Remembering George Fernandes is remembering life during the Railway Strike

Memories from the Railway Strike in 1974 Read more

The Indian Railways’ Strike: Some Memories

With the sad passing away of George Fernandes, it is time to reminisce about the Railway Strike during the Emergency. What we present are the memories of some of our… Read more

WCG-2 locomotive to be preserved at Heritage Gully, CSMT

A decommissioned WCG-2 class locomotive, bearing the number 20158, will now be placed at the Gully, situated near the P D’Mello Road (Platform 18 side) entrance of the CSMT. The… Read more

Indian Railways announces another mega recruitment drive

About 2.3 lakh more employees will be recruited in two phases Read more

Workshop modernisation on Indian Railways gets boost, machinery and rolling stock procurement performance rises manifold

Indian Railways' (IR) centralised advanced machine tool procurement arm COFMOW (Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops) has achieved its best ever output performance of Rs 1050.85 crore for the period… Read more

IR mulls private players to operate passenger trains: Reports

Indian Railways plan to allow private operators to run passenger trains on IR’s existing network, reports in several outlets suggest. Mr Girish Pillai, Railway Board’s Member – Traffic, reportedly stated… Read more

Amb Andaura – Daulatpur Chauk new line inaugurated

An alternative broad gauge route to Jammu and Kashmir will soon become a reality after the inauguration of a new Broad gauge (BG) line between Amb Andaura and Daulatpur Chauk… Read more

Production Units unable to meet freight wagon demand: Piyush Goyal

Wagon manufacturers have not been able to produce as many wagons as required by Indian Railways, according to Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal. Read more

Policy: An app a day keeps users away.

Is the Indian Railways’ overload of user-facing mobile apps driving away passengers? IR now has more than 50 mobile apps available for use by the public at large, according to… Read more

Indian Railways to become a net zero carbon emitter by 2030: Piyush Goyal

Minister re-iterates plan to fully electrify railway network. Read more