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Increase in the number of commuters has prompted the railways to start new services on Western line.

'Muck special' trains now run daily to collect garbage from Mumbai...

Officials say that increasing garbage levels are defacing the railways, as well as clogging drainage lines, which leads...

19 Jun 2018 7:00 PM IST

$Arun Jaitley informed the Parliament \Transformative measures have to be undertaken to make Indian Railways competitive,$ India

Railways to issue credit card-like medical cards to employees,...

At present, the medical cards issued by the zonal railways are in the form of booklets which resemble ration cards.

16 Jun 2018 3:03 PM IST

This initiative comes as a part of the Railways drive to go green as it also aims at boosting the nations sugarcane industry.. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Railways earns Rs 42.15 crore from ticketless travellers in a month

The earnings from April to May 2018 showed an increase of 2.25 per cent as compared to earnings of Rs 41.22 crore...

8 Jun 2018 9:50 AM IST

I stand corrected: Shabana Azmi issues apology to railways for her...

The 30-second video shows 3 people squatting, rinsing plates in what appears to be a puddle of water in a pothole.

6 Jun 2018 9:02 PM IST

Railways plan to decongest New Delhi station, connect two Metro lines

Railways plan to decongest New Delhi station, connect two Metro lines

Presently, entry to the station from Bhavbhuti Marg on Ajmeri Gate side is zig-zag and narrow which is one of the...

6 Jun 2018 11:01 AM IST

Indian Railways has increased the monthly cap on tickets booked on the ICRTC portal from six to 12 for Aadhaar-verified passengers. (Photo: PTI)

Now, get ready to pay huge fine for carrying excess luggage in trains...

Passengers will have to pay up to 6 times the stipulated amount as penalty, if caught travelling with overweight...

5 Jun 2018 7:43 PM IST

Crossing a red signal is considered a serious offence in the railway. A red signal means another train is on the same track ahead of the local train. (Representational picture)

Train delays to affect promotions, Piyush Goyal tells officials: PTI...

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal warned heads of zonal railways that delays in train services will defer their appraisal...

3 Jun 2018 4:22 PM IST

Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focused on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: PTI)

Piyush Goyal proposes higher pay, rank for railway GMs

Pushes to make GMs equivalent to secretaries.

6 Aug 2018 12:20 AM IST

Supplying rails to Railways like a dream come true, says Naveen Jindal

JSPL bagged 20 per cent of Rs 2,500 crore global tender by Indian Railways to supply long rails.

5 Aug 2018 12:46 PM IST

Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focused on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: PTI)

Over 30,000 new posts in railways for permanent recruitment

Due to the technical and hard nature of jobs in Railways lesser women apply.

3 Aug 2018 3:03 PM IST

This initiative comes as a part of the Railways drive to go green as it also aims at boosting the nations sugarcane industry.. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Over 200 railway projects report cost overrun of Rs 1.82 lakh crore

According to the report, up to April this year the total original cost of these 204 projects was Rs 1,29,339.96 crore.

12 Aug 2018 11:38 AM IST

The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: File/Representational)

Train services partially restored in flood-affected Kerala

The train services in Kayankulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam and Palakkad-Shoranur-Kozhikkode sections have been resumed.

21 Aug 2018 4:42 PM IST