Articles tagged under: Indian Railway

Ashram Express train to terminate at Sabarmati Station from Feb 1

January 30, 2024
Ashram Express train to terminate at Sabarmati Station from Feb 1

Ahmedabad: The Western Railway recently announced a change in the terminal station for the Ashram Express train, effective from February 1, 2024. According to the Divisional Railway Manager of Ahmedabad Division, Western Railway, the Ahmedabad-Delhi Ashram Express will now operate from Sabarmati instead of Ahmedabad. Starting February 1, the departure time for Train number 12915, Ahmedabad-Delhi Ashram Express, will be 19:40 from Sabarmati railway station. The Delhi-Ahmedabad Ashram Expres...Read More

Railway revises fare structure for Ekta Nagar-Ahmedabad Heritage Train

January 17, 2024
Railway revises fare structure for Ekta Nagar-Ahmedabad Heritage Train

New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways announced today the fare charging principles for the operation of the Heritage Special train on the Ahmedabad-Ektanagar-Ahmedabad sector. As per the circular of the Ministry of Railways, the basic fare of the Executive AC Chair Car (EC class) of the Heritage Special train shall be the same as that of the basic fare of the existing Executive AC Chair Car (EC class) of Shatabdi Express trains. Other charges, such as reservation fees, surcharge for superfas...Read More

Western Railway announces Special Train between Bandra and Udhna (Surat)

January 16, 2024
Western Railway announces Special Train between Bandra and Udhna (Surat)

Surat: Western Railway today announced that, with the view of clearing the extra rush, it will run a Superfast Special Train at a special fare between Bandra Terminus and Udhna. According to a press release issued by Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the details of these trains are as follows: Train No.09055 / 09056 Bandra Terminus - Udhna Superfast Special (64 Trips} Train No.09055 Bandra Terminus - Udhna Special will depart from Bandra Terminus Daily (Ex...Read More

7 trains from Gujarat for Ayodhya announced

January 13, 2024
7 trains from Gujarat for Ayodhya announced

New Delhi: With only 11 days remaining until the Consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, the Railway Minister on Friday announced 8 trains that will transport devotees to the temple town of Ayodhya. Out of these 8 trains, 7 will originate from the cities of Gujarat, namely, Ahmedabad (Sabarmati Stn.), Udhna (Surat), Mehsana, Valsad, Vapi, Palanpur, Vadodara. Union Minister of State for Railways and Lok Sabha MP from Surat, Darshana Jardosh, made this announcement on...Read More

વડાપ્રધાન નરેન્દ્ર મોદીના “કેમેરા-પ્રેમ” વિશેનો વિપક્ષી દાવો ખોટો સાબિત થયો

November 01, 2022
વડાપ્રધાન નરેન્દ્ર મોદીના “કેમેરા-પ્રેમ” વિશેનો વિપક્ષી દાવો ખોટો સાબિત થયો

નવી દિલ્હીઃ ગુજરાતમાં મોરબી પુલની દુર્ઘટનામાં 135 કરતાં વધુ લોકો મૃત્યુ પામ્યા છે છતાં વડાપ્રધાન નરેન્દ્ર મોદીનો કેમેરા-પ્રેમ ઓછો થતો નથી એવા દાવા સાથે મંગળવાર સવારથી કેટલાક વિપક્ષી રાજકાર...Read More

Vande Bharat Express to halt at Vapi ; CR Patil thanks Railway Minister

October 04, 2022
Vande Bharat Express to halt at Vapi ; CR Patil thanks Railway Minister

Vapi: State BJP chief CR Patil thanked union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a tweet for allotting stoppage to Vande Bharat express in Vapi. He tweeted, "Vande Bharat express, recently inaugurated by respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi sir, runs between Gandhinagar and Mumbai at present. An appeal was made to union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji to give stoppage to the train in Vapi. Considering the appeal, Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji has decided to give stoppage to the train in Vapi in...Read More

UPA gave more than NDA to Gujarat in railway sector:Union minister (video)

September 25, 2012

Ahmedabad, 25 September 2012 Minister of state for Railway Shri Bharatsinh Solanki today criticized Gujarat BJP for running an advertisement campaign spreading falsehoods about so called injustice to Gujarat in railway sector. Solanki said that while in NDA rule Gujarat was allotted Rs 1974.80 crore, in UPA-1 rule the sum was Rs 2491.77 crore and in UPA-2 Rs 5156 crore till now. Solanki said that during the five-year long NDA regime, Gujarat got 24 new trains while und...Read More

Indian Railways extends reservation ticket booking period to 120 days

February 07, 2012

New Delhi, 7 February 2012 Indian Railways has taken a decision to increase the advance reservation period from existing 90 days to 120 days. The new decision will be effective from March 10 after Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) make necessary changes in the software for this purpose. This means, now one can book his train ticket 120 days before the journey.So the passenger will be able to plan his journey four months in advance. However advance reservation r...Read More

SMS by IRCTC on Par With Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) on Railway E-Tickets

February 04, 2012

New Delhi, 4 February 2012 In a move to further make Train Reservation Ticketing System passenger friendly, the Ministry of Railways has decided to permit Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent by its PSU, Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) containing vital details as an instrument on par with the Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS). This has come into effect from 1st February, 2012. The mandatory features of the authorized SMS are (a) SMS sent by IRCTC/Railw...Read More

Identity card to be required in AC coaches of Indian Railway from 1st February

January 20, 2012

New Delhi, 20 January, 2012 In a move to prevent misuse of Reserved Train Tickets and reduce cases of traveling on transferred tickets, Ministry of Railways has decided that anyone of the passengers/the passenger booked on the ticket issued from computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS counters) and Internet (i-ticket) undertaking journey in AC-3 tier, AC-2 tier, 1st AC, AC Chair Car and Executive Classes will have to carry one of the nine prescribed proofs of identity (...Read More