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Towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Indian Railways achieves major improvements in Freight and Logistics operations

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2020

Indian railways have improved the performance of freight operations considerably, introduces Time Tabled Parcel Trains

News Reports

Uddhav Thackeray opposes gauge conversion of railway line that goes through reserve forest, proposes alternate route that require more virgin forest land

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2020

Uddhav Thackeray has proposed alternate route for railway line through forest that will require acquisition of more forest land

News Reports

Indian Railways invites private players to operate passenger trains, a journey from Modi’s ‘vision’ to India’s reality

Anurag - 2 July, 2020

Indian Railways invites tenders to run 151 private passengers trains on its network, fulfilling a vision of PM Narendra Modi

News Reports

Railway Minister refutes ‘insufficient train’ claim of Maharashtra, says state govt not providing passenger details, already 65 trains cancelled due to non-cooperation

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal exposes Maharashtra govt by asking for details of 125 trains for tomorrow within an hour on Twitter

Government and Policy

Indian Railways operates 201 Shramik special train until May 7, helps nearly 2 lakh migrant stranded workers to reach home

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2020

India Railways operated around 201 Shramik Special trains till late Thursday and helped nearly 2 lakh stranded migrant workers, tourists and students to return to their home state.

Politics

After it is clarified that passengers don’t need to pay for Shramik Special train, Sonia Gandhi says Congress will pay, but how?

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

This offer to pay for the migrants' fare came two days after the Railway Ministry had clarified that the state and central governments are facilitating the movement of migrants through Shramik Special trains.

News Reports

Not a single Railway passenger lost their life due to train accidents in the last 12 months: Railway Minister

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2020

In 2019-20, the railways have recorded zero deaths, while the last year 2018-19, the railways recorded 16 deaths

News Reports

Coronavirus Pandemic: Union Govt announces lockdown in 75 Covid-19 affected districts; trains, metros, interstate passenger transport suspended

OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

A total of 75 districts which have reported coronavirus positive cases across the country have been put under lockdown by the government

News Reports

Coronavirus scare: Indian Railways cancels all passenger trains upto 31st March

OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

A notification issued by Indian Railways said that all passenger train services on Indian Railways will be cancelled till 31 March 2020.

News Reports

The Print publishes fake report claiming only ₹1,000 each allotted per year for 498 ‘stalled’ railway projects, Indian Railway rubbishes the claim

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2020

Indian Railway rubbishes The Print report claiming 498 projects put on hold due to lack of funds, says most projects are on track

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