Rail Trains

Over 2,950 special trains announced for festive rush; check key details

Nearly 52 extra coaches will be added to various trains, enabling 2,740 additional trips and providing capacity for over 206,000 passengers during the festive period

Rahul Gandhi interacts with rail trackmen, highlights their problems

Noting that trackmen are the most neglected employees of the Indian Railways, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi highlighted their problems on Tuesday, while stressing that safe rail travel of crores of people is possible only due to their hard work. Gandhi made the remarks in a post on X, along with a video of his recent interaction with trackmen at the Delhi Cantonment railway station. "There is 'neither promotion nor emotion' in the system for the trackman brothers who keep the railways dynamic and safe. Trackmen are the most neglected employees in the Indian Railways. I got an opportunity to meet them and understand their problems and challenges," the Congress leader said in his post in Hindi on the microblogging platform. Trackmen walk eight to 10 kilometres every day carrying 35 kg of equipment, with their job starting on the tracks and retiring from the tracks itself, he added. "Trackmen are not even allowed to sit for the departmental exam, which other ...

PM Modi to travel to Ukraine on armoured 'Train Force One'; check features

Train Force One has previously been used by world leaders such as US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron for their trips to Kyiv

Cyclone Remal forces train cancellations in Northeast as water levels rise

Several train are being cancelled in the northeast regions due to Cyclone Remal which triggered heavy rains and landslides in the region. A special train will run on May 30 for affected passengers

Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail extended: Check station, tickets details here

Prime Minister Modi is set to inaugurate a 17km extension of Duhai to Modi Nagar North, which is due to begin next week and will reduce travel time between Delhi and Meerut to under an hour

Pay RRTS share, or ad money will be transferred: SC to Delhi govt

The court observed that there was 'gross breach' of the assurances given by the Delhi Government in earlier hearings

Indian Railways to add new 'anti-injury' feature to passenger coaches

Indian Railways is looking to replace its ICF-design with German LHB that comes with a feature to prevent trains from piling up on each other in case of accidents

IRCTC launches 4 days/3 nights Chennai-Shirdi package for devotees

IRCTC launched a three-night and four-day package for devotees who want to visit Shirdi Sai Baba. Here's everything you need to know about IRCTC Chennai-Shirdi package

How did Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto Express get their names? Know here

Most of the trains that run for long-distance travel are named after the destination

SER cancels 46 trains, short terminates 8 due to blockade of tracks in WB

At least 46 express and passenger trains were cancelled and eight others short terminated on Wednesday by the South Eastern Railway (SER) owing to an agitation and blockade at two railway stations in West Bengal by an organisation of the Kurmi community, an official said. In view of the agitation by members of the Kurmi community at Khemasuli station in West Medinipur district in Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of Kharagpur Division and Kustaur station in Purulia district in Adra-Chandil section of Adra Division from 5 am the 12814 Tatanagar-Howrah Steel Express, 12021 Howrah Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express, 12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Express were cancelled, a SER release said. The Kurmi community is demanding Scheduled Tribe status, an official said. The other trains cancelled were 08649 Adra-Purulia MEMU Special, 03595 Bokaro Steel City-Asansol MEMU Special, 03598 Asansol- Ranchi MEMU Special, 08650 Purulia-Adra MEMU Special, 18085 Kharagpur-Ranchi MEMU Express, 18116 Chakradharpur-Gomoh ...

41 trains to remain cancelled till Mar 3 in Lucknow Division, says official

As many as 41 trains under the Lucknow Division of the Railways will remain cancelled till March 3, according to an official release.

End of the stone age: Railways to upgrade rail tracks at select stations

The current tracks have greyish ballast stones scattered around them to keep the tracks in their place and curb derailments. But these stones require regular monitoring and replacement

New Delhi-Amb Andaura Vande Bharat Express starts regular service

Six days after the inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi to Amb Andaura Vande Bharat Express commenced its regular service on Wednesday

1st indigenously manufactured aluminium freight train rake inducted in Rlys

Lighter than its predecessors, but with more freight carrying capacity, the railways first indigenously manufactured aluminium goods train rake was flagged off from Bhubaneswar in Odisha on Sunday. Manufactured in collaboration with Besco Limited Wagon Division and aluminium major Hindalco, it also has a lower carbon footprint for every 100 kg of weight reduction in wagons, the railways said. The lifetime carbon saving is eight to 10 tonnes and this means, savings of more than 14,500 tonnes of carbon for a single rake, it said. Flagged off by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the rake is 180 tonnes lighter than existing steel rakes, resulting in increased speed and lower power consumption for the same distance, the national transporter said. It can carry 180 tonnes extra payload per trip over conventional rakes and being corrosion resistant, will reduce maintenance costs, it said, adding that fully lock bolted construction was used to built these wagons with no welding on the ...

Payment aggregator licence may open avenues beyond rail-ticketing for IRCTC

Recently secured shareholder approval to approval RBI; has database of 100 mn users

IRCTC cancels 205 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 12 here

Indian Railways cancelled 205 trains on Monday, September 12. Read this report to learn how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling and the list of affected trains today

IRCTC cancels 202 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 9 here

Indian Railways cancelled over 200 trains on Friday, September 9. Read this report to know how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling, and the list of affected trains

IRCTC cancels 161 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 6 here

Indian Railways cancelled 161 trains on September 6, Tuesday. Read this detailed report to know the rescheduled, cancelled, diverted, short-terminated and source-changed trains today

IRCTC cancels 269 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 4 here

Indian Railways cancelled 269 trains on Sunday, September 4. Read this report to know the status of rescheduled, source-changed, diverted, cancelled or shortly-terminated trains today

IRCTC cancels 173 trains today, Sept 2: Check your train status here

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation announced the list of cancelled, rescheduled, diverted, source-changed trains and shortly-terminated trains on Friday, September 2. Read this article