EXTENSION OF AC SUPERFAST SPECIALS BETWEEN LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS – LUCKNOW & NAGPUR – AMRITSAR / PUNE Central Railway has decided to extend the run of following weekly AC Superfast special trains on the same timings & halts to clear the extra rush of passengers during summer rush. The details are as under:- (A) Lokmanya … Read more
In order to provide travelling facility for waitlisted passengers, South Central Railway will extend the temporary augmentation of following Trains with additional Coaches between 1st August to 4th September, 2016, as detailed below:- 1. Train No. 17618 Nanded-Mumbai CST Tapovan Express will be augmented with one AC Chair Car Coach from 1st August to 31st … Read more
South Central Railway will augment the following Express Trains by attaching additional Chair Car Coaches on permanent basis as per the details mentioned below:- 1. Train No. 12713 / 12714 Vijayawada-Secunderabad-Vijayawada Satavahana Express will be permanently augmented with two additional Chair Car Coaches from 30th July, 2016 Ex. Vijayawada and Secunderabad. 2. Train No. 17405 … Read more
Extension of Partial Cancellation of Six MMTS Trains to improve Punctuality Six non peak MMTS Trains partially cancelled between Secunderabad – Falaknuma on experimental basis is further extended for three more months from 1st August to 31st October, 2016. This is being done to improve punctuality as these services are running to the tight schedule … Read more
Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways has accorded in-principle for setting up a “Rolling Stock Components Rehabilitation Workshop” in the state of Andhra Pradesh today i.e 28th July 2016. The Workshop will be set up at a cost of Rs.280 Crores. The “Rolling Stock Components Rehabilitation Workshop” is meant to undertake Overhauling and … Read more
Railway passengers booking their tickets on the IRCTC website will be able to opt for travel insurance cover from September for a premium of just Re 1/-. IRCTC is set to introduce the new facility for all passengers of Indian Railways who book the e-ticket, excluding sub-urban trains, through its official website, irrespective of the … Read more
To fast track the various developmental projects of Indian Railways, the Ministry of Railways have signed a number of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with various Foreign Railways/ Foreign entities for works like station development/ redevelopment, high speed railways, rolling stock modernization etc. Starting August 2014, MoU were signed with 12 countries for various projects. The … Read more
The Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhu is determined to fulfill ‘Mission Zero Accident’ promise. It is an endeavor of Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings on broad gauge in a phased manner by either i) Closure- Closing unmanned level crossings having NIL/Negligible Train Vehicle Unit (TVU) ii) Merger – Merger of unmanned … Read more
Indian Railways Electrification- Marching towards a better environment Introduction/Overview: In rail budget 2016-17, Hon’ble Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu, announced that Railways have increased the outlay for railway electrification by almost 50% and propose to electrify 2,000 kms in the present financial year. Hon’ble MR, while presenting the railway budget said that complete railway electrification … Read more
SUPERFAST SUVIDHA SPECIAL TRAIN FROM ERNAKULAM JN. TO HOWRAH (VIA KATPADI, RENIGUNTA) Train No. 02854 Ernakulam Jn. – Howrah superfast Suvidha special train will leave Ernakulam Jn. at 08.50 hrs. on 9th and 30th August 2016 and reach Howrah at 23.00 hrs. the next day. Composition:AC 2-tier – 1, AC 3-tier – 4, Sleeper Class … Read more
