Railway Stations

Environment-friendly 'kulhad' to replace plastic tea cups at railway stations

Tea will be sold in environment-friendly 'Kulhads' (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. 

Railways allow IRCTC to open catering or vending units at railway stations

The Ministry of Railways has decided to open all catering stalls at railway stations. These were closed in view of the lockdown on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 railway stations in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj get new names

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh had changed the names of several railway stations after coming to power. Some of the most important changes incorporated within this were Allahabad - which later changed to Prayagraj and Faizabad - which got Ayodhya as its new name.

Screen Goa railway stations for coronavirus: Ex CM Churchill Alemao

Goa is well connected to Kerala thanks to the Konkan Railway, which traverses along the Western Indian coastline. Three coronavirus cases have surfaced in Kerala until now. 

Now, get free WiFi at 5,500 railway stations in India

The Railways has provided free WiFi at 5,500 stations across the country, the national transporter's digital arm RailTel said on Friday. Jharkhand's Mahuamilan station, which comes under the East Central Railway zone, has become the 5,500th station to get the facility, it said.  

Visitors at 25 more railway stations can savour 'Kulhad Chai' soon

Passengers at 25 more railway stations such as Ajmer, Jaipur and Jodhpur would be served tea and other food items in environment friendly materials like Kulhad as the North-Western Railway has directed zonal officers to take steps for ensuring the use of green catering products at these places.  

Passengers to be served tea in kulhads at 400 railway stations soon

The Railways is already using pottery products at Varanasi and Rae Bareilly railway stations in Uttar Pradesh.

Soon, you may enjoy tea served in 'kulhads' across railway stations, airports, malls

Soon, your favourite cup of tea may be served in eco-friendly 'kulhads' across all major railway stations, stalls at bus depots, airports and malls across the country, with Union Transport and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari writing to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in this regard.

Indian Railways installs free WiFi at 3000th station; 1,000 enabled in just 15 days

The railways' free Wi-Fi facility at stations began from Mumbai Central in January 2016 and within 16 months it was live at 1,600 stations across India. Railway's telecommunications arm RailTel began the process with a vision to turn stations into a platform for digital inclusion.

Soon, ISRO satellites to monitor real time speed of trains. Here are other major plans by Indian Railways

In what comes as a development for the Indian Railways, all trains will soon be equipped with GPS trackers. According to the sources with the railways, the system would help avoid any delays with the train timings as real-time position and speed of the trains would be tracked. Position and speed of the train will be relayed through ISRO satellites to the Control Office Application (COA) system.

Now, railway coolies to get dedicated pathways to ferry passenger luggage in trolleys

The construction of the pathways at railway stations is among a slew of initiatives planned by the railways to not only ease passenger traffic at stations, but also to enhance the social security for this unorganised sector.

Indian Railways to install 100-ft tall tricolours at 75 stations across country

A senior CR officer said they have received the communication and places to install the flags were being identified.

Union Budget 2018: Overhaul of Railways' signalling system at Rs 78,000 crore on the cards

Safety and passenger amenities are likely to get top billing in the rail budget -- merged with the general budget since the last fiscal.

Indian Railways to equip all 8,500 stations with Wi-Fi at Rs 7-billion cost

All railway stations to be 100% LED lit by April 2018: Railways

In an eco-friendly measure to cut power consumption, the Indian Railways on Tuesday said it planned to make all stations cent per cent LED lit by March 31, 2018.

Travelling made better for mothers: Railways launches service to provide baby food at stations

In a move that will help mothers who are travelling, railways today launched a facility to provide baby food at stations.

Google, RailTel expand free Wi-Fi services to 9 more Indian railway stations

New Delhi: Google in collaboration with RailTel, the telecom arm of the Indian Railways, has rolled out free Wi-Fi service at 9 more stations, taking the total to 10 where it will offer high-speed Internet

Railways to soon invite bids for modernisation of stations: Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: Eyeing more investment from private players in infrastructure space, the government is considering allowing them to manage smaller airports while railways will soon invite bids for modernisation of 400 stations, Finance Minister Arun

Railway spends Rs 10 crore to get rid of rats at Delhi stations

New Delhi: Indian Railways has spent a whopping Rs 10 crore in a year to get rid of rats at Delhi stations.Irritated over the menace of rats in large railways stations such as New Delhi,

Rameswaram set to become first œdischarge-free railway station

New Delhi: Railway stations located near some of the prominent temples may soon become “discharge free”. The stations in and around famous temples like VaishnoDevi in Jammu, Dwarkadish temple in Gujarat and Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami