Indian Railways

For the convenience of passengers during Diwali and Chhath festivals, Indian Railways has decided to operate more than 12,000 special trains.

The Ministry of Railways has announced an experimental "Round Trip Package for Festival Rush" scheme aimed at easing passenger congestion and ensuring smoother travel during the upcoming festive season.

Explaining the reason behind the reduced train accidents, Vaishnaw said that the Indian Railways adopted a number of measures to ensure the security of passengers.

The Union Minister for Railways have given the go ahead to install CCTV cameras in all 74,000 coaches and 15,000 locos.

The Indian Railways will introduce 1,000 new trains in five years and aims to launch the bullet train by 2027. With massive investments, improved safety, and a push for exports, the Railways is undergoing a major transformation, says Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Western Railway will run two Superfast Special trains from Ahmedabad to Delhi and Mumbai to ease the passenger traffic after an Air India plane crashed shortly after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport on Thursday afternoon.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has taken stern action in the incident involving the deployment of an unsuitable train with its coaches in poor condition for BSF personnel going on duty to Kashmir from Tripura.

Dr Madhavi Latha’s team pioneered a “design-as-you-go” approach for the Chenab Bridge. They constantly innovated on site to address hidden cavities, fractured rock, changing rock properties, and hydrological hazards.

Manufactured at a Rs 21,405 crore facility, the unit is expected to produce 1,200 locomotives over the next decade, each capable of hauling up to 4,600 tonnes at an average speed of 75 km/h. Indian Railways is eyeing on exporting these engines as well.

In a first, Indian Railways has installed an ATM on a trial basis -- on the Manmad-CSMT Panchvati Express in Maharashtra