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Meghalaya gets electric trains for first time
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In an endeavour for complete electrification, Northeast Frontier Railway has achieved another milestone by commissioning Dudhnai - Mendipathar (22.823 Track Kilometre) single line section and Abhayapuri - Pancharatna (34.59 Track Kilometre) double line section on March 15.
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2 Railway personnel to attempt expedition to Mt Everest, first-of-its-kind
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Naresh Lalwani presented Ice Axe with the flag of the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) and the crest of the Central Railway Sports Association (CRSA) to Hemant Jadhav and Sandeep Mokashi, two railway men who would be attempting the feat. The ice axe will be carried by these two when the
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Bengaluru drum murder: 3 held for killing woman, hunt on for 5 more accuse
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Railway police on Friday arrested three men for allegedly strangulating a woman to death and stuffing her body in a plastic drum that was found abandoned outside the Baiyappanahalli railway station entrance on Sunday.
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Special express trains between Hubballi and Varanasi to be run from March
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The South Western Railway has decided to operate summer special express trains between Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi and Varansi, amid the demand for one trip in order to ease the extra rush during the summer vacation, read an official release.
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Bangladesh visa Information Centre inaugurated at Kolkata Railway Station
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Bangladesh's Deputy High Commissioner to India Andalib Elias said, "It will be easy for people to go to station & get any information about Visas. We are planning to provide tourism information to whoever wants to visit Bangladesh as a tourist."
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Indian Railway embarks on spiritual journey with Buddhist circuit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During the journey, the rail tour will cover nine places across India and Nepal, which had a significant impact on Buddha's life and teachings. The Buddhist tourist train takes tourists to these places and helps them to experience the self-disciplined and legendary life of Lord Buddha.
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Centte to facilitate processing of visa applications for Bangladesh opens
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata Railway Station is an international station handling two inter-dominion trains connecting Kolkata to Dhaka and Khulna. To facilitate such overseas passengers availing Visa services for Bangladesh-bound trains, the Visa Information and Application Centre has started operating at the K
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Indian Railways issues production plan for 102 Vande Bharat rakes
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Indian Railways has issued a production plan of 102 Vande Bharat rakes (35 in 2022-2023 and 67 in 2023-2024), as per Indian Railway design and within Indian Railways Production Units (Integral coach factory, Rail coach factory and Modern coach factory).
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National Rail Plan aims to increase rail freight traffic share from 28 pc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
He said DFC operation will bring-in efficiency in freight operation and enable rail tariff being more competitive
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Railways to set up manufacturing facility of forged Wheel Plant with capac
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Indian Railways has been importing various types of forged wheels required for locomotives and coaching stock (LHB) since the 1960s from the UK, Czech Republic, Brazil, Romani, Japan, China, Ukraine and Russia.
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Civil service; reflection of culture, linguistic, educational diversity: L
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Birla addressed probationary officers of the Indian Railway Personnel Service and the Indian Revenue Service during an orientation programme organized by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) in the Parliament House Complex on Wednesday.
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Asia's first woman loco pilot runs Vande Bharat Express, thanks Railways
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Yadav, a native of Satara district in the western Maharashtra piloted the Vande Bharat Express train between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai on March 13, becoming the first women loco pilot in Asia who runs Vande Bharat train.
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