Mr Vinay Mittal took over as the new General of South Eastern Indian Railways at its headquarters in Kolkata today. Before joining South Eastern Indian Railways he was the General Manager of the North-Western South Eastern headqartered at Jaipur. Mr Mittal is an officer of Indian Railways Traffic Service. He has worked in various capacities [...]

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Indian Railway passengers need not book a new ticket if they have to advance or postpone their journey. Instead they can get the date changed on the ticket already booked by them. The Indian Railway Reservation scheme of Railways to advance or postpone a train journey on a booked ticket has been existing for long [...]

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For the first time Indian Railways has extended the facility of AC-3 tier travel pass for the family of the lowest grade employees of the Indian Railways like the gangmen, khalashis, etc. Employees of Group D in the Indian railways were earlier not entitled for travel pass in AC compartments. Revised entitlement of travel on [...]

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Senior citizens and women passengers travelling on the Indian Railways will soon be able to book luggage trolleys in advance by calling up a designated telephone number. Once they arrive at the station a uniformed Rail Yatri Sevak holding a placard with the trolley number will provide them the service for a price. The facility [...]

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The Indian Railways or the Indian train service is the most popular way of traveling almost anywhere in India. The Indian Railways serve millions of commuters on a daily basis. Many of them book their tickets well in advance. This is why the Indian Railways have a really efficient Indian train enquiry service. This Indian [...]

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Indian Railways is the highest employer in the world in the public sector. There are more than a hundred thousand employees who are associated with Indian Railways. At present, the Indian Railways has trains running to almost all the towns across the country. The tracks which are present are 70 percent laid down by the [...]

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Maoists blew up a railway track, disrupting rail traffic in Bihar’s Begusarai District. The ultras blew up the track between the Tilrath and Begusarai stations. The Saharsha-bound Kosi Express was about to leave Tilrath station, when they got the information of the blast. One of the gatemen said Maoists had given him a poster that [...]

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East Coast Railway would run 227 including 34 special trains to Puri during the fete. To cater to the needs of the huge pilgrim crowd 25 special ticket booking counters, besides the regulars would be made operational. Twenty close circuit security cameras would be installed at a number of stations to monitor the pilgrim crowd.

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