ER’s track maintenance at Jhajha starting November 10

Eastern Railway (ER) will do track maintenance work o­n DOWN main line between Jhajha and Narganjo for three hours. Read more

IR employees take great efforts to save elephants from being hit

Alert railway employees do whatever it takes to save the lives of elephants being killed on rail tracks.This includes speed restrictions and honking by loco pilots. Read more

Gandhiji’s Journey from Burdwan to Poona

Mahatma Gandhi, in his autobiography “My experiments with truth” dedicated one chapter to the ‘Woes of third-class passengers’. Read more

Gandhiji’s Journeys by Third Class on Indian Railways

On the occasion of the Mahatma's 150th birth anniversary, Raghavendra Rao takes a look at Gandhi's experiences traveling in a third class coach on the Indian Railways Read more

South Coast Railway to commence earliest by February 1, 2020

The newly created railway zone South Coast Railway (SCoR) is likely to commence operations earliest by February 2020. Read more

Monsoon Disruptions on Mumbai’s Ghat sections: The 4th Line Imperative

Derailments, boulder falling onto the tracks, landslides and flooding of ghat section tracks has caused disruptions. A look at the causes and solutions Read more

Colonial Era protocols and practices: the bane of Indian Railways

Pre-independence colonial-era customs followed by the British are still prevalent on IR which is hampering the behemoth’s progress. Read more

Prudent Financial Decisions: An Urgent Need for Indian Railways

IR has been consistently spending over 90 per cent of what it earned. This left little room for investing in capital expenditure Read more

Safety with a BIG S – Konkan Railway during the Monsoons

The 740 km long terrain that Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) runs trains on, sees one of the heaviest monsoon rains all over India. Safety is key to KRCL's operations. Read more

166 Years of IR: How the Seeds Were Sown in 1831

the idea of constructing railways in India is older and dates back to the year 1831. And if it weren't for a stroke of bad luck, Kolkata, and not Mumbai,… Read more