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  DTC starts bus shuttle services for railway passengers arriving in Delhi

  News | May 15, 2020 12:57 IST

  Delhi Transport Co-operation (DTC) bus shuttle services started for passengers who are arriving from train in New Delhi.

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  IRCTC Alert! Passengers disallowed train travel due to COVID-19 symptoms to get full refund

  Business | May 14, 2020 11:52 IST

  Passengers who are disallowed from travelling on trains because of symptoms associated with the novel coronavirus will receive full refund for their tickets, the railways has said.

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  SER reduces speed of trains amid movement of migrants along tracks

  India | May 11, 2020 6:54 IST

  The South Eastern Railway has decided to reduce the speed of all goods and special trains to 40 km per hour in its Kharagpur-Bhadkar section till Monday morning owing to the movement of migrant workers at different places along the railway tracks, an official said in Kolkata on Sunday. 

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  Indian Railways ensures foodgrain availability during lockdown

  News | May 03, 2020 18:16 IST

  From 25 March to 17 April 2020, more than 1500 rakes and more than 4.2 million tonnes of foodgrains were loaded by train services of Indian Railways as compared to 2.31 million tonnes last year in the same period.

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  Railways to run 2 special trains for the army: Military sources

  India | April 16, 2020 22:28 IST

  ​Despite its passenger services suspended till May 3 amid the country-wide lockdown, the Indian Railwyas will be running two special trains this week from Bangalore to ferry army personnel for their border duty, military sources said on Thursday.

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  COVID-19: North Central Railway manufacturing masks, sanitiser to protect staff, their families

  India | April 07, 2020 18:53 IST

  To safeguard its staff and their families against the deadly coronavirus, North Central Railway is manufacturing protective masks and sanitiser at its workshops and distributing them free of cost.

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  Railways converts 2,500 coaches into isolation wards for coronavirus patients

  India | April 06, 2020 14:21 IST

  Railways has converted 2,500 coaches into isolation wards, achieving half of its target of delivering 5000 such coaches in the first phase as part of its efforts to supplement the government's measures to fight coronavirus.

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  Railways gears up to resume services from April 15

  India | April 04, 2020 15:36 IST

  The Indian Railways, which had announced the closure of all passenger, mail and express train services from March 24 to April 14 in a bid to stop the chain of transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has started preparation to resume all its services from April 15, sources said on Saturday. 

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  Railway resumes parcel van service to ensure uninterrupted flow of essentials to local markets

  India | March 29, 2020 13:41 IST

  Railway has decided to run parcel vans to keep up uninterrupted flow of essential commodities in the country during the ongoing lockdown to contain COVID-19 outbreak, officials said Sunday.

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  Indian Railways to convert 20,000 coaches to quarantine facility

  India | March 27, 2020 10:04 IST

  The Indian Railways is contemplating to convert its coaches and cabins in isolation wards in view of the growing number of COVID-19 patients, sources in the ministry said.

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  Don't cancel train tickets, you will get refund automatically: IRCTC to passengers amid coronavirus

  India | March 24, 2020 17:57 IST

  ​The IRCTC has asked people not to cancel the tickets they have booked online for those trains that have been cancelled and assured them that they will get full refund automatically. Earlier, the railways had extended to three months the time to cancel counter tickets till June 21.

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  Railways - lifeline of India - suspends services till March 31 amid coronavirus outbreak

  India | March 22, 2020 13:43 IST

  All train services including passenger, mail/express have been suspended till March 31 amid coronavirus outbreak as confirmed cases in the country surged to 324 while 6 fatalities have been reported till date.

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  Railways cancels 76 trains as coronavirus precautionary measure, non-occupancy

  India | March 17, 2020 21:22 IST

  Railways has cancelled 76 trains as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus and due to low occupancy, officials said on Tuesday. 

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  Coronavirus: Railways restricts persons with fever and cold to handle food

  India | March 17, 2020 14:59 IST

  The Railway Board on Sunday had directed all zonal railways and general managers to remove blankets and curtains from the AC coaches of the passenger trains as a precautionary measure and also directed proper disinfection and cleaning of the train coaches.

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  Coronavirus: Railways ask passengers of AC coaches to bring personal blankets

  India | March 15, 2020 16:01 IST

  Passengers travelling in air-conditioned coaches of Indian railways will now have to carry their own blankets and bed-sheets for a while now, as the railways has decided to withdraw facilities of blankets and curtains keeping in view the ongoing coronavirus threat.

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  Coronavirus: Central Railway to intensively clean coach fittings, linen

  India | March 14, 2020 23:02 IST

  Central Railway on Saturday asked its personnel to intensively clean coach fittings in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak as they are touched by thousands of passengers every day. 

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  RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019: Scheduling of written exam is under process, says Piyush Goyal

  Career | March 08, 2020 20:41 IST

  RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019: Many applicants are anticipating the release of RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019 as soon as possible.

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  Railways to run 402 special train services in view of Holi

  India | March 05, 2020 20:16 IST

  The Indian railways has launched 402 special train services for passengers travelling their home for Holi. Special trains have been planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway sectors-- Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Chappra, Delhi-Pune, Chandigarh-Gorakhpur, Mumbai-Varanasi, Mumbai-Patna, Mumbai-Udupi, Mumbai-Gaya, Mumbai-Barauni, Ahmedabad-Patna, Gandhidham-Bhagalpur.

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  Railways earned Rs 9000 Cr from ticket cancellation charges, non-cancellation of wait-listed tickets

  Business | February 25, 2020 15:43 IST

  The Indian Railways earned over Rs 9,000 crore from ticket cancellation charges and non-cancellation of wait-listed tickets between 2017 and 2020, the national transporter has said in response to an RTI application.

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  Good news for train passengers, Railways says more Tatkal tickets on offer now

  India | February 18, 2020 19:52 IST

  IRCTC Railways Tatkal Tickets: More Tatkal tickets will be available for passengers now as the railways has weeded out several illegal softwares and arrested 60 agents who would use them to block such tickets, a top official said on Tuesday.