Just 5 railway zones have almost 70% unmanned level crossings in Indian Railways

These five zones - labelled by the national transporter as 'critical', as they have the most unmanned level crossings - have 2,556 UMLCs out of a total of 3,479 such crossings on broad-gauge across the railway network.
By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: April 27, 2018 

Senior railway officer trapped by CBI

STAFF REPORTER THE HINDU  HYDERABAD, APRIL 28, 2018 

The Anti-Corruption wing of Central Bureau of Investigation arrested a group general manager of the RITES Limited and another person for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹ 15 lakh for clearing pending bills of ₹1.5 crore out of a total contract value of ₹ 11 crore.

Like airports, railway plans designated parking space for app-based cabs

PTI THE HINDU  NEW DELHI, APRIL 29, 2018 

Derailment of the Indian Railways Is Underway, Helped by a Dose of Opacity

With the merger of the railway budget into the general Union budget, the government has stopped putting out railway budget papers. Now, little bits of information are selectively given out, making it different to compare like for like.

Railways to eliminate all unmanned level-crossings by March 2020: Railway Board chief

PTI THE HINDU  NEW DELHI, APRIL 26, 2018 

German firms eye Indian railway projects

ABHISHEK LAW THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE

May Day Notice-2018

ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION 

Regd No. 17903 HQ Adra 

South Western Railway Zone, Hubbali 

India will get two 'airport-like' railway stations at Gandhinagar and Habibganj by Jan 2019

IndiaToday.in New Delhi  April 24, 2018

Police look ‘one way’, as NHAI and railways look the other way

S. Ganesan, THE HINDU  TIRUCHI, APRIL 25, 2018 

S. African trade unions threaten to shut down public services to press demand for wage increase

Source: Xinhua 2018-04-24 23:14:19 

CAPE TOWN, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen South African trade unions threatened on Tuesday to totally shut down public services if their demand for wage increase is not met.

French railway bosses claim strike is waning

By Euronewslast updated: 23/04/2018

French railway bosses claim strike is waning

China To Develop High-Speed Bangalore-Chennai Railway Corridor

Written By: Stephen Neil Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

South-Western Railway continues wildlife killings on Londa line

By Meera Bhardwaj | Express News Service | Published: 23rd April 2018 

At 98.5 per cent, Railways may clock its worst-ever operating ratio in 2017-18

This would be the worst ratio since 2000-01, when it was 98.3 per cent, which was previously the worst-ever for the national transporter. The figures will be communicated to the Controller General of Accounts.

Antyodaya Express becomes first paint-less train by Indian Railways

Priya Srivastava|HappyTrips Editors|TRAVEL NEWS, INDIAApr 19, 2018, 

Indian Railways' plan to generate Rs 390 bn from non-fare tenders derails

The cancellation of the tenders came when the Railway Board withdrew the powers of awarding contracts from railway subsidiary RITES and gave them to railways zones

Shine Jacob | New Delhi Last Updated at April 17, 2018 

Indian Railways may replace AC-II-tier with AC-III tier in Rajdhanis, Durontos in some sectors

Sectors like Delhi to Trivandrum or Chennai and Bengaluru, serviced by Rajdhanis and Durontos see fares of the AC II tier often jump close to those offered by flights.

Written by Avishek G Dastidar | New Delhi | Published: April 17, 2018

Documentary on India's first electric locomotive to be out next month

The high-power electric locomotive was today rolled out from the railway factory here, over 10 years after the project was approved. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 12,000-horsepower freight electric locomotive assembled at the Madhepura factory.

Railways to put Neral-Matheran toy train service back on track; trial run today

On April 10, CR authorities went for one final inspection of the steam engine before deciding to go ahead with this trial run. “We will be conducting a trial run of the steam engine on April 11,” confirmed SK Jain, Divisional Railway Manager (Mumbai), Central Railway.

Indian Railways says deaths, injuries from accidents fall amid safety crackdown

REUTERS Neha Dasgupta, Krishna N. Das

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Deaths and injuries from train collisions or derailment in India more than halved to 254 people last fiscal year from a year ago, railways data showed, amid attempts to improve its shoddy safety record through mega investments and recruitments.

PM Narendra Modi says no to Indian Railways signalling plan worth Rs 78,000 crore

PM Modi is learnt to have raised the cost factor as well as the wisdom of rolling out en masse a technology that is untested for Indian conditions and is mainly commissioned in high-speed systems in some global railways.

Written by Avishek G Dastidar | New Delhi | Updated: April 9, 2018

7 railway staff suspended after train rolls down without engine in Odisha’s Titlagarh

PTI     BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 08, 2018 

French railway workers strike over proposed reforms

Simone Rensch  5 Apr 18

French rail workers have walked out over president Emmanuel Macron’s plans to loosen labour rules in the public sector, including an overhaul of the state-run rail network.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81

South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died. 

She and her former husband Nelson Mandela, who were both jailed, were a symbol of the country's anti-apartheid struggle for three decades. 

Beware! Selfie on railway tracks may land you in jail

Srinath Vudali| TNN | Updated: Apr 2, 2018, 

Sengottai-Kollam railway line reopens after eight years

By Express News Service | Published: 01st April 2018

Individual letter for retired employees

Dear comrades,

        You are well aware that the Government of India, Department of pension and welfare issued order to revise pension of employees who are retired before 01/01/2016, to give parity of pension with post 2016 retirees