New Delhi: The advance booking period for train tickets will be reduced from existing four months to two months from Wednesday as part of the Railways' efforts to prevent touts to corner bulk tickets. "The reduction of advance reservation period to 60 days will be a deterrent for touts who book bulk tickets in advance. We hope the reduction of booking period will help genuine travellers," a senior Railway Ministry...
08:10 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Railways has reduced advance booking period from four months to two months from May 1 as part of its efforts to prevent touts from cornering bulk of tickets. The advance reservation period (ARP) for booking reserved train tickets will be reduced from existing 120 days to 60 days (excluding the date of journey) from May 1, according to a Railway notification issued on Thursday. However, all the bookings...
08:43 PM, Apr 25, 2013
April 16, 2013 marks the 160th anniversary of India's first passenger train journey in which 400 invited passengers travelled in 14 carriages on a 57 minute journey from Bori Bunder in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Thane. Since that first journey in 1853, railways have have become one of the most important modes of transportation in the country. Here's a look back at the early days of Indian railways in a...
02:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has said the whole system including Parliament is to be blamed for filthy catering services in the Indian Railways. "If you ask me you have to hold the entire Parliament guilty. This is absolutely pathetic. I must compliment Marya Shakil and CNN-IBN to have highlighted these points. This is in modern times highly unacceptable. But having said that let me tell you, you...
09:35 AM, Apr 13, 2013
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11:29 PM, Apr 12, 2013
An inspection report by the Indian Railways has said the food served in trains is cooked in dirty, smelly and waterlogged pantry cars. ...
10:55 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation about the pathetic condition of catering services in Indian Railways, CNN-IBN has accessed a railways report that exposes how food is prepared in filthy conditions. The report says that the food served in trains is cooked in dirty, smelly and waterlogged pantry cars. This stands true even for premier express trains. The report says that cockroaches were all around the GT Express pantry car....
06:22 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: With a view to strengthen safety of passengers and check crimes against women in trains and stations, Railways will soon launch a 24x7 helpline which will be tracked on real-time basis across the country. The proposed pan India toll-free helpline, first-of-its-kind in Railways, is going to be launched shortly to provide round-the-clock security-related assistance to passengers, a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project said. Passengers can...
11:59 AM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday expressed concern over cleanliness and the quality of food served in trains and at stations and urged zonal managers to regularly monitor the situation. "He also asked senior officers to pay attention to punctuality of trains and safety of the network," said an official after the minister reviewed the functioning of the railways with zonal general managers in Delhi. According to...
04:05 AM, Apr 04, 2013
In the annals of Chinese bureaucratic power, the Railways Ministry stood apart. Running everything from one of the world's busiest rail systems to a special police force, the ministry was so pervasive and powerful it resisted government reform efforts for years. Chinese called it "Boss Railway." On Sunday, the government gave notice it was firing the boss. ...
01:30 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been slapped with a fine of Rs 10 lakh by a consumer forum here for selling soft drinks above the maximum retail price (MRP) to two customers. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum imposed "punitive compensation" of Rs 5 lakh each in two separate cases against IRCTC, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, and said being a government corporation, "it is...
12:57 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Railway Budget was presented on Tuesday, the first by a Congress minister in 17 years. But it lacked the inimitable style of presentation of its predecessors Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mamata Banerjee. But in his workman-like style Pawan Kumar Bansal did present a budget which he calls realistic and others term pedestrian. ...
07:44 AM, Feb 27, 2013
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday slammed the rail budget for 2013-2014 and said, "This is not budget, there is nothing in it, and I will not give any passing marks for this budget. I suspect there is move to put railways in private sector". ...
10:00 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday presented his maiden railway budget for 2013-14 with no hike in passenger fare, but with "marginal" increase in other charges on tickets. ...
09:50 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced 67 new express trains and 26 new passenger trains as part of the Railway Budget 2013-14. ...
06:20 PM, Feb 26, 2013
An over five per cent increase in freight tariff due to imposition of fuel adjustment component (FAC) from April and a hike in supplementary charges on super fast trains will fetch the Railways an additional revenue of Rs 4,683 crores in the next fiscal. The FAC, which is being introduced on freight tariff from April one, would alone fetch an additional revenue of Rs 4,200 crore, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar...
05:10 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Opposition on Tuesday slammed the Rail Budget for increasing the burden on the common man, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) terming it as "pedestrian" and "discriminatory" while Left said it does not give any hope on railways' future. Key outside UPA allies Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party too were unhappy saying it was anti-poor and ignored areas of Uttar Pradesh which need rail infrastructure for economic development....
04:52 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Annual Plan for Railways in 2013-14 financial year is proposed at Rs 63,363 crore, Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said. "A plan investment of Rs 63,363 crore is proposed for 2013-14," Bansal said while presenting the Railway Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. ...
04:02 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Hailing the Railway Budget as "reformist and forward-looking", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has done a commendable job in meeting competing demands of improving services and controlling expenditure. Singh complimented Bansal for his "innovations" in critical areas of Railway infrastructure and paving the way for capacity expansion. ...
03:10 PM, Feb 26, 2013
As many as 67 express trains and 26 passenger trains are being introduced this year, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced on Tuesday. Presenting the 2013-14 Railway Budget, Bansal also said that five Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMUs) are being introduced this year besides eight DEMUs. ...
02:54 PM, Feb 26, 2013
