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Mar 06, 2021 09:31 AM IST Two itineraries have been planned by the IRCTC - departing from Bangalore covering various destinations in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Goa and then returning back to Bengaluru.
Mar 05, 2021 08:13 PM IST The cost of platform tickets has also been increased in the past during festivals and rolled back eventually, when the rush lessened. It has been used for years as a short-term crowd control measure.
Mar 04, 2021 03:29 PM IST The company expects annual revenue of Rs 10-15 crore once COVID-related travel restrictions ease.
Mar 03, 2021 08:37 PM IST The Railway Board has already permitted restarting the operations of retiring rooms, Rail Yatri Niwas and hotels which are managed by the IRCTC.
Mar 01, 2021 08:00 PM IST The average speed of freight trains in February 2021 was 46.09 kmph, which is more than double compared with the figures from the corresponding period last year (23.01 kmph).
Mar 01, 2021 06:26 PM IST As of February 28, the Indian Railways' cumulative freight loading was 1,102.17 MT, slightly more than 1,102.1 MT during the April-February period last year.
Feb 25, 2021 06:45 PM IST 'Zonal Railways have been instructed that whenever unreserved train services are introduced on any zonal Railway, the zonal Railway concerned may accordingly enable UTS ON MOBILE app for issuing unreserved tickets,' the ministry added.
Feb 25, 2021 08:53 AM IST Imposition of slightly higher fares for short-distance travel is being seen as a step by the Indian Railways to prevent crowding in trains and help curb the spread of COVID-19.
Feb 24, 2021 07:46 PM IST The railways, which has now started operating passenger or local train services, has come under fire from daily commuters, who are feeling the pinch of the rise in the fares.
Feb 24, 2021 12:45 PM IST Though train services were minimal during the current financial year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this can be considered as a major achievement.
Feb 24, 2021 12:41 PM IST Many people are still reluctant to travel by train due to fear of the coronavirus, Western Railway's General Manager Alok Kansal told reporters on Tuesday.
Feb 21, 2021 09:31 AM IST Piyush Goyal encouraged the officials from across the railway zones to share with the board their best practices and policy suggestions for national optimisation, according to an official release.
Feb 19, 2021 11:20 AM IST The wait for a new Land Licensing Fee was considered a key roadblock in the privatisation of Container Corporation (Concor). The new policy is expected to bring down the land lease rates for use of railway land for industrial purposes
Feb 17, 2021 02:46 PM IST In an exclusive interview with Moneycontrol, Puneet Chawla, Chairman and Managing Director of Railtel, said the company was looking aggressively on diversifying into sectors like village Wi-Fi, health and education.
Feb 16, 2021 04:28 PM IST DFCs have faced many difficulties, the biggest one was land acquisition and the second one was the removal of shifting of utilities.
Feb 15, 2021 09:40 AM IST Clarification is constantly being given to the media about it for the last few days. It is being reiterated again that no such date has been fixed for resumption of all passenger trains operations, the Ministry of Railways clarified in a statement.
Feb 12, 2021 04:28 PM IST The last passenger death due to a railway accident happened on March 22, 2019. Since then, for nearly 22 months, we have not reported a single passenger death due to train accidents.
Feb 11, 2021 03:34 PM IST Several design improvements have also been made for improving passenger comfort like redesigning the AC ducting to provide individual vents for each berth, the ministry said in a statement.
Feb 09, 2021 07:13 PM IST As per the statistics till February 8, Indian Railways loading was 30.54 million tonnes which include 13.61 MT of coal, 4.15 MT of iron ore, 1.04 MT of foodgrains, 1.03 MT of fertilizers, 0.96 MT of mineral oil and 1.97 MT of cement (excluding clinker).
Feb 05, 2021 07:34 PM IST The committee also said since the demand for transport is elastic in a competitive market, it would like the railways to be mindful of the fact that any increase in fares should be confined to a certain limit depending upon the competition from other transport modes.
Feb 03, 2021 09:10 PM IST In written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the minister said this decline in revenue was due to the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic, consequential lockdown and partial operation of passenger services.
Feb 03, 2021 12:45 PM IST Mumbai’s locals can't be seen as just a network of train services linking the commercial areas to the residential suburbs. Considered relatively cheap and fast, these locals are the region's lifeline – much like the London Underground and New York’s subway network
Feb 02, 2021 12:52 PM IST The asset monetisation plan includes leasing out the tracks to private players to operate their trains
Jan 28, 2021 09:08 AM IST IRCTC had restarted Tejas Express operations in October 2020 to cater to the growing demand ahead of the festive season, after a hiatus of seven months amid the coronavirus pandemic. However in November 2020, it announced cancellation of these services citing to low occupancy.
Jan 27, 2021 07:03 PM IST Indian Railways' capex was pegged at Rs 161,042 crore in 2020-21 and this is likely to grow in double-digits in 2021-22
