New Delhi [India], March 5: The performance and reliability of rubber and rubber-metal bonded components are critical to the safety, passenger comfort, and operational efficiency of Indian Railways (IR). One such important part of Railway coaches is the UIC Rubber vestibule. These components
Indian Railways has implemented comprehensive arrangements to facilitate comfortable and hassle-free travel during the Holi festive season, as announced on Tuesday. These measures include running special trains, vigilant monitoring, and systematic crowd management to ensure smooth passeng
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings against former Shimla Municipal Corporation councillor Diwakar Dev Sharma in a case related to alleged endangerment of railway safety during the laying of a sewerage pipeline.
Kavach is India's Indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System. RailTel has a project valued at Rs 454.95 crore for Survey, Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Trackside Kavach Systems across key routes of the Jabalpur Division of West Central Railway.
Indian Railway is continuously modernizing current infrastructure of its signalling system to improve reliability. Electronic Interlocking Systems with centralised operation points and signals in place of old mechanical signalling have been provided at 6660 stations as of December 31, acc
Faridabad (Haryana) [India], January 19: Gayatri Rubbers and Chemicals Limited (INE0LVM01018), received an order from Indian Railways of ₹7.22 Cr value (inclusive of GST). This order is for supply of EPDM Rubber Packing/Decoupling rubber, which is a specialized product used as rubber floorin
Indian Railways has successfully completed the final high-speed trial of the indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat Sleeper Train under the supervision of the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS). The trial was conducted on the Kota-Nagda section, during which the train achie
The commissioning marks a major step in Indian Railways' ongoing efforts to enhance operational safety and prevent train accidents through indigenous technology. The Kavach system has been made operational on the 96-km-long Bajwa-Ahmedabad route, covering 17 stations along one of the divi
In a groundbreaking move, Indian Railways has rolled out an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to safeguard wildlife, especially elephants, lions and tigers, on railway tracks. The cutting-edge technology uses Distributed Acoustic System (DAS) to detect
In a post on social media platform X, Kharge alleged that accountability in the railways has diminished since the scrapping of the separate Railway Budget. He claimed the government was focused on publicity rather than addressing the deteriorating condition of the railways.
The Solapur Division of Central Railway successfully operated a 13 hours 30 minutes special traffic block on December 14, demonstrating meticulous planning, inter-agency coordination and a strong commitment to passenger safety and service continuity, said an official press release.
Railways has reached "record highs" in terms of safety with annual consequential train accidents dropping sharply from an average of 171 per year during 2004-14 to just 11 so far in 2025-26, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Lok Sabha on Friday.