Railways operating record-breaking 9,111 trips during summer season of 2024
This marks a substantial rise compared to the summer of 2023, where a total of 6,369 trips were offered.
This marks a substantial rise compared to the summer of 2023, where a total of 6,369 trips were offered.
Indian Railways is set to record the best ever performance in its recorded history in terms of the output from the freight business, total revenue and track laying in the Financial year 2023-24, Ministry of Railways said on Friday.
Tripura CM Saha was traveling to Howrah in one of the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat trains, which he boarded from Maldaha.
On a cumulative basis from April 2023 - February 2024, freight loading of 1434.01 MT was achieved by Indian railways against last year’s loading of 1367.5 MT, an improvement of approximately 66.51 MT over last year’s loading for the same period.
Formally opened in April 1930 by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Sir Malcolm Hailey, the Railways’ apex training centre had its life cut short. The IR Board viewed it as an “expensive luxury” amidst the Rs 10 crore-loss Railways suffered in the year then.
We excelled in earning Rs.269 crores from sale of scrap which is 45% higher than last year. Recovery of stolen property was doubled to 67% compared to 34% last year.
In an order issued on Thursday, the Railway Board has said the issue regarding telephone attendant-cum-dak khalasis (TADKs) is under review.
A noticeable change in the train journeys these days is the minimal use of washrooms by the passengers. Earlier, it used to happen that the washrooms of the overnight trains would have littered by morning.
This Post Covid Coach has design improvements in the coach like handsfree amenities, copper-coated handrails & latches, plasma air purification and titanium di-oxide coating for Covid free passenger journey, the Railways added.
The loaded train carries dry Chillies from Reddipalem in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh state to Benapole in Bangladesh.