Cabinet approves allotment of 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band to Indian Railways

New Delhi: Giving a boost to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ mission, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for allotment allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian Railways for public safety and security services at stations and in trains.      

Indian Railways' RDSO becomes first to get SDO tag

New Delhi/UNI: Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) of Indian Railways has become the first Institution to be declared Standard Developing Organisation (SDO) "One Nation One Standard" mission of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under Department of Consumer Affairs.

234 Oxygen Expresses deliver 15284 MT LMO since Apr 29 across the country

New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Railways has delivered more than 15284 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in more than 936 tankers to various states across the country, the Ministry of Railways said Sunday.

Railways complete challenging tunnel drive of 800m in Kolkata in spite of Covid challenges

Kolkata: The Indian Railways on Sunday said the tunneling work gets completed by Tunnel Boring Machine [TBM ] in East West Metro Corridor with the breakthrough of “Urvi“ at Bowbazar, Kolkata on May 15.

COVID-19 crisis: Indian Railways geared up to run Oxygen Express

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is getting fully ready to transport Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and Oxygen Cylinders across the key Corridors.

Indian Railways complete first trial run of electric loco in Assam

Guwahati/IBNS : The Indian Railways conducted the trial run of electric locomotive for the first time in Assam in order to provide electric rail connectivity to the remote areas of the northeast.

No full passenger service from April: Indian Railways

New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Railways on Saturday denied reports that the normal passenger service will be in operation from April, as COVID-19 cases have declined in the country.

J&K's aspirations to be fulfilled by completing Railway project: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the ongoing UdhampurSrinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) national project in Jammu and Kashmir and said the “aspirations” of the people have to be fulfilled by completing the project so that the region remains connected to other parts of the country round the year.

Greening of India's railway network on track

An ambitious plan to make one of the world’s largest and most complex railway networks a net zero carbon emitter by 2030 is moving full steam ahead, although without the steam, thanks, in part, to support from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Indian Railways starts operating 20 pairs of clone trains on busy routes

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Railways Monday started operating 40 clone trains (20 pairs) on routes with huge passenger traffic demand.

Indian Railways to start computer-based tests for notified vacancies from Dec 15

Guwahati/IBNS: The Indian Railways is going to start computer-based tests for notified vacancies from Dec 15 this year.

By 2030 Indian Railways' carbon emission will be zero: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi/IBNS: Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that by 2030 there will be a net-zero carbon emission.

Indian Railways sends special parcel train to Bangladesh with red chillies

New Delhi/UNI: For the first time the Indian Railways, loaded special Parcel train beyond the country borders to Benapole in Bangladesh with dry chillies from Reddipalem in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.

Private train operations in India to begin by April 2023: Railways

New Delhi/IBNS: India, the country of 1.3 billion people with a huge number of them belonging to the poverty level, is all set to embrace private train operations within three years from now on.

Indian Railways cancels all tickets booked for regular trains from July 1 to Aug 12

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Railways on Thursday informed that it will cancel all tickets booked for regular trains between July 1 and August 12 amid a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the country.