Railway Board News
VK Tripathi appointed as new chairman, CEO of Railway Board
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved a six-month extension, that is, upto December 2022.
1 min read31 Dec 2021Railways asks officials to ensure smooth operations amid workers' union warnings
The workers unions have threatened the national transporter with ‘direct action’ if their productivity-linked bonus, usually paid before the onset of Durga Puja, is not released by October 20
1 min read20 Oct 2020Bengaluru-Mangaluru train services to resume
Train services between Mangaluru and Bengaluru, suspended since March due to COVID- 19, would resume services from Friday
1 min read4 Sep 2020In a first, Railways uses NTC machine for track construction
The Khurja-Dadri section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is among the first tracks in India where the New Track Construction machine has been Currently, 7 NTC machines have been deployed along the DFC, 4 machines have been deployed in the EDFC and 3 machines have been deployed in the WDFC
1 min read29 Jul 2020Railway stalls to sell coronavirus essential kits to passengers
Coronavirus essentials like masks, gloves, sanitisers, bedroll kits to be sold at MRP. The protective items to be of good quality with purpose of maintaining hygiene and fulfilling the needs of passengers.
1 min read25 Jun 2020Indian Railways may introduce more trains; 5 facts
The Railway Board on Wednesday issued an order introducing the provision of waiting list The chances will come into effect for tickets booked from May 15 for journeys beginning May 22
1 min read14 May 2020Railway Board chairman says CCTV in all stations and coaches by March 2022
'By December this year, the railways has installed CCTVs at 503 railway stations across the country,' V.K. Yadav said He added that the railways has also allotted ₹2,000 crore for the installation of CCTV cameras at over 6,100 stations and in over 58,600 coaches
1 min read31 Dec 2019Indian Railways may soon rationalize passenger fares, hints railway board chief
Railway board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said: 'We are going to rationalize the fares and freight rates' Rationalization of freight rates has always been a top industry demand as higher logistics expenses add to overall costs
2 min read27 Dec 2019Govt approves restructuring of Railway Board, unification of services
The merger of services will end departmentalism, and ensure smooth working of the railways, government says All eight railway-related wings will be merged into a single service called the Indian Railway Management Service within a year
1 min read24 Dec 2019Cabinet approves restructuring of Railway Board
The newly constituted Board will have Members for Operation, Business Development, Human Resources, Infrastructure and Finance Indian Railways will now have only one cadre— Indian Railway Service
1 min read24 Dec 2019Popular Topics
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