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Railways Board issues order to resume serving cooked meals on trains
•The order from the Railway Board issued on Friday comes amid the resumption of regular services by the national transporter earlier this month.
Ranchi Rajdhani to run via Lohardaga-Tori route to New Delhi from 11 Nov, all you need to know
Trendingdesk •According to the timetable, the Ranchi Rajdhani Express departs at 4:10 pm from New Delhi every week on Wednesday and Saturday and reaches Ranchi the next day
Railways to extend Rs 500 penalty for not wearing face masks
•According to an order issued by the board, the penalty was supposed to be in place till September but has now been extended for another six months.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Rail Bhavan in Delhi shut for two days after RPF staffer tests positive for COVID-19
•The employee, working as a clerk in Railway Protection Force (RPF) Director General Arun Kumar's office on the fourth floor of Rail Bhavan, was in quarantine since 6 May, said officials
Airport-like user charge to be levied on passengers for newly redeveloped railway stations; fares likely to go up, says official
•The user charge will vary across the newly developed stations depending on their footfall, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said in a press briefing.
Railway increases meal prices onboard Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto; passengers in first-class AC to pay Rs 35 for a cup of tea
Fp Staff •Railway ministry circular also said that rail catering services prices have been hiked keeping in consideration the requests received from IRCTC
Govt seeks to end blind men and elephant approach plaguing Indian Railways by abolishing silos vision
Muralidharan •There could be two views on this paradigm-changing move that puts the Indian Railways on a track away from the one it has traversed all along for the last 150 years.
Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto meals to cost more from March 2020; travellers to pay high fares ranging from 3% to 9%
•The tariff of food onboard Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains was last revised in 2013.
Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express to be operational before Dussehra; Railway Board says 40 trains will be ready by 2022
•While the Delhi-Katra train will have modifications like more comfortable seats and pantry space, the others, for which the bidding process will begin next month, will weigh less, consume lesser energy and will be fit for sleeper coaches
South Western Railway approves officials' request to travel by air instead of train to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
•South Western Railway has approved its officials' request to Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.