Railways targets to deliver 102 trains by 2024 in newly floated tender

Railways has also floated a tender for 58 rakes of Vande Bharat Express trains

Indian Railways introduces new features for Vande Bharat trains

These new trains will also be provided with higher flood protection underframe equipment to ensure reliability during heavy rains

Amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the country, the demand for medical oxygen in the country has gone through the roof

Railways' two biggest unions, AIRF and NFIR too have extended their support to the bandh and are planning to hold rallies and demonstrations

The Indian Railways is still by and large largely shut, and has been shut since the lockdown began

The Railways has said that a fresh tender for manufacturing of 44 semi high speed train sets of Vande Bharat will be floated within a week

It has indicated that owing to a financial crunch, all its infrastructure projects will be affected

'There is no blanket order ruling out running of trains until August 12'

The timings of trains for Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Varanasi and for some other places have been changed.

Yadav also defended the Railways against the flak over lack of food and water on board the delayed trains.