Indian railways
Four longest railway journeys in India
July 29, 2022
The Vivek Express The Vivek Express is the longest rail route in India which travels 4,273 km over 82 hours with 55 planned stops. It runs from Dibrugarh, in northeastern Assam, to Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of the Indian mainland. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari was one of the...
Read MoreConfusion, anger, panic in Delhi slums over Supreme Court order on demolition
September 8, 2020
Supreme Court’s order for demolition of slums on railway land in Delhi has created panic and confusion in the slums as residents say they will not vacate unless given alternative accommodation.
Read MoreDelhi slum dwellers to go to Supreme Court seeking rehabilitation
September 4, 2020
Delhi’s slum dwellers surprised by Supreme Court’s order for eviction of 48,000 of them living near railway tracks. The latest order also ignores India’s obligations to UNSDGs as well as Right to Housing.
Read MoreMigrant workers desperate to get home run into a wall of cops in Mumbai
May 6, 2020
With little clarity on trains being run at long last to take millions of migrant workers stuck all over India, thousands in Mumbai decide to hit the road.
Read MoreIndia good place for living, but not for raising children or safety of women
January 24, 2020
Though India has made a place in the best 25 countries to live in 2020, it seems it is not good enough for raising children or safety of women. Also it has not been working enough to promote equality and social mobility as it ranks seventh lowest in the Global Social Mobility lis...
Read MoreBid goodbye to unhygienic toilets in Indian trains
December 12, 2018
In an effort to maintain hygiene, Indian Railways has announced that it will set up electronic toilets in the railway coaches. They will be environment-friendly and will be initially installed in a coach in the LTT-Coimbatore Express to monitor its performance.
Read MoreGoogle’s free WiFi project caters to 400 train stations in India
June 13, 2018
The project covered 100 of the busiest railway stations across India within the first year of its launch, thus enabling 15,000 people to experience the internet for the first time every day. Each station has a capacity of 1GB and the internet connection slows down after 30 minute...
Read MoreExperience the joy of mountain trains in India
December 11, 2017
Constructed by the British colonial rulers as a means of getaway to the hill stations, escaping the blistering summers, the mountain trains of India are still up and running and now feature on the World Heritage list of UNESCO. A ride in any of the three gravity-defying, small tr...
Read MoreBullet train in India
November 1, 2017
To a subject already under the radar of critics, a recent claim of the bullet train's route being a less traversed one and hence less profitable, has brought it under criticism again.
Read MoreThrowing railway safety to the winds
August 21, 2017
Hit by railway accidents with alarming regularity, India is in the midst of a massive infrastructural transformation of one of the world's largest railway systems, to prevent tragedies.
Read MoreGo Mumbai to Goa on the new high speed train
May 29, 2017
Travel from Mumbai to Goa now made fast and state-of-art ! In a first, the Indian Railways has introduced a high speed train which will run from the western Indian city to the popular coastal state.
Read MoreIndian Railways launch India’s first glass ceiling Vistadome coach
May 2, 2017
With an aim to provide an amusing travelling experience to the scenic Araku valley in Visakhapatnam, the Indian Railways launched a see-through Vistadome coach on its Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger train.
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