INDIAN RAILWAYS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF HOG TRAINS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Indian Railways are planning to increase the number of trains operating with HOG technology.
• The HOG technology trains introduced by Indian Railways were fitted with LHB coaches.
• The HOG-equipped trains were hauled by electric tr...

INDIA-CHINA CONFLICT: INDIAN RAILWAYS CANCELS TENDER FOR 44 VANDE BHARAT TRAINS

Highlights

• This Chinese joint venture was supposed to manufacture 44 sets of the Vande Bharat trains

• According to the Union Railway Ministry, a new tender will be floated within a week as per Revised Public Procurement

• The ministry said that the ...

INDIAN RAILWAYS DENY REPORTS OF CANCELLED TRAINS

Highlights

• According to the statement issues by the Indian Railways, no trains have been cancelled and the decision has been taken only to enable the refunds for those trains that are not being operated or those tickets booked before lockdown

• Currently, Indian Ra...

INDIAN RAILWAYS TERMINATE CONTRACTS WORTH RS 471 CRORE WITH CHINESE COMPANIES

Highlights

• DFCCIL terminated contracts worth Rs 471 crore that were awarded to Beijing National Railway Research and Design Institute of Signal and Communication Group

• Earlier in the day, DoT asked telecom companies to review their future partnership with Chinese...

SC TO CENTRE, STATES: 15 DAYS ENOUGH TO TRANSPORT MIGRANTS HOME

Highlights

• The Indian Railways have operated more than 4,227 trains and have ferried more than 57 lakh migrants

• The Supreme Court stated that all states should present a record on the strategies made by them for employing all the migrants

• The Gov...

INDIAN RAILWAYS PARTNERS WITH COCA COLA, ITC FOR MEALS ON SHRAMIK SPECIAL TRAINS

Highlights

• Under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Coca Cola, HUL and ITC are providing water bottles and food packages to the passengers travelling on Shramik Special trains

• Hindustan Unilever has installed foot-operated sanitization kiosks a...

MAHARASHTRA: 15 MIGRANT WORKERS MOWED DOWN BY GOODS TRAIN NEAR AURANGABAD

Fifteen migrant workers lost their lives while one got injured after being run over by a goods train near Aurangabad in the state of Maharashtra on Friday. 
According to the Indian Railways about 20 migrant workers were sleeping on the railway tracks and 14 of them lost their lives an...

PASSENGER TRAINS CANCELLED, 75 DISTRICTS LOCK DOWN: INDIA FIGHTS CORONA VIRUS

Highlights: 

• Community spread becoming more prominent in India as people advise self-quarantine are not observing the same
• Cases in Maharashtra and Kerala spike

As much as India is trying to control the virus spread at stage II people, who defy ...

INDIAN RAILWAY TAKES MEASURES TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS

Highlights

•    The measures involve cleaning of blankets and lines used by the passengers at high temperature

•    Recirculation of used linen is strictly prohibited   

Indian Railways is taking...

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Indian Railways, established in April 1853, has undertaken a huge modernization drive in recent decades, with the Union Government marking almost $60 for further expansion every year. With around 41% of the country’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, mobility requirements ...

IRTC to compensate if India's Private train delays

Indian Railways’ initial personal train, the Lucknow-New Delhi Tejas categorical, boasts of many firsts for the passengers traveling.

One of those is that the compensation paid to the passengers just in case the train is delayed by Associate in Nursing hour or additional.