Multiple Steps Including 1,911 km Boundary Wall to Keep Animals Away from Railway Tracks

Provision of approximately 1911 km length of boundary wall at vulnerable locations has been identified over Zonal Railways Read more

Improvements for Better Services of Railways an Ongoing Process: Piyush Goyal

Indian Railways constantly strive to provide better services to its vast set of customers through proper planning and system improvements on a continuous and an ongoing basis depending upon customer… Read more

Railway Protection Force of Indian Railways Recruits 4,376 Women

Indian Railways (IR) has recruited 4376 women employees for its Railway Protection Force (RPF) recently. Of this, 4078 are women constables and 298 are sub-Inspectors. They have started training. Read more

Indian Railways to Provide WiFi at all Stations Except Halt Stations

Indian Railways (IR) has decided to provide wi-fi services at all railway stations except F category halt stations over its network. Read more

RTIS Fitted on 2,600+ Locomotives so far

Over 2600 locomotives (passenger and freight have been fitted with GPS tracker devices according to Piyush Goyal. Funds for installation of real time information system (RTIS) in 6000 more locomotives… Read more

Steps Taken by Indian Railways to Increase Non-Fare Revenue, Monetization of Land and FDI in IR

Several steps have been taken to increase non-fare revenue of Indian Railways by monetization of land and other assets, Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal told Lok Sabha in a written… Read more

Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) to Receive Corpus of 1 Lakh Crores in 5 Years

The fund will receive a corpus of Rs1 lakh crore over a period of 5 years starting from 2017-18. Details of funds allocated under Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) during… Read more

Mission Raftaar Aims to Improve Mobility and Increasing Average Speed

Action Plan for improving mobility and increasing average speed includes removal of speed restrictions, construction of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs), right powering of trains and… Read more

MoU between India and Switzerland on Railway Technical Co-Operation

The First Joint Working Group Meeting under the Memorandum of Understanding was held on October 21, 2019 in which areas of rolling stock, electrical sub-systems, system integration, overhead contact system… Read more

95 Megawatts of Rooftop Solar Power Installed by Indian Railways

So far, tenders for 248.46 MW capacity have been awarded by Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) and are under different stages of execution Read more