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Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu (Photo: PTI)

No privatisation of railways: Suresh Prabhu

Railways spend Rs 30,000-35,000 cr on an average in a year to run passenger trains.

27 April 2017 11:49 AM IST

Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu (Photo: PTI)

I voluntarily gave up Rail Budget: Suresh Prabhu

Rail Minister reveals his vision for making public transport in country more efficient and profitable.

26 April 2017 6:14 PM IST

Indian railway minster Suresh Prabhu

Accounting and accountability to go hand in hand

Rail minister says accounting reforms are part of large agenda of railway transformation.

20 Dec 2016 2:56 PM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley

'Commuters must pay for service, era of populism over'

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says unless railways strengthens performance it will lose out on competition.

20 Dec 2016 1:48 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Railways may lose out to roadways, airlines: Jaitley

Finance Minister makes a strong case for outsourcing of non-core functions like hospitality services of Indian Railways.

20 Dec 2016 12:54 PM IST

Indian Railways incurs a whopping Rs 33,000 crore towards paying subsidy on passenger fares.

Seprate entity for passenger fares and freight rates

Railway Ministry to soon send proposel for setting up unit to Union Cabinet for approval.

19 Dec 2016 1:55 PM IST

Indian Railways (Photo: PTI)

Discover India' rail routes for Pravasi Divas

The idea, a railway ministry official said, is to enable the youth to discover India's tradition, rich art and culture.

19 Dec 2016 1:36 AM IST

Nearly 70 per cent of Metros daily commuters, averaging around 27-30 lakh daily, are smartcard users.

Kolkata Metro to be driverless by March 2018

GoA 3 is a driverless train operation system where starting and stopping are automated.

18 Dec 2016 5:44 AM IST

The new rakes to be imported from China would be for existing metro including new East-West and Dum Dum-Garia metro routes. (representational image)

Driverless train may be a reality in Kolkata post 2018

There is a target that all the new metro rakes in city from March 2018 would be GoA 3 grade driverless rakes, said...

17 Dec 2016 5:39 PM IST

BHEL has already supplied 225 such IGBT-based traction converters, which are in operation with Indian Railways.

BHEL bags major contract from Indian Railways

The traction converters will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's Electronics Division, Bengaluru.

16 Dec 2016 2:02 PM IST

The foundation stone of the museum was laid in 1971, which opened as Rail Transport Museum in 1977 and was later rechristened as National Rail Museum in 1995.

Delhi's Rail Museum to get restaurant with serving train

The museum houses the unique heritage of Indian Railways, rich history of more than 150 years.

25 Dec 2016 2:33 AM IST

A railway official on the condition of anonymity said, We will check the Harbour and the Trans-Harbour line, so there will be an inspection in small sections by each of our three teams.

Now, dial 139 to book rail tickets

Till now, this facility was only available for checking the status of wait-listed tickets.

22 Dec 2016 3:09 AM IST