in a near miss for the passengers of Shan-e-Bhopal express, whose locomotive hit the derailed wagons at a slow speed and was damaged Read more

Bhusawal Gets Two New Platforms, Rest Renumbered

With non-interlocking work nearing completion at Central Railway's Bhusawal (BSL) two new platforms are also being commissioned to ease congestion Read more

12303 HWH NDLS Poorva Express Derails at Rooma, No Casualties

Twelve coaches of the New-Delhi bound train number 12303 Howrah - New Delhi Poorva express derailed at Rooma railway station last night at 50 minutes past midnight injuring 14 passengers. Read more

Steep Airfares Prompt IR to Introduce More Mumbai -Delhi AC Specials

Steep airfares between India's busiest sector Mumbai -New Delhi due to Jet Airways suspending operations have prompted Indian Railways (IR) to start another set of AC specials between the two… Read more

8.6 Billion Passengers: Indian Railways’ Target for 2019-20

The Indian Railways has set itself a target of 8.6 billion originating passengers in the financial year 2019-20 Read more