CR : 3 pairs of trains to run on Electric traction end to end

Central Railway has decided to run 3 pairs of trains for Nagercoil/Thiruvananthapuram hauled by electric loco end to end. The following are the pairs of trains. 16340 Nagarcoil – Mumbai… Read more

Railway Ministry Organizes Conference on Wagon Development

Inaugurating the Conference, Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board, Shri Rajesh Agrawal said the aim is that 45 per cent of total freight movement in the country should be by rail. Read more

Push-Pull: Missing the Woods for the Trees?

The Indian Railways should pause a while and consider whether these may actually be the wrong class of trains which are being prioritized for this format Read more

2 trains to undergo traction change on SCR

South Central Railway (SCR) has decided to run train nos. 17015/16 Secunderabad – Bhubaneshwar – Secunderabad Visakha Express and 57651/52 Secunderabad – Repalle – Secunderabad passenger on Electric traction between… Read more

SCR to Conduct Route Proving Trial for Push-Pull Service between Secunderabad and Balharshah on 17th Dec

South Central Railway (SCR) has decided to conduct a special Rajdhani service for the route proving trial on 17th December 2019. The trial is to take place between Secunderabad (SC)… Read more

Faster Rajdhani Services Coming: RB Directs All Rajdhanis to be Converted to Push-Pull Config by March 2020

Rajdhanis, Shatabdis, Durontos to be made Push-Pull to reduce journey times. RB asks Zones to ensure speedy implementation. Zones asked to suggest a revised timetable for converted trains. Mumbai Rajdhani… Read more

Diamond Jubilee of 25 KV electric traction on IR: how it all started

Sixty years of AC traction on Indian Railways completed. Durgapur to Mughalsarai, Asansol to Tatanagar, Kharagpur to Rourkela and Rajkharsawan to Dangoaposi sections were the first sections on 25kV AC. Read more

WR : AVADH EXPRESS TO RUN WITH LHB RAKES w.e.f 16th DECEMBER, 2019

To make travel experience more comfortable, Western Railway has decided to replace the 4thconventional rake of Train No. 19037/38 Bandra Terminus –Gorakhpur Avadh Express and Train No. 19039/40 Bandra Terminus–… Read more

WR : EMPLOYEE AWARDED BY HON’BLE RAILWAY MINISTER FOR EXEMPLARY WORK IN LOCO PUSH-PULL OPERATION AT WR’S ELECTRIC LOCO SHED, VADODARA

During the concluding ceremony of the two-day Parivartan Sangoshti held in New Delhi on 7th and 8th December, 2019, Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal felicitated Shri Jitendra Kumar Jain –… Read more

WR: Mumbai New Delhi Rajdhani Express Set to Get Faster, Cut Travel Time by More Than an Hour with Push-Pull

Western Railway has proposed a new, faster schedule for the 12951/52 Mumbai New Delhi Rajdhani Express. Read more