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Indian Railways' HOG system will make trains more silent, eco-friendly
Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Till date, 342 trains have already been converted into HOG, which has helped the national transporter save Rs 800 crore approximately per year, adding that 284 more trains are to be converted into HOG by the year end.
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Indian Railways to modernise entire rail network with this system
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
Talking about upgrading the rail network to increase the speed of the trains, he said, "Fifteen days back, the Cabinet cleared the plan to upgrade the Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi-Howrah route to 160 kmph and we have targeted to complete it in four years."
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Indian Railways employees WARNING! This 7-point review can get staffers forcibly retired!
Tue, Jul 30, 2019
Ministry of Railways has directed to identify the group C and D category employees whose age is more than 55 years or they will complete 30 years of service in the Railways by the first quarter of 2020.
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Good news! Indian Railways to empower TTEs; here is how you benefit; Patna Rajdhani to kick-off service
Sat, Dec 15, 2018
"A project to introduce HHTs on Indian Railways for computerised on board ticket checking and allotment of vacant berths has been conceptualised and tested and is ready for roll out on all India basis," the circular said.
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Indian Railways to have its own full-fledged cyber cell
Sat, Nov 17, 2018
"The Railway Board has constituted a committee which represents the RPF also to set up a cyber cell. Such a cell is needed for not only for the RPF, but also for entire Railway security, for commercial activities, for tendering process kind of works.
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Indian Railways 'safaiwalas' go through name change exercise; this is what they are called now
Tue, Oct 23, 2018
'Safaiwala' are 'Group D' employees who deal with the cleanliness of premises. However, with the name change there will not be added any additional benefits. These employees are involved in cleaning of premises of various Indian Railways departments.
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Good news! Passengers give Indian Railways big surprise
Fri, Sep 07, 2018
Suburban passengers and coal transportation are the two bright spots that have boosted the earnings for Indian Railways (IRs) till now this fiscal. There has been a reversal in the trend of declining passenger earnings, seen in the first quarter of this fiscal, for Indian Railways.
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Indian Railways woes: Central Railway, Western Railway, Northern Railway, all fare poorly on this metric
Tue, Aug 21, 2018
Mumbaikars using the long distance Mail and Express trains on the Western Railway (WR) are enjoying better services if compared even to the Central Railway (CR). The Railway board on a broader scale reportedly found that all 17 zones are faring poorly in 2018-19, (between April-till now) as compared to the figures in 2017-18.
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Indian Railways set to cancel your favourite train? Find out here; latest updates on indianrailways.gov.in
Mon, Mar 05, 2018
Cancellation of trains with low occupancy and curtailment of halt timings are among the recommendations made by an internal committee of railways to ensure punctuality. The report on the punctuality of trains, which has been submitted to the Railway Board, has made a slew of suggestions to improve the performance of the railway zones.
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Railways forms committee to review flexi-fare system
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
The committee consists of railway board officials along with Ravinder Goyal, Adviser, Niti Ayog; Meenakshi Malik, Executive Director, Revenue Management, Air India; S Sriram, professor of transport economics and Iti Mani, Director, Revenue, Le Meridien, Delhi.
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