Indian Railway Train Info
Indian Railway Train Info
1) Indian Railways started its service 161 years ago on 16 April 1853 when the first passenger train was run over a stretch of 33 kilometres from Mumbai to Thane. The train with 14 railway carriages, carrying around 400 guests, left Bori Bunder at 3:30 p.m. that day. It was declared a public holiday then. […]
New Delhi: As a part of its social commitment to make railways more friendly towards specially-abled passengers, the Indian Railways has decided to provide Braille stickers in coaches to facilitate visually-impaired passengers. Indian Railways puts Braille stickers in railway coaches Presently, coaches are provided with signage, instructions, seat numbers, etc, which are mostly in the […]
New Delhi: Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) a GMR led in association with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced the Delhi Airport City check-In facility from Shivaji Stadium Metro station. Jet Airways has started the operations from both New Delhi Railway Station as well as Shivaji Stadium Metro Station. This facility would help many […]
Hyderabad: A first-of-its-kind specialisation institute for metro and railway technology was launched in Hyderabad yesterday to promote careers in the two rapidly-growing transportation services. Institute of Metro and Rail Technologies (IMRT) inaugurated in Hyderabad The Institute of Metro and Rail Technologies (IMRT), which has a sprawling residential campus in Hyderabad, was launched here by the […]
The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), (Hindi: केन्द्रीय रेल विद्युतीकरण संगठन) has its headquarters at Allahabad, India. It is in overall charge of railway electrification over the entire network of Indian Railways. However of late, some electrification works have been entrusted to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry […]
New Delhi: Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), an IT wing of Indian Railways, has launched the mobile app on android platform for train enquiry. Earlier mobile app for Windows 8 platform was officially launched by Minister of Railways in August 2025. CRIS launches Mobile App on Android for Train Enquiry The new mobile app […]
New Delhi: Aiming at a paradigm shift in the freight operations, Indian Railway will come out with a time table for goods train movement, a first for the public transporter, to attract more loadings and improve the delivery schedule. Indian Railways plans Time Table for Goods Trains Currently passenger trains get preference over the movement […]
The national transporter has sent a missive to all zonal principal chief commercial managers that these two identity proofs on such service will be accepted as valid proof of identity of a passenger. NEW DELHI: Worried about losing your identity proofs while travelling by train? Worry no more! Indian Railways have now announced that it will […]
In case of cancellation of a train by Indian Railways, an automatic refund is granted for e-tickets. Filing of a TDR or train ticket deposit receipt is not required NEW DELHI: Indian Railways offers a facility that enables passengers to make advance train ticket reservations up to 120 days in advance for all classes of travel. […]
As of now, while some trains are running with additional passengers, there are some trains which are running empty. And the irony is that, in most of the cases, both of these trains are running in the same direction. To avoid such situation, Indian Railways has announced a new scheme called ‘VIKALP’, which can prove […]