The Indian Railways has registered record revenue of $29.2 billion for the financial year 2022-23 which is nearly $5.9 billion more than the previous year. Indian Railways' passenger revenue has also registered an all-time high growth of 61 percent.

Indian railways earns record revenue in 2022-23

Rosaline Arokia Mary, a chief ticket inspector for Southern Railway, raked in Rs. 1.03 crore (almost US$121K) in fines from unruly or non-ticketed passengers. The Railway Ministry took to Twitter to praise the ticket checker and shared pictures showing Mary collecting fines from passengers and examining tickets.

Meet India’s first female railway ticket inspector to collect over US$121,000 in fines

Several considerations must now be made anytime you travel by rail. Even little errors might put you in danger. Indeed, Indian Railways has made significant changes to the rules to improve passenger convenience.

Railway New Night Rules: Check latest rules change by Indian Railways for passengers travelling overnight

Delhi Police on Sunday arrested two men for allegedly duping several applicants seeking jobs with the Indian Railways. The two arrested men, Sivaraman V and Vikas Rana are accused of falsely offering jobs to victims and making them count trains at the New Delhi Railway Station for several weeks.

Train counting scam: Delhi police arrest two men for cheating railway job seekers

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the budget for 2023 on Wednesday (February 1). People across the nation have high hopes for this year's budget as the nation is still reviving from the economic slump after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Budget 2023: Indian Railways might get 35 hydrogen, 500 Vande Bharat trains

Due to operational challenges, 147 trains have been completely cancelled by Indian Railways on Monday, November 28. A few days prior, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) had to cancel 135 trains owing to inclement weather and train derailments.

IRCTC cancels 147 trains today, check complete list, how to get refund, and cancellation charges

To safeguard the environment in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Railways is introducing the first electric train for the Kashmir region. The first electric train on the Banihal-Baramulla corridor will start next month.

Indian Railways introduce first electric train in Jammu and Kashmir on Banihal-Baramulla route

An Indian man Tungnath Chaturvedi has won a 22-year-old legal battle with the railways over an overpriced ticket. In 1999, Chaturvedi bought two railway tickets for which he was charged 20 rupees ($0.

'Justice prevails': Indian man wins 22-year-old legal battle with railways over overpriced ticket

Anbazhagan (67) a retired employee of the Indian Railways is now a social media star owing to his rapid-fire way of issuing tickets to passengers. His viral video shows Anbazhagan operating an Automative Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM) in southern Indian city of Chennai.

India: Viral video shows railway employee churning out 4 tickets in 10 seconds

The Indian Railways’ special gift of foldable 'baby berths' to new mothers has attracted a mixed response. Several netizens have applauded the initiative while others see it as a hinderance and insecure addition.

Boon or bane? Indian Railways’ 'baby berths’ experiment gets mixed response   

On Mother's Day, Indian Railways has presented a special gift to new mothers. It is small yet unique. Wondering what it is, actually? Well, it is foldable “baby berths”.

Indian Railways presents new mothers with foldable 'baby berths’ on Mother's Day. Find out how is it  

With India facing acute coal shortage, Indian Railways, which is run by the central government, has cancelled over 753 passenger trains, the government said. The government-run Coal India has already hiked production by 27.

To move coal fast by freeing tracks, Indian Railways cancels 753 passenger trains amid shortage  

According to police, a sensational case of robbery at gun-point, in the early hours, has turned out to be a drama staged by a railway staffer to steal money. On Monday, Tika Ram Meena, a railway ticket issuer at Chennai's Thiruvanmiyur local train station, had approached the police saying he was robbed at gun-point by three assailants, who stole Rs 1.

Indian Railways staffer fakes robbery at gun-point to steal money, reveal cops  

Railway minister Piyush Goyal today announced the successful completion of 180 kmph speed trial of the new design of Vistadome tourist coach. The state-of-the-art coaches will mainly operate in tourist locations namely in Kashmir Valley, Darjeeling, Kalka Simla Railway, Nilgiri mountains among other popular destinations.

Indian Railways completes 180 kmph speed trial of Vistadome tourist coach

More than one crore passengers could not travel by trains despite buying tickets in 2019-2020 because of being waitlisted, a query filed under the RTI has found, indicating a shortage of trains on busy routes in the country.

Over 1 crore waitlisted passengers denied train travel in 2019-20: RTI

392 new festival special trains - The festive season is just around the corner and number of people intending to travel to their hometowns and other places within the country is expected to rise.

Indian Railways to run 392 special trains during festive season

Nepal on Friday started the trial of its first broad-gauge railway service after procuring railway engines, coaches from India. After reamining halted for a period of six years because of a lack of upgrade, the previous narrow-gauge, now a broad gauge is expected to come into operation after Dashain-Tihar.

India supplies engines, coaches as Nepal begins first broad-gauge railway service trials

Private entities have to pay heavy penalties in case the trains they operate are delayed or reach the destination early, according to a draft key performance indicators for private operators released by the Railways.

'Pvt train operators must maintain 95% punctuality; penalty for delay, early arrival'

The Railways has stated that all regular passenger train services will remain suspended till further notice, but 230 special trains will continue to be in service.

Regular passenger train services to remain suspended, special trains to continue: Railways

India has opened up its vast railway sector to private companies, allowing firms to operate trains on certain routes -- in a bid to boost its virus-hit economy. In an announcement on Wednesday, the railway ministry said it would now permit businesses to run trains along 109 routes, inviting bids from firms.

India opens railway network to private players

The Indian Railways has decided to suspend the regular train services till August 12 -- in the wake of the coronavirus-induced crisis. "During the lockdown period, booking of tickets were allowed till April 14, 2020 with advance reservation period of 120 days.

Indian Railways suspends regular train services till August 12

The Indian Railways has decided to terminate the contract of a Chinese company due to "poor progress" on the signalling and telecommunication work on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor's 417-km section between Kanpur and Mughalsarai.

Indian Railways to terminate Chinese company's contract due to 'poor progress'

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Monday issued an advisory for passengers to travel on a special train from Bhubaneswar on May 13, asking them to carry their own food and linen and arrive at the city station at least 90 minutes before departure for health screening, according to news agency PTI.

Special train passengers told to arrive 90 minutes before departure; carry food, linen

India's ministry of civil aviation issued guidelines today stating that people above 80 years of age will be restricted from travel in phase I of flight resumption.

In first phase, India's aviation ministry restricts air travel for people over 80

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