Indian Railways Passenger and Freight Earnings Down in 8 Months of FY20

Slowing Demand and pessimistic economic outlook have upset the Indian Railways' financial plans for the year, as freight and passenger earnings have not only missed targets but also declined as… Read more

7,329 AC Three Tier Coaches on Indian Railways by FY18-19 End.

Over 7,000 AC Three Tier Coaches were operational on Indian Railways at the end of FY 2018-19. The production of AC-III tier coaches has been scaled up in the last… Read more

CAG on Railways: Declining Revenue Surplus, 95% of Freight Profits Used to Subsudize Passenger Ops Losses

Operating Ratio of 98.44 per cent was the worst in the last ten years. Indian Railways, in fact, would have ended up with a negative balance of тВ╣5,676.29 crore instead… Read more

Zonal Performance: Midyear Review Throws Up Surprises – ER, NER, NFR Top Results, CR, NR, NCR Score Lowest

An extensive mid-year performance review of Indian Railways' zones conducted by the Railway Board threw up several surprises. Most zones have missed their proportionate targets for originating goods or passenger… Read more

New Line, Doubling, Tripling and Gauge Conversion: Targets for FY 2019-20

In line with the plans and allocations set out for the previous and recent railway budgets, targets have recently been set out for various zones and executing organisations for the… Read more

SECR: New line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling/Tripling projects get good allocations, likely to speed up execution of projects

Ongoing new line construction projects in South East Central Railway may have received a push, thanks to good allocations made for Indian Railways for the coming FY. Read more