Love Rail Journeys? Love Andamans? Get Set to Enjoy Andamans on a Train Soon!
If you love train journeys, and if the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have always been on your bucket list, a perfect travel option might be just around the corner. The Railway Ministry is all set to...
View ArticleThis Story About How a TTE Helped a Family on a Train Is the Good News You...
Sometimes even the smallest acts of kindness can go a long way in making someone else's day, or as a traveller found out during a recent train journey - an entire family's. A man named Vishnu Vardhan,...
View Article‘I Was Treated Like Luggage’– Disability Rights Activist Fights to Make...
"It’s high time my voice is heard," says Virali Modi with conviction. And she wants her voice to be heard by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, with whom she wants to address the problems...
View ArticleWhat Is the Result of 3 Men Travelling for 17 Days in Unreserved...
Last year, three friends from Mumbai, Omkar Divekar, Rajat Bhargava and Samarth Mahajan, went on an epic journey that quickly piqued the public's interest. The trio travelled in the unreserved...
View ArticleAll Aboard the Science Express! Special Train Flagged off to Spread Climate...
With every passing year it has become increasingly clear that there is an urgent need to address the challenges posed by climate change in the world. And one of the main ways to do so is by educating...
View ArticleIndia’s First Bullet Train, From Mumbai to Ahmedabad, to Travel Underwater in...
The quest to build India’s first underwater bullet train has officially begun. The Railway Ministry has announced that drilling on the 7-km underwater route of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail corridor has...
View ArticleIndian Railways Building 160 Kmph Speed ‘World Class’ Train Sets at Half the...
Starting 2018, the Indian Railways will begin building a train set that will be built entirely in India and will travel up to 160 kmph! The Integral Coach Factory (ICF), that is based out of Chennai,...
View ArticleRailways Is Working on a New Catering Policy for You. Here Are Top 5 Things...
Even the most enthusiastic commuters of the Indian Railways can attest that sometimes the food in the trains can be less than ideal. In a bid to win hearts across the country and also satiate some...
View ArticlePassengers, Police & Doctors Came Together to Help a Woman Deliver a Baby on...
It's true what they say - there truly is something special about the spirit of Mumbai and its residents. And it was something that 22-year-old Sultana Khatun found out for herself when the train she...
View ArticleIIT-B Professors Help the Railways Design Timetables in Less Than 5 Minutes....
The complex timetable of the local trains that takes over a fortnight to prepare is one of the most time-consuming responsibilities of the railway officials. Well, not anymore! A team of professors...
View ArticleThis Coimbatore NGO Is Making Toilets More Accessible to the Disabled at the...
Even though crores of commuters travel through trains in India on a daily basis, railway stations for the most part woefully remain inaccessible to those who have movement disabilities. However, one...
View ArticleIndian Railways Is Set to Reduce Wastage and Save Crores Through Recycled Water
The Indian Railways is taking a huge step towards the preservation of water. On March 22, the day globally marked as World Water Day, railways will be rolling out a new policy that is likely to be a...
View ArticleTea at ₹7, Lunch at ₹50 – Indian Railways Tweets Menu So Customers Don’t Get...
Having received complaints from irate passengers about the quality of the food being served, the Indian Railways took to Twitter to make one thing crystal clear - it's working on making things better...
View ArticleUse These Plastic Recycling Machines at 10 Mumbai Train Stations and Get Paid...
From now on commuters traveling by trains in Mumbai will be able to properly dispose of and also recycle their plastic bottles thanks to the Swachh Bharat Recycle Machine that will be installed in 10...
View ArticleThis Rail Coach, Maintained by Passengers for 10 Years, Is Showing Indian...
On March 29, 2017, the very unique C3 A/C Coach on the Panchavati Express observed its 10th anniversary. More than a thousand passengers who regularly travel on this superfast train (that runs between...
View ArticleIndian Railways’ Plan to Revive 1,500 Water Bodies Can Be a Big Boon in...
About 1,500 water bodies that exist in the premises of the railway lands will now be revived by the Indian Railways. This includes the water bodies found along the railway tracks. This move has been...
View ArticleMumbai Railway Stations to Have Over 100 Escalators by 2018 to Aid the...
Regular commuter of the Mumbai trains? Well, if you are among the lakhs who traverse the railway stations in the city, we have some good news for you – it’s going to get much easier getting around the...
View ArticleGlass Roofs to Rotating Chairs: 6 Incredible Facts About the Indian Railways’...
The vistadome coaches sport rotating pushback chairs and boast electrically controlled glass roofs.
View ArticleIndian Railways Joins Hands With Maharashtra State Govt to Build Homes for 12...
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were among those at the meeting where the decision was made.
View ArticleDread the Toilets on Indian Trains? They’re All Set to Get a Much-Needed,...
If all goes according to plan, train loos will soon resemble those on flights or in hotels.
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