Maha Kumbh 2025: Indian Railways to operate 1,200 special trains for mega event in Uttar Pradesh
India | July 21, 2023 14:37 ISTMaha Kumbh 2025: The administration anticipates that around 40 crore devotees will travel to Prayagraj for the event.
Maha Kumbh 2025: The administration anticipates that around 40 crore devotees will travel to Prayagraj for the event.
The railways may launch four new Vande Bharat trains by the end of this month. The new services may cater to four different states.
The train will be introduced on heritage routes in two months.
The Vande Bharat Express trains offer superior amenities and advanced safety features.
PM Modi has flagged off two new Vande Bharat Express trains. The new trains will run between Gorakhpur-Lucknow and Jodhpur-Ahmedabad (Sabarmati).
Sawan 2023: 'Sawan', also known as 'Shravan, is the fifth month of the Hindu lunar calendar and one of the holiest months of the year.
Indian Railways often runs special trains as festival triggers additional crowd at railway stations in the relative states.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that let's wait for the CBI probe after he was asked for the reason for Odisha train accident.
The special trains will be operated till June 30. The Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra is the largest rath yatra in the world.
Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd consortium has inked a contract with the Indian Railways to manufacture 80 Vande Bharat sleeper trains.
Vande Bharat Express: The routes on which the five trains will run are - Mumbai-Goa, Bangalore-Hubli, Patna-Ranchi, Bhopal-Indore and Bhopal-Jabalpur.
Railways launches novel self-propelled inspection car in Vijayawada division of South Central Railway (SCR) zone.
Odisha train tragedy: With enough evidence to show that some kind of tampering was done with the interlocking system, the job now is to make it "tamper-proof", senior officials said.
Odisha train tragedy: With the support of Odisha government, links of photos of deceased, those admitted to hospitals and unidentified bodies were made available for their kin.
As many as 288 people were killed and over 1,100 injured in an accident involving three trains on June 2, after an accident. The Friday train mishap is in the deadliest railway tragedy in 30 years.
Prasad, who is a former railway minister, said the government must also consider increasing the ex-gratia announced for the injured.
The indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System known as 'Kavach' was announced by the Ministry of Railways on March 23, 2022, as a significant step toward improving train safety in India.
The Indian Railways is producing 3-4 Vande Bharat trains every month. The trains are currently being manufactured at the Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. In the next few years, railways plan to add more such factories.
Tharoor made the remark while citing a report which quoted an RTI reply to the state that more than 2.7 crore passengers could not travel by train in 2022-23 despite buying tickets because of being waitlisted.
According to an official statement, Indian Railways is running 1,770 more trips this year as compared to the total summer special trains (4,599 trips by 348 trains) run in 2022.
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