Railway Stations

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.

Govt to form empowered group to privatise 150 trains, 50 railway stations: NITI Aayog

The government is in the process of forming a task force to draw a blueprint for handing over operations of 150 trains and 50 railway stations to private operators in a "time-bound manner"

On 73rd Independence Day, Narendra Modi says people no longer happy with plan of railway station, they want Vande Bharat Express

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the changing aspirations of the people in his 73rd Independence Day speech

Railways ready to provide sanitary pad producing facility at 8,000 stations, says Piyush Goyal

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said he was exploring the possibility of facilitating manufacturing units for cheap and bio-degradable sanitary pads at 8,000 railway stations of the country.

Indian Railways to install CCTV cameras at 983 stations using Nirbhaya Fund, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

The railways has identified 983 railway stations for the installation of CCTV cameras using the Nirbhaya Fund, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday

Mumbai Police arrests 36 MNS workers for trying to evict hawkers near city's railway stations

Thirty-six activists of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were on Monday arrested by police for allegedly beating up and driving away hawkers from near the railway stations in Mumbai and Thane

Elphinstone Road-Parel stampede: Change railways and not ministers, Congress advises Narendra Modi

Criticising the railways for "criminal negligence" resulting in the death of at least 22 persons in a foot overbridge stampede in Mumbai, the Congress on Friday advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "change the face of the raliways and not ministers"

Bullet train: Narendra Modi, Shinzo Abe to lay foundation stone for project on Thursday

The bullet train, which has a capacity to accommodate 750 people, is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities from seven to three hours.

Devendra Fadnavis approves cycle track for Mumbai; encroachments along water pipelines to be cleared for project

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Saturday gave his in-principle approval to the proposal of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to construct a cycle track in the city

Rotten food on railways: Why improving passenger amenities should be of a priority than train speed for Prabhu

The audit by C&AG found contaminated, recycled and shelf-life expired foodstuff, unauthorized brands of water bottles and much more being sold in trains and at stations