Railways
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Waive one-way ticket charges of migrants or levy fare from state govt: Gujarat HC directs Railways
India | May 24, 2020, 06:04 PM IST"We direct the railway authorities to waive one-way charges of these migrant labourers or in the alternative, for the state government to bear such charges," a division bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and I J Vora said on Friday.
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Railways to run 200 non-ac timetabled trains daily from June 1, online bookings soon: Piyush Goyal
India | May 19, 2020, 10:19 PM ISTThe booking will be done only online and shall commence in few days. Trains will be non AC. No tickets will be sold at any railway station and prospective travelers should not come to the railway station to buy tickets: Railway Ministry
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South Central Railway develops RAIL-BOT for patient care in hospitals
Technology | May 16, 2020, 08:10 PM ISTSouthern railways of the Indian railways has developed a bot to provide health assistance in hospitals
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DTC starts bus shuttle services for railway passengers arriving in Delhi
News | May 15, 2020, 12:57 PM ISTDelhi 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 AM ISTPassengers 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, 06:54 AM ISTThe 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, 06:16 PM ISTFrom 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 | Apr 16, 2020, 10:28 PM ISTDespite 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 | Apr 07, 2020, 06:53 PM ISTTo 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 | Apr 06, 2020, 02:21 PM ISTRailways 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 | Apr 04, 2020, 03:36 PM ISTThe 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 | Mar 29, 2020, 01:41 PM ISTRailway 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 | Mar 27, 2020, 10:04 AM ISTThe 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 | Mar 24, 2020, 05:57 PM ISTThe 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 | Mar 22, 2020, 01:43 PM ISTAll 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 | Mar 17, 2020, 09:22 PM ISTRailways 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 | Mar 17, 2020, 02:59 PM ISTThe 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 | Mar 15, 2020, 04:01 PM ISTPassengers 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 | Mar 14, 2020, 11:02 PM ISTCentral 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 | Mar 08, 2020, 08:41 PM ISTRRB NTPC Admit Card 2019: Many applicants are anticipating the release of RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019 as soon as possible.