Railway Board

Tuesday, Oct 03, 2023 | Last Update : 04:20 PM IST

Jaya Verma Sinha first woman to head Railway Board

She will assume charge on or after September 1 and her tenure will be till August 31, 2024

31 Aug 2023 10:35 PM

The much-awaited appointments Railway Board-level appointments have finally come through.(Photo: Twitter@RailMinIndia)

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The new chairman and CEO will get a new team, with the recent empanelment of six officers for holding Level 17 posts under IRMS.

29 Dec 2022 2:15 AM

Goyal instructed Yadav, Board members and general managers of zones to review staff.

Railway Board shrunk from 200 to 150 officers

Restructuring of the Railway Board was also recommended by the Bibek Debroy Committee on Indian Railways in 2015.

20 Nov 2019 2:04 AM

Santu Ganguly, the victim, lodged the complaint of cheating of Rs 70 lakhs with the police against the trio in January this year, said deputy commissioner of police (south west) Nilanjan Biswas. (Photo: PTI)

FIR against senior West Bengal BJP leader Mukul Roy for taking Rs 70 lakhs as bribe

‘We are fighting 28,000 cases in courts. An attempt is underway to stop the BJP in the state,’ WB BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said.

21 Aug 2019 7:57 PM

The Indian Railways will opt for a restructuring exercise to ensure better efficiency.

Government considers proposal to ‘right-size’ Indian Railways

The Indian Railways is drawing up a plan to rebuild and right-size the gigantic organisation.

21 Jun 2019 2:04 PM

The decision to upgrade was necessitated after repeated complaints of anomalies in test results were reported in the older version. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Railways to upgrade breath analysers for loco pilots

This will enable the national transporter to keep track of drivers who regularly fail the test.

21 Aug 2018 2:41 PM

The Railway Board has said in a recent order that there were a lot of queries from zonal railways about cases in which the wife or the widow of the employee didn’t have the minimum required qualification for Level-1 job on compassionate grounds.

Rail scraps minimum qualification for jobs to kin of employees

Currently, the minimum educational qualification required to be eligible for such employment is Class 10 for Level-1 or Group ‘D’ jobs.

19 Apr 2018 2:15 AM

The system comprises touch screen kiosks with a 40-inch screen display of 3D digitised railway station map and helps the passenger at the touch of the screen. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

'Rail Yatri Guide' kiosk launched at New Delhi station

Fifteen such kiosks will be provided at New Delhi station over next two months.

27 Jan 2018 10:48 AM

The panel submitted its report to the Railway Board earlier this week.

Plan early for cheap train fares!

Panel suggests graded discounts depending on number of vacant seats.

19 Jan 2018 2:04 AM

File image of the AC train during its run on Dec. 25.

Western Railway gives feedback to Western Railway over AC train

However, there was a delay in delivery of Bombardier, but the entire lot of 72 trains were delivered within 10 months.

07 Jan 2018 3:10 AM

Railway tickets likely to cost more during festive season

The different zones have also proposed the railways go for premium charges (10-20 per cent additional) for peak days and festival seasons.

25 Dec 2017 2:13 AM

Railways forms committee to review flexi-fare system

The flexi-fare system, launched in September 2016, led to up to 50 per cent increase in fares.

14 Dec 2017 10:41 AM

The 500 AC train services will be on the fast line and also the 5th and 6th line that is expected to be available by then.

500 AC services to be on track by 2019 end

40 air-conditioned rakes will be ordered in Jan.

05 Nov 2017 1:56 AM

The personnel, however, must be in uniform.

Rlys allows cops to travel for free

The Railway Protection Force was allowed to fine Mumbai police personnel for travelling without ticket.

03 Nov 2017 6:34 AM

The Railway Board found that out of the 275 such bridges only 23 had speed restrictions on them. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Railway Board to review rail bridges needing repair; 252 in dilapidated state

The Railway Board had sought details of the bridges and it was observed that a large number of bridges needed rehabilitation.

21 Oct 2017 5:22 PM

The Railway Board has directed that the Passengers List — a paper that is usually stuck on coaches and is known as ‘reservation chart’ — will be done away with.

Ask TC coach to confirm train seats, berths

The move is an experimental one and includes Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.

16 Sep 2017 4:03 AM

Safety will be the focus area of the Indian Railways, said the newly-appointed Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani. Photo: PTI

Railways at 'critical juncture', safety to be priority: Ashwani Lohani

Lohani's statement comes amid reports of the fourth derailment incident in 10 days.

29 Aug 2017 12:33 PM

Air India CMD Lohani appointed chairman of Railway Board

Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani.

23 Aug 2017 5:50 PM

A mangled coach of the Puri-Hardwar Utkal Express train being hauled off the tracks by a crane at the accident site in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)

Railway Board member, GM sent on leave after Utkal Express derailment

Was maintenance work being done on the tracks without following guidelines?

21 Aug 2017 2:02 AM

Workers repairing the rail track after the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)

Repair work without permission may be reason for train mishap; Railways to probe

A probe will ascertain if work was being carried out on the tracks and if so, whether the rules had been followed.

20 Aug 2017 7:01 PM

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