Starting November 1st, over 87 trains - including 51 express and 36 passenger trains - running under Southern Railway's jurisdiction will be speeded up after the new timetable comes into effect.
Six metro coaches made in the Bombardier Transportation Plant located in Savli, Vadodara, were shipped to Australia from Mumbai port on Friday. According to the plan, 450 such coaches will be exported to Australia over a period of two and a half years.
Alert cops of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF), along with a vigilant passenger helped prevent a major accident by diffusing a bomb found in a train on Friday.
A woman passenger who felt harassed on a train in Maharashtra, sought help by tweeting to the Ministry of Railways' handle. Her tweet was immediately noted and help reached as soon as the train stopped at the next station. This is how.
Waitlisted train passengers on selected routes will now have an option to get confirmed accommodation in an alternative train on the same route. Here are five things you should know about this recently launched Vikalp scheme.
When it comes to ‘green living’, Indian Railways seems to be working around the clock, finding the best ways with which it can lead the way. First the bio toilets, followed by testing solar powered trains, then the plan to set up plants to manufacture diesel from plastic, and now two waste disposal plant - looks like railways is all set to leave no stone unturned.