New Delhi: Indian Railways has issued a new power car maintenance policy that aims to improve reliability and availability of power cars for train operation. A power car is a special coach ...

Standard, no-frills flat cars are the oldest types of rail cars. These are just big, flat platform cars that can carry anything from pipe, rail, and steel beams to tractors and military vehicles.

Many cattle owners also live close to the tracks or herd their cattle across railway tracks to get quickly from one place to another. The vast 67,546 mile network of the Indian Railways that ...

Over the last five years, 351 persons died and 970 were injured in 200 consequential railway accidents, data shared by the Indian Railways from 17 railway zones reveal. Railway Minister Ashwini ...

For a long time now, the Railways has been caught between two aspirations: providing an affordable travelling option to the Indian people versus being a profitable business. The Railways’ losses ...

Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Dispatches: Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) surpasses a landmark of 2 million cumulative vehicle dispatches through Indian Railways. The share of vehicle dispatches ...

Indian Railways is making strides toward a net-zero carbon emission future with over 2,000 railway stations using solar energy. (X/Ministry of Railways) Indian Railways is making strides toward a ...

Diwali 2024: As the festivities across India begin with Dhanteras today, the Indian Railways has announced over 200 special trains for the upcoming Diwali and Chhath Puja festive season.

Indian Railways’ helpline number 139 is one of the biggest in the world, maybe even the biggest, in terms of the number of calls it receives – more than 3 lakh on a normal day. Over the past ...

Indian Railways has renewed its MoU with Swiss ... the MoU – focussed on collaboration on freight and passenger cars, railway electrification equipment, station modernisation, and tunnelling ...

The new rail-road bridge in Varanasi will have four railway lines and a six lane highway. As a critical hub in Indian Railways, Varanasi Railway Station connects important zones and serves as a ...

MUMBAI: In a major relief to long distance trains passengers, the Indian Railways have reduced the advance reservation period (ARP) from 120 days to 60 days. Effective from November 1, the move ...