#KeralaFloodRelief: Indian Railways Lends Helping Hand to Fill This Crucial...
In the worst ever natural calamity to hit Kerala in over 100 years, what is saving lives and keeping the spirits of people alive in the state, is the help and support that is overflowing from the...
View ArticleVibrant Madhubani Art Replaces Regular Blue On Bihar-Delhi Train. Check Out...
It was a usual Friday evening at the New Delhi Railway Station. Passengers bustled about waiting for their trains to arrive. Nothing unusual—around 400 trains start, end or pass through the station...
View ArticleLost Your Train Ticket & Need a Duplicate One? Here’s What You Can Do!
The last thing that you would expect before your much-anticipated train journey is a misplaced ticket. Or worse, a few, if you are travelling with family. Since we can never be careful enough, it is...
View ArticleMumbai Man Wins 4 Year ‘Refund’ Battle Against IRCTC. Here’s Why You Should...
Do you think that refunding your cancelled railway ticket is a cakewalk? Well, Mumbai-based Aniruddha Shembavanekar’s four-year-long consumer dispute against the IRCTC will prove otherwise. Source:...
View ArticleAC 2-Tier Coach On Its Way Out In Rajdhani and Duronto Express. Find Out Why!
Soon, you will have to say goodbye to AC-2 tier coaches, as AC-3 tier coaches are replacing them. But why the downgrade you ask? AC-2 tier coaches are not commonly seen in all trains; they are most...
View Article84% Fewer Fatalities: How Indian Railways Recorded Best Safety Record in 5 Years
The Indian Railways has reported its best safety record in five years for the 12-month period from September 2017 to August 2018. According to the official data, last year (September 2016-August 2017),...
View ArticlePlan Bee: Check Out The Indian Railways Scheme Helping Elephants Cross Safely
According to the Wildlife Trust of India, train collisions have killed 266 elephants between 1987 to 2017. The collisions seem to occur where there is a high elephant habitat, or places termed...
View ArticleTweet To The Rescue! 5 Times The Railways Used Twitter to Aid Passengers
Imagine that you are travelling by train and require assistance with something – a medical emergency perhaps – during your journey. What would be your best course of action? Along with approaching your...
View ArticleRailways Pays Rs 4.5L to Lady Who Lost Gold on Train: What Passengers Can Do
On February 21, 2014, Ramila Devi, a resident of Mysuru was travelling along with her family from Bengaluru to Rajasthan. They were on board the Garib Nawaz Express. Minutes after the train started...
View ArticleGurugram Railway Station Gets Stunning Heritage Makeover, Check Out Pics!
The Farrukhnagar railway station in Gurugram has undergone a complete revamp by the Northern Railways, reports the Times of India. According to officials quoted in the publication, the renovation work...
View ArticleFilthy Linen to Terrible Food: What You can do About Bad Services on Indian...
The Indian Railways is one of the largest networks in the world, with millions of passengers travelling every day. It has long remained as the ideal mode of travel irrespective of the distance. India’s...
View ArticleMumbai Motorman Turns Hero, Stops Train to Save Life of Injured Man!
Pankaj Maurya was on his usual way to the office in Mumbai when a tragedy struck. He got caught between two railway tracks. Reports have failed to mention how exactly he got in this situation but he...
View ArticleWatch: Mumbai Girl Has a Miraculous Escape, Thanks to This Hero Cop’s Swift...
Despite knowing that crossing railway tracks on foot instead of using a foot-over bridge is extremely risky, many Indians continue to engage in the daredevil activity with zero regards to their...
View ArticleRailways Gives Ranchi Rajdhani a Stunning ‘Swarna’ Makeover. Check Out These...
The Indian Railways has been introducing new trains with amazing amenities (like the Utkrisht trains) and even giving a makeover to existing ones, providing them with a fresh lease of life, furnishing...
View ArticleIRCTC Launches AI Chatbot: From Tickets to Food, ‘Disha’ Will Answer All Your...
The IRCTC website is perhaps one of the busiest web portals on the internet. Millions of people travel on the national transporter, and among them, a considerable percentage use the site to book...
View Article‘Library On Wheels’: Indian Railways’ New Move Just Made Your Journeys More...
Remember those long train rides when you quietly sat and stared out of the window? While travelling on a train is always fun, there’s a limit to watching the same scenery pass by. For some of us, the...
View ArticleStation Master & Gangmen Avert Tragedy, Save Lives After Maoists Blow Up Rail...
As of 2016-17, 8,116 million passengers used the national transporter, while the total track kilometres recorded was 1,21,407. Behind these numbers is a complex mechanism that employs teams of...
View ArticleLahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh to Get India’s First Railway Station Inside...
Train journeys are indeed special, and India is known for its picturesque views, which fly by as trains snake from one village to another. Well, if you are travelling to Himachal Pradesh, your journey...
View ArticleIndia’s 1st Engine-Less Train to Hit the Tracks on Oct 29: Check out Its...
Attention Railway lovers! The Indian Railways is all set to roll out the country’s first engine-less and Made in India train by October 29. Train 18, which is set to replace the legendary premium...
View ArticleAmritsar Horror: All You Need To Know About Railways’ New Anti-Trespassing...
On October 19, a speeding train in Amritsar mowed down 60 Dussehra revellers and injured 72, while the guard who was 400 meters away failed to alert them. Most people who lost their lives were...
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