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Railway Board shares preliminary findings on Balasore mishap

Days after the Odisha triple train tragedy, Railway Board on Sunday, citing preliminary investigation, said there was some issue with the signalling and only Coromandel Express met with an accident......

Railways reduces advance train booking time to 60 days

The Railway Board has reduced the advance reservation period of seats from existing 120 days to 60 days with effect from November 1, 2024. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......

Railways To Revamp Signal Failure Protocols

The government will look to standardise rules around operations protocol during failure of automatic signalling. IMAGE: A goods train rammed into the Kanchenjunga Express in Darjeeling, June 17,......

Railway unions back train driver killed in Kanchanjunga accident

Various railway employee unions have objected to the railway ministry's initial response to the West Bengal train tragedy when it prima facie blamed the driver of the goods train that hit the......

Sibal gets addn charge of law ministry, Joshi gets railways

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal was on Saturday given additional charge of the law ministry while Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi was entrusted with the charge of the railways ministry,......

Railway ministry may hive off suburban traffic ops

The railway ministry was thinking of hiving off suburban operations in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai into one administrative unit, said a senior ministry official. "Suburban operations are highly......

Railway ministry plans to invest Rs 40,000 crore in Mumbai

The minister said he has recently held a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in this regard. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday his ministry has chalked out a plan......

Railways may scrap new dedicated freight corridors, enhance existing ones

The ministry of railways is mulling scrapping the three newly proposed dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) — East Coast, East-West, and North-South — and instead enhancing the capacity......

Railways rolls out energy efficiency plan to meet 2030 net-zero target

Focuses on meeting non-traction demand through renewables. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: ANI Photo The railways ministry has......

PMO tightens grip on railways

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tightened his grip on the railway ministry while holding temporary charge after Mamata Banerjee's exit following the West Bengal assembly elections. On Monday,......

Railways award Rs 1.30 cr to women cricketers

IMAGE: Captain Mithali Raj with her team-mates at a media conference in Mumbai on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Union minister Suresh Prabhu on......

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Railway Board shares preliminary findings on Balasore mishap

Railways reduces advance train booking time to 60 days

Railways To Revamp Signal Failure Protocols

Railway unions back train driver killed in Kanchanjunga accident

Sibal gets addn charge of law ministry, Joshi gets railways

Railway ministry may hive off suburban traffic ops

Railway ministry plans to invest Rs 40,000 crore in Mumbai

Railways may scrap new dedicated freight corridors, enhance existing ones

Railways rolls out energy efficiency plan to meet 2030 net-zero target

PMO tightens grip on railways

Railways award Rs 1.30 cr to women cricketers

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