The railway authorities have decided to replace Urdu language on signboards at state platforms with Sanskrit. The signboards will now be written of railway stations in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. The decision has been taken as per provisions of the Railway Manual, which says that names of the railway stations should be written in Hindi, […]
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After the successful completion of the Phase 1 execution of NIC e office for 50000 users in 58 units, Indian Railways has signed MoU with RailTel, a miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, for the phase 2 of the project. In phase 2, RailTel will register 39000 users over 34 Railway divisions on NIC e
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Indian Railways has planned to source about 1000 Mega Watt (MW) Solar Power and about 200 MW of wind power progressively by 2021-22 across Zonal Railways & Production Units. Of this, 500 Mega Watt (MW) solar plants are to be installed on the roof top of Railway buildings which will be used to meet non-traction
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In order to enhance security at Railway stations which are major hubs of transportation, Indian Railways is in the process of installing Internet Protocol (IP) based Video Surveillance System (VSS) at stations, that is, waiting halls, reservation counters, parking areas, main entrance/ exit, platforms, foot over bridges, booking offices etc. Railway Board has approved works
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Indian Railways has integrated railway helpline number 139 for quick grievance redressal of passengers during train journey. As the new helpline will take over all the existing helpline numbers (except 182), it will be easy for the passengers to remember the number and connect with Railways for all their needs during travel. Daily Current Affairs
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Railway Protection Force has renamed as Indian Railway Protection Force Service by Indian Railway. The ministry has accorded organised Group A status to RPF and renamed it according to an order issued on 30 December 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The notice in this regard was issued by the Joint Director of Railway Board
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Indian Railways introduced a new Passenger Information System at Anakapalle Railway Station of Vijayawada Division in South Central Railway. The objective of this application is to provide better features and easy guidance to the passengers thereby providing satisfactory user experience. The Passenger Information system comprises both “At a Glance Display Board” and “Coach Guidance Display
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After the successful run of Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, the second premium Tejas train is ready to run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The inaugural run of this second Tejas Train will be flagged off from Ahmedabad on 17th January, 2020. The commercial run of the train will start with effect from 19th January, 2020 from Ahmedabad.
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Indian Railways has decided to modernize its Signalling system on its entire network by implementing Modern Train Control system with LTE based MTRC. This is one of the most ambitious modernization projects of Indian Railways, which envisages upgradation of signaling system for improving safety, Line Capacity and to run trains at higher speed. Daily Current
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Indian Railway is looking at a 50 lakh crore rupees investment over the next 12 years. The rail infrastructure in the country increased by mere 30 per cent in the last 65 years due to the lack of adequate investment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Electrification work has been undertaken by the Ministry of Railways
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