The Indian Railways has identified nine corridors for taking action to raise speeds of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph. These are (i) Delhi-Agra (ii) Delhi-Chandigarh (iii) Delhi-Kanpur (iv) Nagpur-Bilaspur (v) Mysore-Bengaluru-Chennai (vi) Mumbai-Goa (vii) Mumbai-Ahmedabad (viii) Chennai-Hyderabad & (ix) Nagpur-Secunderabad. Trail of Shatabdi Express and similar trains up to a maximum speed of 160 kmph … Read more
CHANGE IN TIMINGS OF TRAINS The timings of train no. 16515 / 16516 Yesvantpur – Karwar – Yesvantpur Express and train no. 16524 / 16523 Yesvantpur – Karwar – Yesvantpur Express have been changed between Bantwal and Yesvantpur stations w.e.f 12/7/2014. Revised timings are as under : Timings of 16515/16516: Days 16516 Station 16515 Days … Read more
I.Train Nos. 02695/02696YESVANTPUR-JAIPUR-YESVANTPUR WEEKLY PREMIUM SPECIALS : Accordingly, Train No.02695 YESVANTPUR-JAIPUR WEEKLYPREMIUM SPECIAL will depart atYESVANTPURat 12-00 Noon, on THURSDAYS, i.e. on 31st July, 2014,07th, 14th,21st& 28th August, 2014 (Total : 05 Specials ) and arrive atJAIPUR station at06-35 hrs., on Saturdays. En route, the Weekly Premium Special will arrive/depart at Tumkur at 13-00/13-02 hrs; … Read more
Due to Safety related Signal Modernisation Work (Route Relay Interlocking) and also to facilitate smooth and better movement of trains, Railways are undertaking Non-Inter locking work in connection with commissioning of third line including other modernization work between Kharagpur & Shyamchak Stations under South Eastern Railway from 30th July to 9th August 2014. As a … Read more
EXTENSION OF PUNE-HABIBGANJ/JABALPUR SUPERFAST SPECIAL TRAINS Central Railway has decided to EXTEND the run of following Superfast Special trains to clear the extra rush of Passengers. The details are as under: A) PUNE-HABIBGANJ-PUNE WEEKLY SUPERFAST SPECIAL (8) 01651 Weekly Superfast special will leave Pune at 2.15 pm on every Tuesday from 5.8.2014 to 26.8.2014 (4 … Read more
PREMIUM SPECIAL TRAIN WILL NOW RUN UPTO BANGALORE CANT INSTEAD OF YESVANTPUR. ·SERVICES OF THE TRAIN EXTENDED WITH REVISED TIMINGS. With an aim to provide comfortable journey to the commuters and to avoid rush in different regular trains, East Coast Railway has decided to increase the frequency of weekly Premium Super Fast Special Train between … Read more
It has been decided to change the departure time of train No. 11003 Dadar (T) – Sawantwadi Road Rajya Rani Express with effect from 30.09.2014, due to speeding up of train by 10 minutes between Dadar & Roha on Central Railway system. The train No. 11003 Dadar (T) – Sawantwadi Road Rajya Rani Express with … Read more
To provide rail connectivity to capitals of Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram, Byrnihat-Shillong, Jiribam-Imphal, Dimapur-Kohima and Bhairabi-Sairang new line projects have been taken up respectively by the Indian Railways. Sivok-Rangpo new line has been taken up to connect Sikkim but the proposal to extend this line upto Gangtok has not been taken up. Rail connectivity … Read more
Automatic Ticket Vending Machines operated by Smart Card are already functional over Indian Railways. It is proposed to add another 5000 such machines across all zonal railways, out of which 2000 will be coin operated and 3000 smart cart operated. The procurement will start from this financial year.
Railway proposes Wi-Fi facility at ‘A1’ & ‘A’ category stations and in 50 rakes of important trains in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duranto category. This is in addition to Wi-Fi facility provided in 3 rakes of Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express as a pilot project. For the pilot project on Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Ex;press, an amount of Rs 6.67 crore … Read more
