Railways

The biggest of these plans, after a final location survey, will be a strategic railway line that will go through Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

With the harvest festival just around the corner, the Southern Railway is all set to gift its passengers on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysore Shatabdi a gift of indulgence and comfort by adding two new luxury coaches to its existing fleet.

Ushering in 2018, the Railway Women Welfare Association of Bhopal installed the machine and christened it ‘Happy Nari.’

Indian Railways have always endeavoured to enhance the fire safety of coaches by using fire retardant furnishing materials to mitigate the effect of fire.

Following a meeting with Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani, where zonal heads brought the issue of being understaffed to light on November 24, the Railways may soon speed up its recruitment process.

In a move to help passengers travel safely late night after the New Year's Eve celebrations, Railway authorities in each of the Tier One cities have decided to run special trains with extended time periods than usual.

Reading reports of sub-standard food served onboard trains in India is almost everyday news. To change this, the Indian Railways is now in talks with Nestle to provide passengers with pre-packaged menu instead of the freshly cooked food that is currently being served on trains.

Within three months from October and December, the Railway managed to clear 30,000 cubic metres of garbage from over five locations - including tracks near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Masjid Bunder, Thane, Parsik tunnel area, and Dharavi.

Under the move, all railway staff colonies, stations and platforms will be lit using power saving LED lights.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 12.64 km Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden part of the corridor on December 25.