Indian Railway to soon link all Northeast state capitals, Bangladesh: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways are working on connecting capitals of all eight northeastern states and also executing a project to link up with Bangladesh’s railway networks to facilitate communication with other parts of India via the neighbouring country, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. With the Centre’s focus on all-round development of the […]
Indian Railways announces timings of fifteen pair of special trains
NEW DELHI: Ministry of Railways (MoR) in consultation with Ministry of Health & Family welfare (MoHFW) and Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has decided that train services on Indian Railways shall be partially restored w.e.f. from 12th May 2020 in a graded manner. Fifteen pair of special trains (thirty trains) shall be operated w.e.f. 12-05-2020 as […]
Indian Railway provides free wifi facility in 2,000 stations
NEW DELHI: Free wifi facility is now available to passengers at around 2,000 railway stations across the country, officials said on Saturday. Rana Pratap Nagar railway station of Ajmer division in Rajasthan became the 2000th station in the country to have free internet facility, Puneet Chawla, the CMD of RailTel, said. “Our team is working […]
Indian Railway union says will launch protest after Budget proposes privatisation
NEW DELHI: Stating that the Union Budget has revealed the intention of the government to go ahead “aggressively” towards corporatisation and privatisation of railways, the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) has said its affiliates are going to launch massive protests across the country against the move. Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget […]