Indian Railways
Stampede in Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road Railway Station kills 22
29 Sep 2017
Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s disaster management squad reported a total of 55 casualties in the Elphinstone Road stampede, which include 22 dead and 33 injured
New Rajdhani train to cut Mumbai-Delhi travel time by 4 hours
19 Sep 2017
Railways is looking at the possibilities of increasing train speeds by either using two engines while retaining the number of coaches at 24 or reducing the number of coaches to 14 with a single engine
Modi, Abe lay foundation for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train
14 Sep 2017
The train would cover the 508-km stretch between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in 2 hours 7 minutes stopping only at Surat and Vadodara and in 2 hour 58 minutes if it stops at all 10 stations - Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand and Sabarmati
Suresh Prabhu offers to resign; Railway Board gets new chairman
23 Aug 2017
Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani, has been appointed chairman of the Railway Board after Ashok Mittal resigned in the morning today
Railway Board chairman Ashok Mittal takes moral responsibility for accidents, quits
23 Aug 2017
The chairman of the Railway Board Ashok Mittal has resigned, owning responsibility on moral grounds, following two major train accidents in quick succession in the last five days
Railways launches new services on several routes
12 Aug 2017
IRCTC offers online `tatkal’ tickets on cash-on-delivery basis
03 Aug 2017
IRCTC users will be able to pay via cash, debit card or credit card by opting to have tickets delivered at their doorstep
Railways losing ground to airlines: report
25 Jul 2017
Cornered by CBI, Laloo says Modi, Shah trying to destroy him
08 Jul 2017
Lalu Prasad considers the CBI action as a move prompted by the BJP to shatter a grand opposition alliance by initiating criminal proceedings against him and his family members
And now, pay on doorstep delivery for train reservation through IRCTC
10 May 2017
Indian Railways' commercial arm IRCTC has introduced pay-on-delivery facilities for rail tickets delivered home to passengers across 600 cities
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