Budget 2019-20 Speech: What the Finance Minister said on Railways

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget in the House, we take a look at her remarks on the railway sector Read more

229 Manned Level Crossings Eliminated, 1795 Targeted for FY 19-20

The Indian Railways has managed to eliminate 229 Manned Level Crossings (MLCs) in 2 months. The figure is significantly higher than 65 such crossings eliminated last year. Read more

New appointments across NER, WR and SCoR

Shri. PN Rai (IRSEE), presently working as Principal Chief Electrical Engineer (PCEE)/Western Railway has been transferred to North Eastern Railway and posted as PCEE (Construction) Shri. Sanjiv Bhutani (IRSEE), presently… Read more

Interim Member Traffic appointed at Railway Board

Shri. Sunil Mathur (IRTS), Additional Member (Tourism & Catering), Railway Board, has been entrusted with the additional responsibility of Member Traffic, consequent upon superannuation of Shri. Girish Pillai (IRTS) on… Read more

New DRMs appointed

New Divisional Railway Managers have been appointed on several divisions across SCR, NFR, SER, NCR, ER. Here is the list. Name Cadre Division Zone Alok Tiwari IRSE Guntakal South Central… Read more

Kalyan ELS Gets its First 25kV Passenger Locomotive

The oldest electric locomotive shed (ELS) in India, based in Kalyan, Mumbai, has finally received its first 25kV AC passenger locomotive Read more

Digital Rail Corridors Planned Along IR Network for Safety, Security and Passenger Services

Indian Railways plans to seek approval of the Union Cabinet for a digital rail corridor across its network, earmarking 10 megahertz (10 MHz) spectrum in the 700 MHz frequency band Read more

Indian Railways to Spend Rs 50k Crores, Eliminate Level Crossings on the Golden Quadrilateral

To enhance safety along its tracks, Indian Railways (IR) plans to eliminate all the 2568 level crossings along the golden quadrilateral and its diagonals in the next four years. Read more

After IT and Customs, Indian Railways Officials in Govt Crosshairs

The Indian Railways' organisational hierarchy is set to go under the microscope to identify non-performers as part of larger restructuring plans Read more

IR to Explore Hiving Off Production Units into Separate Entity

Indian Railways (IR) has decided, as part of its 100 Day Plan, to conduct a detailed study on the hiving off and corporatization of its production units into a separate… Read more