Trains

Indian Railways remains one of the world's biggest and most affordable public transport systems, carrying over 720 crore passengers every year, as highlighted by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a Lok Sabha reply. The railways continue to grow their services, infrastructure, ...

At Chandigarh railway station, two popular trains, the Ajmer Vande Bharat Express and the Chandigarh Shatabdi Express, will now leave from platform number 6 instead of platform number 1, and this change was announced recently and started on Tuesday. Railway officials ...

The railways have started two new train services to make travel easier for people who commute daily between Patna and nearby towns. These trains run on the Patna-Buxar and Patna-Jhajha lines. The idea behind these services is similar to local trains ...

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has announced that it will run five pairs of special trains for the Holi festival to help manage the large number of passengers travelling during the holiday period. These special trains will run between February 17 ...

Indian Railways is preparing for the busy travel period around the Holi festival by planning to run a large number of special trains to handle the expected passenger rush. From March 1 to March 22, the railways will operate 1,409 special ...

Western Railway has announced that local train services between Goregaon and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) will be suspended for three months. This decision will affect a busy suburban rail corridor that currently runs 88 local trains every day and is ...

The North Central Railway has prepared a detailed plan to make travel easier and more comfortable for passengers during the Holi festival. Since Holi is one of the busiest travel periods, railways usually see a sharp rise in passenger numbers. To ...

The Indian government has announced a big plan to make 260 new Vande Bharat Sleeper trainsets to improve long-distance rail travel across the country with better comfort, safety, and modern features compared to existing trains, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ...

South Central Railway (SCR) has announced that it will operate special train services between Kakinada Town in Andhra Pradesh and Hisar in Haryana to help more passengers travel long distances comfortably. These special trains are being run because many people want ...

Recently, the South Western Railway (SWR) decided to extend the services of several special trains in Karnataka because many people are travelling and there's a heavy rush at stations. Usually, these special trains were running for a limited period, but since ...

Western Railway is adding four new 12-car local trains to the Mumbai suburban network starting February 1, 2026. These trains are being introduced to reduce crowding on trains and make daily travel easier for commuters. Photo Credit: AI Four Additional ...

Indian Railways is planning to build a new 24-coach Vande Bharat sleeper train to carry more passengers while offering better facilities. Railway officials said the train will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai under the Make in ...