Indian Railway Services Updates

[Sarkar]

This MDU-Chennai Tejas is a good for nothing Train. Instead of introducing "Train 18" which can cover the distance in just 4 hrs they have introduced this Tejas which covers the distance at 6.5 hrs at 4 times the cost than current Vaigai AC Chair Car which covers the same distance at 7-7.5 hrs max at just Rs 600.

Even if they introduce 2 more Vaigai trains at 6 AM & 6 PM it will still run full house due to heavy demand. But why care for some southern TN state?

Now no flight users will travel as this is a slow train and no normal users will travel as its 4 times costlier for no good so eventually this train is going to run empty. May be they just want to introduce something and later claim that people dont want better quality trains when infact it travels no faster than a car.

May be Vande Bharat will come to TN after 5 or 6 or 10 yrs when they replace the current fleet with new ones.

T-18 is a prototype , a first of its kind so it needs few years of testing before introducing in mass scale whereas LHB coaches and WAP5/7 are tested over last decade so it's a safe bet.

And regarding heavy demand you are saying as if rush is only in TN, look everywhere all trains are running full. It's a result of decade of under investment as we build only 10k km tracks after independence where as British built 50k km, At east TN has rail and metro, many states in north east got first rail connectivity only last year.

 

[Sarkar]

RailTel turns 1600 railway stations into RailWire Wi-Fi zone - ET Telecom

 

[Sarkar]

 

[Bapun]

Indian Railways to provide massage service on board running trains

For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, massage services will be made available for passengers on board running trains.

This facility will be made available in 39 trains departing from Indore. These include Dehradun-Indore Express (14317), New Delhi-Indore Intercity Express (12416) and Indore-Amritsar Express (19325), a railway official said on June 8.

 

[Akash Solanki]

Why Govt. Not changing Indian Railway System

 

[Bapun]

What is this man?

Edit: No idea if you are sharing it as a general news or news. Either way we have general chat thread and thread for Railways also exists already.

Indian Railway Services Updates

 

[iDJ]

I feel so sorry for that poor mama bear. Life's not fair bro.

 

[Akash Solanki]

Somebody Not help Take seat Women & Child Passenger........

 

[Sarkar]

Why Govt. Not changing Indian Railway System

It's changing but Govt cannot hep if you don't buy tickets and wants free ride. Now a days many seats goes vacant in trains or even waiting list of more than 100 got confirmed even during huge rush like Kumbha mela this year in my experience. And no one will take responsibility of unreserved passengers in reserved coaches as if something got stolen during night sleep then you cannot trace un-reserved passengers. So no point in blaming reserved passengers.

Updates :

Railway officials asked to travel in all classes including general, take passengers feedback

Indian Railways gets 1st trial corridor for semi-high speed trains; new tech allows for trials up to 250 kmph
A 343 km long dedicated freight corridor (DFC) between Khurja to Bhaupur is the section where trial runs of all types of new Indian Railways trains can be conducted

Faster trains soon! Bhaupur-Khurja section of dedicated freight corridor to open in November; what it means

In a big development for the dedicated freight corridor (DFC) project, the Bhaupur and Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) in Uttar Pradesh (UP) will open by the month of November this year, according to a recent PTI report. This will result in the reduction of pressure and congestion on the saturated trunk route of the North Central Railway (NCR) between Kanpur-New Delhi, stated the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL).

New milestone for Dedicated Freight Corridor! Freight train service with electric locomotives to start soon
The first traction sub-station of 63 MVA was charged at Biruni near Tundla on the 343 km Khurja-Bhaupur section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. 2 X 25 KV overhead equipment from Biruni to Dariyapur has also been charged. The entire DFC network will be completed by the year 2021, according to DFCCIL.

 

[Sarkar]

Big shoutout for Indian Railways! Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah train travel to come down by 5 hours

Indian Railways to reduce Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah travel time by 5 hours! Two of the busiest routes on the Indian Railways network – Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai – are set for a massive infrastructure upgrade in the coming years, with speeds being raised to 160 kmph on the important routes.

Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes account for nearly 30% of passenger traffic and 20% of freight traffic.