Maharashtra to invest Rs 10,000 cr to develop railway infrastructure

Last Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 20:45

"Though the Centre allocates funds for railways, the state government too will invest Rs 10,000 crore apart from union government's grants within the next five years," he said.

IRCTC to install 5 more servers to strengthen ticketing system

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 19:39

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation will install five high-capacity servers, imported from Singapore, to speed up its e-ticketing operations.

SMS-based alert service on cancellation of trains

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 22:50

Railaways has introduced a pilot project to help passengers from any inconvenience, however, the service in beginning is only available to passengers boarding trains at originating stations.

Not enough invested in Railways in 40 years, Prabhu

Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 17:46

"We cannot make railways work proper unless we make investment in the railways...," he added. The central government had earlier said Rs 8.5 lakh crore will be invested in Railways over a period of five years.

New timings for booking of rail Tatkal tickets come into effect

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 08:57

Booking of Tatkal tickets under the new schedule introduced by the railways started at 10 AM on Monday.

Develop railway stations on PPP model: Prabhu to industrialists

Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 23:22

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday called upon industrialists here to come forward for the development of railway stations on PPP model and assured them of full assistance from his ministry.

Rail Tatkal ticket booking timings to change from June 15

Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 19:33

The timings for booking Tatkal tickets in AC and non-AC classes will change from June 15 as the Railways has staggered the schedule to reduce the load on the ticketing site and booking windows.

Railway panel wants private players to run passenger trains

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 10:50

Recommending drastic reforms, a high-level railway restructuring committee, headed by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy, has suggested allowing private players to run passenger trains.

Rail tatkal ticket booking timings revised; refund on cancellation

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 19:58

To ease pressure during peak hours, Railways has decided to stagger booking of tatkal tickets by allowing reservations in AC class from 10 am to 11 am and non-AC class from 11 am.

Rail tatkal ticket: Booking timings revised; 50% refund on cancellation

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 10:16

As per the new schedule, booking for AC classes will commence at 10 am and close at 11 am while for the non-AC classes, booking will commence at 11 am and close at 12 pm.

Land required for Railway infrastructure projects: Prabhu

Last Updated: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 16:48

"Whether for a sea port, airport or for the Railways, land is required. We need land for development of Railway infrastructure and for capacity expansion. But, getting land is becoming an important issue, which needs to be resolved by the Centre and the states jointly," he said at a news conference here.

Railways to announce new policy on station development: Prabhu

Last Updated: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 15:39

"We are coming out very soon with a regime for station development by inviting partners," Prabhu said at a function here without elaborating further on who these partners would be.