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Railways to shut down COFMOW on Dec 1, seeks to trim undertakings

Unit for railway workshops being closed as part of finance ministry recommendation on 'rationalization of government bodies'

Railways plans to launch Vande Bharat trains for freight operations

The Centre, in this fiscal year's Union budget, had laid out a target to roll out 400 Vande Bharat trains by the end of 2024-25

Southern Railway division introduces QR-based booking system at 61 stations

The Palakkad division of Southern Railway has introduced QR code-enabled unreserved ticket booking system through the Railway UTS App at all its 61 stations, including Mangaluru central and Mangaluru junction. An option for QR code booking has been enabled in the app under the book ticket' menu. The feature will not be available for the halt stations managed by private agents in the Southern Railway routes, a railway release here said. By scanning the QR code at the station, passengers may enter the ticketing system and select their destination to proceed to payment, which may be made through railway wallet, UPI, debit or credit card or net banking. Platform ticket and renewal of season ticket, too, is possible through the QR code system, the release said.

Indian Railways may blacklist Oracle Corp if bribery claim proved

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in a September 27 order, slapped Oracle with a fine of $23 million for breaking the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that Indian Railway is investigating

Railways ministry launches probe into Oracle India corruption case

Oracle was fined $23 million by US SEC for paying bribes to officials of railway-owned PSU

Railways set out special trains to manage extra rush till Chhath Puja

Major destinations throughout the country would be connected by 179 pairs of special trains on rail routes including Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Bhagalpur, Delhi-Muzaffarpur, and Delhi-Saharsa

16 railway stations to soon be revamped under PPP model, 3 in Delhi

The decision has been taken following the plan to revamp the New Delhi and CST stations under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model

Indian Railways to resume levying surcharge during busy season from Oct 1

The surcharge will be levied on transportation of all commodities barring coal and coke, containers and automobiles moved in certain wagons

SEC fines Oracle $23 mn for bribing officials in India, Turkey, and UAE

Oracle India's employees used "an excessive discount scheme" in connection with a transaction with a transportation company, says the SEC order

Railway ministry mandates online booking for goods transport starting Nov 1

he new guidelines will apply to all indents placed with zonal railways, with the exception of military traffic, goods transported during natural disasters, and events identified as force majeure by au

Recovery tracker: Power generation, consumption lower than before

Decline also seen in vehicle registrations, railway freight growth

Railways explores direct leap to 5G to revive outdated train safety systems

Kavach tender expected in two months after the proposal is fine-tuned by the Indian Railways

Railway ministry launches 'Swachhta Pakhwara'; TB patients drives key focus

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday launched 'Swachhta Pakhwara' and said the national transporter's focus will be on tuberculosis patients and mega blood donation drives this time. It is under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that 'swachhta' (cleanliness) has become the mission and part of life. The focus areas are 'Seva, Sushashan and Gareeb Kalyan'. The prime minister has transformed politics as the medium to serve the society, he said. He said apart from an intensive cleanliness campaign, the railway ministry will also focus on "Swachhta, service for tuberculosis (TB) patients and mega blood donation drives". The railway minister also released an annual report on environment sustainability at the event. The report is a comprehensive referral document highlighting the steps taken by the railways to promote green environment and clean energy. "This report brings out railways' effort towards net zero emission such as energy conservation measures, alternative

Hydrogen-powered train to be ready in India next year: Railway Minister

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India is developing hydrogen-powered trains and they will be ready in 2023

Railways floats tender to procure 80,000 indigenous forged wheels a year

Invites industry to set up domestic manufacturing facility at estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore

Vande Bharat trains' manufacturing to begin from October: Railway Minister

The Railways' target is to begin a regular production of Vande Bharat trains from October with manufacture of two to three trains per month, to five to eight in the coming months, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. The Railways has set a target of manufacturing 75 such trains by August 2023. The newest train has completed all its trials and is ready to run commercially. Sources said that it is likely to be run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad and will be officially launched later this month. Addressing a press briefing, Vaishnaw said that the new train comes with much advanced features. The third Vande Bharat train, which has completed its trials and is fit to be operated commercially, will zoom from 0-100 kmph in 52 seconds as compared to the earlier version which attained the same speed in 54.6 seconds. He also said that the weight of the new train has been reduced by 38 tonnes, which has contributed to its faster acceleration. So, the new train would reach a speed

Railways eyes Rs 30,000-crore revenue with new land licensing fee policy

Sources also indicated that the current policy was causing a lot of leasable Railways land to go idle, notwithstanding the potential for terminal operations

Improving efficiency: New railways land policy

Increasing railway land usage will boost activity

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: Check your train status for Sept 3 here

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation announced the list of cancelled, rescheduled, diverted, source-changed trains and shortly-terminated trains on Saturday, September 3. Read this article