All India Loco Running staff Association (AILRSA) welcomes the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 27 th September 2021.
Why the 1974 All-India Railway Strike Is Relevant Even Today
As the political establishment continues to devise anti-labour policies, the 47th anniversary of this historic strike should remind India that battles are still to be fought.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic Railways mulling massive job cut; to abolish over 13000 posts, CPI(M) objects to it
According to sources, the lay-off process is based on the job census that was carried out by the Ministry. The Railways wants to introduce new technology which old employees aren't capable of handling
Indian Railways carries out trial run of double stack and double rake goods train on dedicated freig...
The Indian Railways has carried out a trial run of a double stack and double rake goods train on the western dedicated freight corridor between Krishnagarh and Rewari.
In a first, all-women crew run goods train from Vasai Road to Vadodara
Shattering yet another glass ceiling, an all-women crew piloted a goods train from Vasai Road in Maharashtra's Palghar to Gujarat's Vadodara on Tuesday, Western Railway (WR) said on Wednesday.
Bullet train might launch in two phases if land acquisition issue persists, says Railway Board: Report
The Railway Board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on December 26 said that while the government is planning to launch the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project in one go, the ministry is also preparing itself in case there's a delay
Parliament on 22nd September 2020 passed The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which removes cereal, pulses, oilseed, edible oil, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities.
Indian Railways reconsiders plan to merge different cadres; proposes a selection panel for top posts
November 9, 2020
The proposal of merging cadres had seen resistance from Indian Railways' officials belonging to Traffic, Personnel and Accounts services, who are hired through the UPSC Civil Services examination.
The Central Trade Unions and several independent federations have called for a general strike on November 26 demanding the Centre withdraw the three Farm Acts and four Labour Codes. They said the policies of Narendra Modi Government are anti worker, anti farmer and anti national.
Most railways were operated by private companies until 1946 when all the railroads except trams were nationalised under the rule of, in case of South Korea, the US Military Government . By the end of the 1960s, all the tram companies had gone bankrupt so there were no private rail companies left.
Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited(MTRC) The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern New Territories to the urban area.
The total network of South African is about 36,000 km which Government is owned. Some small portions of rail system have recently been privatised. There are some luxury trains in South African and one of the most notable trains is known as the Blue Train. The train runs between Cape Town to Johannesburg. A high-speed rail network has been proposed between Johannesburg and Durban but the work is yet to begin. The country has one of the best networks in the world.
Rail transport services in Japan are provided by more than 100 private companies, including
· Six Japan Railways Group (JR) regional companies (state owned until 1987) which provide passenger services to most parts of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu;
The Australian railway network is the world's seventh longest at more than 40,000 km. Except for a small number of private Railways ,most of the railway network infrastructure is owned and maintained by the Australian government either at the federal or state level.
The railways were nationalised under RFFSA(Rede Ferroviaria Federal, Sociedade Anonima) in 1957. After 1999 RFFSA was broken up and in 2007 RFFSA dissolved and services are now operated by a variety of private and public operators. The 37,743 km network is predominantly freight-focused and includes major iron ore rail lines. The country's passenger rail services are mostly concentrated in urban and suburban areas. Eight Brazilian cities have metro systems, São Paulo Metro being the biggest among them.
Russia's whole network, operated by state-owned monopoly Russian Railways (RZD), runs for over 128,000 km. In 2013, the network carried 1.08 billion passengers and 1.2 billion tonnes of freight - the third highest freight volume after the US and China.