Reduction of Defence – Tatkal – Female and Senior Citizens quotas in trains Reduced Railway Quotas in Trains – Defence / Tatkal / Female and Senior Citizens quotas are not reduced in the total number of berths/seats earmarked… While answering to a question in Lok Sabha on 14th August 2014, Minister of State for Railways … Read more
Details of Human Causalities that took place in Suburban Railways Year Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai 2011 1484 3006 1798 519 2012 1240 3079 1903 969 2013 1214 2937 1773 926 2014(Upto June) 580 1384 929 446 The details of human causalities that took place in Suburban Railways, during the last three years and the current year … Read more
ISO-22000 Certification for Railways ISO certification for Railways It is a continuous endeavour by the Indian Railways to provide good quality hygienic food to Railway passengers. Accordingly, a Catering Policy, 2010 has been introduced on 21.07.2010 with a mandate for effective quality assurance programme, wherein ISO-22000 (International Organization for Standardization) standards are to be progressively … Read more
Advance reservation period for booking reserved accommodation is 60 days excluding the day of journey PASSENGER TRAFFIC AND TICKET AVAILABILITY Indian Railways have a route length of about 65,436 kilometres. On an average, about 23 million passengers commute across Indian Railways daily. The passenger traffic on different routes varies from season to season, day to … Read more
ICF & RCF Manufactured 519 & 386 Coaches Respectively During April to July 2014 Integral Coach Factory (ICF), and Rail Coach Factory (RCF), production units of Indian Railways, have produced 519 and 386 coaches during 1st April to 31st July 2014 respectively. A new Rail Coach Factory at Rae Bareli is being set up with … Read more