Russian Railways is helping India's national transporter increase the speed of its passenger trains up to 200 km per hour. Russian Railways is at present collaborating with Indian Railways on a 575-km stretch between Nagpur and Secunderabad and submitted a preliminary report last week. To reach the desired speed limit, Russian Railways has proposed several …
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January 22, 2017At least 67 trains were running late and six cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Wednesday morning, a railway official said. Out of the six cancelled trains, four of them were to depart on Wednesday while two were to depart on Thursday. Apart from that, as many as 15 trains …
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January 4, 2017The Railways will make 3,000 special bogies for "divyangs" (persons with disabilities) by 2018 to make their travel comfortable and hassle-free, an official said today. These bogies will have various facilities to ensure the differently abled passengers or "divyangs" have smooth train travel, said Kamlesh Pandey, Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) in Union …
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January 3, 2017The Railway Recruitment Control Board has released the RRB NTPC 2016-2017 admit card for NTPC stage II examination on the official website www.indianrailways.gov.in. Candidates trying to get their RRB NTPC admit card 2016 have to visit the official website and fill the blank space with the required information including roll number, registration number and other required …
January 3, 2017At least 32 trains were running late and two others cancelled on Tuesday due to heavy fog in many parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the Northern Railway official, the Swatantrata Senani Express was running over 23 hours behind schedule, the Magadh Express was running 18 hours behind its schedule and …
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December 27, 2016Indian Railways on Friday issued a circular that there would be no refund in cash for cancelled tickets. “While for smaller amounts ticket deposit receipts will be issued, for amounts touching Rs 10,000 and more, the money will be directly sent to the bank accounts of customers. Thus anybody wishing to cancel a ticket …
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November 11, 2016