Waiting list for special trains to begin from May 22

In an indication that it might soon start mail/express as well as chair car services, the Railway Board on Wednesday issued an order introducing the provision of waiting list starting May 22 for......

PHOTOS: Train services resume after nearly 2 months

As the railways on Tuesday cautiously resumed its passenger service after over 50 days, three trains chugged out of New Delhi and five others left for the national capital, each carrying around......

Railways want to break even, commuters' economics be damned

If the Indian Railways thinks it can get away with this sassy attitude, it is because it is, in a sense, a monopolist in the business of transporting people. The distances one has to cover, say......

How Railways is ferrying 10 mn workers

Ferrying migrant workers back to their states would be the largest special service by any railway network in the world in one go. Here's how the transporter manages it. IMAGE: Migrants stand in a......

Meal prices on Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto trains hiked

In second class AC, third class AC and chair car, tea to cost Rs 20, up by Rs 5, breakfast Rs 105, up by Rs 8, lunch and dinner Rs 185, up by Rs 10. The Railway Board has decided to hike price of......

508 km in 3 hours... All you need to know about India's first bullet train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday launched India’s first bullet train project in Ahmedabad. Here’s all you need to know about......

How has the Railways fared? Promise vs performance

The railways is expecting a revenue of Rs 1,84,820 crore during the current financial year (FY17). IMAGE: Indian Railways sees big changes. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com    ......

'Dear Tiger, the great bowler in the sky eventually bowls us'

Derek O'Brien pays tribute to Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who passed into the ages on Thursday. This piece is a tribute from me, but well might be from any one of us who have had the privilege of......