Railways denies reports on free travel during Maha Kumbh
The Indian Railways has categorically denied reports circulating in certain media outlets that passengers will be allowed to travel free of cost during the Maha Kumbh mela.
The Indian Railways has categorically denied reports circulating in certain media outlets that passengers will be allowed to travel free of cost during the Maha Kumbh mela.
The two-month period was marked by festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussehra, and Diwali, which usually witnesses a spurt in passengers travelling through the railways.
The volume of goods movement on the new dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) of Indian Railways has doubled in the current financial year compared to 2023-24 marking a quantum leap in the country’s logistics landscape.
Indian Railways is advancing towards the successful implementation of Kavach 4.0, an indigenous advanced safety system designed to enhance train operations across its network.
These include special trains to cities like Patna, Katra, Muzaffarpur, Balia, Barauni and Kamakhya.
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), the premier electric locomotive production unit of Indian Railways, has achieved the remarkable milestone, on 31 January, for the first time in the CLW history.
Notably, this is the highest ever capital expenditure for the given time period.
The Indian Railways has for the first time disallowed bookings of parcel packages (train parcel Service booking) from 23-26 January to all the Delhibound trains to beef up security measures in wake of the Republic Day.
The collaboration aims at reducing energy, water consumption.
As per the preliminary data, the IR has achieved an originating freight loading of 1512 MT, an incremental loading of 94 MT, over the previous best of 1418 MT achieved in FY 2021-22 with a growth of around 7 per cent.
