Rain batters Mumbai for 2nd consecutive day; rail, air traffic hit

Torrential rain battered Mumbai and its suburbs for the second day on Wednesday, causing massive disruption in flight operations, delaying suburban train services and forcing a large number of......

Alert employee prevents major derailment near Mumbai

A major tragedy was averted on early Tuesday morning, when a keyman noticed a rail fracture between Palghar and Kelwe Road stations, and sounded an alert to officials.Railway officials from the......

Monsoon's back! Mumbaikars reel under heavy rains

Light to heavy rains after nearly a month-long dry spell brought relief to Mumbai from the sultry weather conditions even as suburban train services on western and central lines were hit due to the......

'Vande Bharat's Potential Yet To Be Exploited'

'All Shatabdis and Rajdhanis should be converted to this type of high-speed train.''There should be a sleeper version of the train.''Right now, there is only a day version of the train.''Unless you......

Now, internet facilities for train passengers

Be it booking a ticket or keeping a tab on the stock market, select rail passengers will soon be able to work online while on the move as railway authorities are mulling a proposal to provide......

You can use laptops in trains soon

Passengers will soon be able to use their laptops in running trains as Indian Railways is mulling over a proposal to provide satellite-based Internet facility in premier trains. A trial run is......

Railways to offer up to 25% discount in some Shatabdi trains

The discount will be given on the base fare and charges like GST, reservation fee, superfast tariff and others will be levied separately. Faced with stiff competition from roadways and low-cost......

Laying of 1 km high speed train track to cost over Rs 100 cr

Construction of one kilometre of high speed railway track will cost Rs 100-140 crore (Rs 1-1.4 billion) and the country will need a total of Rs 80,000 crore (Rs 800 billion) to lay the......