Indian Railways

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

Overall, 26 Railway officials have been arrested in this case so far, CBI said. Searches were conducted at 8 locations, which resulted in the recovery of Rs. 1.17 crore in cash.

I am used to it, used to the overcrowded trains, the struggle, the dysfunction and the chaos. Because this is what the system has taught me. I wasn't taught 'civic sense' by the system. The system taught me to live with the chaos, to struggle to carry myself, my family and our luggage through the crowd, to suffer the overcrowded train inside the so-called 'reserved' coaches too, because that is what the system allows, enables.

A two-member committee has been formed to investigate the stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station on Februray 15, in which 18 people died and several sustained injuries.