New Delhi, November 08, 2023: On cumulative basis from April –Oct 2023, freight loading of 887.25 MT was achieved by Indian Railways against last year’s loading of 855.64 MT, an improvement of approximate 31.61 MT over last year’s loading for the same period. Railways have earned Rs 95929.30 crore against Rs 92345.27 crore over the […]
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Indian Railways appeals for identification of the deceased of Rail accident in Odisha
New Delhi, June 06, 2023: In order to facilitate the families of those who are still unaware about whereabouts of their relatives in the unfortunate Rail accident in Bahanaga, Odisha, Indian Railways with the support of Odisha Government has taken an initiative to locate them. The family members/relatives/friends and well wishers of the passengers affected […]
Indian Railways records monthly freight loading of 126.46 MT for April 2023
New Delhi, May 29, 2023: Indian Railways (IR) has recorded monthly freight loading of 126.46 MT in April 2023. The incremental loading in the month of April has been 4.25 MT i.e. a growth of 3.5% over the April figures achieved in 2022. Freight revenue in April is Rs 13,893 Cr. as compared to Rs […]
Indian Railways registers record Revenue of Rs. 2.40 Lakh Crore
New Delhi, April 25, 2023: Indian Railways has registered record revenue figures of Rs. 2.40 Lakh Crores for Financial Year 2022-23. This is nearly Rs.49,000 Crores more than the previous year, reflecting 25% growth. During this financial year 2022-23, Freight revenue too has leapfrogged to Rs.1.62 lakh Crores, a growth of nearly 15% on previous […]
This is how many employees Indian Railways has
New Delhi, April 13, 2023: The total number of employees in Indian Railways as on 01.02.2023 is 11,75,925. There is no proposal to privatise the Indian Railways. However, to unleash faster development and completion of track, rolling stock manufacturing and delivery of passenger freight services, Ministry of Railways under various schemes of Public Private Partnership […]
Railways earned over Rs 2500 Crore through scrap sale till September
New Delhi, October 25, 2022: Indian Railways has registered remarkable scrap sale in first six months of this Financial Year 2022-22. Through this sale, Indian Railways has earned total Rs 2582 Crore till September 2022 compared to Rs 2003 Cr. during the same period of last FY 2021-22 which is 28.91% higher. The target for […]
500 Mail Express trains speeded up, 130 services converted to Superfast category
New Delhi, October 15, 2022: The Ministry of Railways released its new All India Railway Time Table known as “TRAINS AT A GLANCE (TAG)” effective from 1st October, 2022. The new Trains at a Glance is also available w.e.f. 1st October, 2022 on Indian Railways’ official website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in. In new time table, about 500 […]
Indian Railways records best ever July Monthly freight loading of 122.14 MT in July’22
New Delhi, August 15, 2022: Indian Railways (IR) has recorded best ever July Monthly freight loading of 122.14 MT in July’22. The incremental loading in the month of July has been 9.3 MT i.e. a growth of 8.25 % over the previous best July figures achieved in 2021. With this, Indian Railways has had 23 […]
Oxygen Express to deliver a record 250 MT of LMO to Delhi, Telangana, UP
New Delhi, May 2, 2021: Accelerating its pace of delivering liquid medical oxygen to various states across the country, Indian Railways’ Oxygen Express has delivered 813 MT of LMO in 56 tankers to various states across the country. 14 Oxygen Expresses have already completed their journey and 5 more loaded Oxygen Expresses are on the […]
Indian Railways rolls out first AC Three Tier Economy Class Coach
New Delhi, March 21, 2021: Indian Railways Production Unit, Railway Coach Factory, Kapurthala has recently rolled out the first prototype Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) AC three tier economy class coach of Indian Railways (IR). Trial has been successfully completed. This is a new variant of LHB AC three tier coach with features enumerated as below:- Electrical […]