Indian Railways News

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Indian Railways has operated over 2,600 Shramik Special trains and transported over 45 lakh people across the country since May 1, and it plans to operate 2,600 more trains in the next 10...

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Indin Railways on Friday decided to increase advance booking by passengers to 30 days from earlier seven days and also booking of waiting and reservation against cancellation tickets for 15 pairs of special...

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Following the suspension of passenger, mail and express train services amid the nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Indian Railways has utilised the time for long pending maintenance...

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Indian railways on Thursday denied all media reports that claimed confirmed decision has been made to resume ''train operations'' from April 15, after the 21-day nationwide lockdown ends.In a statement, the national transporter...

New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Thursday said that in the three days it transported 7,195 wagons of food grains across the country amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus...

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) In an unprecedented move, the railways on Sunday announced suspension of all its passenger services from March 22 midnight to March 31 midnight and said only goods trains will run during the said period.The...

New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) To contain the spread of coronavirus in the country and avoid huge rush at the railway premises, the Indian Railways has asked the passengers not to come immediately to the reservation counters to cancel...

The Central Railway has cancelled 30 more outstation trains till April 1, citing low occupancy due to the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Thursday.These trains are cancelled mainly due to low occupancy, as people have been advised to...

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Wednesday cancelled 99 more trains as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), taking the total number of trains cancelled to 184.The Northern Railway cancelled 11 pairs...

New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Following coronavirus outbreak, the Indian Railways on Tuesday cancelled 85 trains due to low occupancy in different zones from March 18 to April 1.A senior Railway Ministry official said the decision to cancel the...