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New Delhi, April 11 The prototype of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train, to be manufactured by the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited-led joint venture, will be launched for testing within a year, said Railway Board Chairman and CEO Satish Kumar on Friday.Addressing officials at the 21st annual day...

New Delhi, April 9 The Railway Board has directed all its zones to ensure that only station masters are authorized to allow a train to enter a track after verification in cases where the wheel-sensing system incorrectly identifies the track as occupied.Occasionally, due to technical faults...

New Delhi, April 8 Railways account for 28 to 30 per cent of freight movement, which is significantly lower than global benchmarks, indicating substantial potential for growth, according to a joint report released by the industry body, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India...

New Delhi, April 8 A railway loco pilots' union has claimed that 8.85 per cent of engine drivers in Indian Railways worked for over 12 hours straight during the financial year 2025-26, while 46.96 per cent of them were deployed for more than nine hours at a time.According to railway norms, a...

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), April 7 – Anger erupted on Tuesday over prolonged delays in passenger train operations at the Tatanagar Railway Station and across the Chakradharpur railway division, as multiple social, business, and political organizations united to stage a massive sit-in demonstration...

New Delhi, April 6 The Railway Board has urged signal maintainers and telecom technicians across all railway zones and divisions to provide their feedback regarding challenges in the job following a rise in new joinees leaving the job.Zonal railway officials said that following the Board’s...

Bhubaneswar, April 4 Ten opposition parties in Odisha, including the BJD and Congress, strongly opposed the Railway Board's decision to transfer the Palasa-Ichhapuram section from East Coast Railway (ECoR) to South Coast Railway (SCoR) and termed it as "anti-Odisha and unjust".The BJD...

Bhubaneswar, April 3 The BJD and the Congress on Friday opposed the Railway Board's decision to exclude the Palasa–Ichchapuram section from ECoR jurisdiction and demanded a reversal of the move.The decision has also not been welcomed by a section of leaders of the ruling BJP.The...

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu announced that the Railway Board has ordered the transfer of seven railway stations from the East Coast Railway Zone to the South Coast Railway Zone (SCR), headquartered in Visakhapatnam. He made this announcement on social media, stating that these...

New Delhi, March 20 In response to a long-standing demand from over two lakh train operations staff, the Railway Board announced on Friday a 25 per cent increase in kilometerage allowance for loco running staff, effective from January 1, 2024.This announcement comes after over two years of...

Thane, March 17 Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske has demanded that the upcoming railway station between Thane and Mulund in Maharashtra be named after the late party leader, Anand Dighe.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has approved ₹250 crore for the construction of the new station, and the...

The Ministry of Railways celebrated International Women's Day in New Delhi today. The event brought together female employees to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women, and to promote gender equality. The Ministry of Railways stated that the event reinforced its commitment to gender...

Kochi, March 12 The Kerala High Court on Thursday criticized the Railway Board for not responding, despite being granted several months' time, on whether Aadhaar authentication is mandatory for tatkal ticket bookings.A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M expressed...

New Delhi, March 2 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday directed officials to revamp the current methods of track laying, assembly, and health monitoring to ensure safe train operations.The minister gave the directions during a high-level meeting at Rail Bhawan.According to the...

New Delhi, February 25 The Railway Board has cautioned its employees against falling prey to cyber criminals who have contacted some junior staff through phone calls and WhatsApp messages, posing as senior officials, to obtain their personal and financial details with the intent to defraud them...

The Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, has put on hold the notification regarding the extension of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express train service from Katra to Jammu, starting from March 1, 2026. Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that in a communication on...

Jammu, February 24 Just hours after announcing the extension of the Vande Bharat Express service from Srinagar to Jammu from March 1, the Railway Board put the decision on hold late Tuesday night."Due to some unavoidable circumstances, the notification regarding the extension of Vande Bharat...