Manifesto Mania: What Congress & BJP Promise for Railways #LokSabha2019

We take a look at what the two largest political parties of India promise to do about the railway sector in India if they get elected. Read more

When IR gives you lemons, make a lemonade

This isn’t the first time that such innovation by catering staff, contracted or railway employee, has been noticed. Read more

IR’s confusing traction rolling stock policy

Where is IR heading with its assortment of locomotives and train configurations? Read more

IR revamps Central Organisation of Railway Electrification (CORE)

IR has decided to shift its project offices at Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad and New Jalpaiguri as part of its reorganization exercise. Read more

The Rajdhani class of trains: A chronology from 1969

A chronology of important milestones for the legendary Rajdhani class of trains on Indian Railways Read more

New Zones: The more things change, the more they remain the same

Will each state in India have its own railway zone going forward? Read more

BREAKING: New Zone based at Vishakhapatnam, to be called SCoR

In a press conference a few minutes ago, Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways and Coal, announced the formation of Indian Railways' seventeenth zone based at Vishakhapatnam Read more

160-200 kph Upgrade: IR to Spend Rs. 1,600 Crores on Mumbai, Howrah Rajdhani routes in 2019-20

Once the project is complete, both Rajdhanis are expected to take 12 hours or less to cover the distance between New Delhi – Howrah and New Delhi - Mumbai. Read more

Rajeev Sharma gets additional charge at Railway Board

Shri. Rajeev Sharma (IRSSE), Additional Member (Signal), Railway Board has been entrusted with the additional responsibility of Additional Member (Telecommunications).  He would hold this position until further orders or until… Read more

Workshop modernisation on Indian Railways gets boost, machinery and rolling stock procurement performance rises manifold

Indian Railways' (IR) centralised advanced machine tool procurement arm COFMOW (Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops) has achieved its best ever output performance of Rs 1050.85 crore for the period… Read more