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Spice of Life: Common sense, not so common after all

Minutes after the early-morning train pulled out of the station, a well-dressed co-passenger, seemingly in his sixties, took out his mobile phone and started watching a movie at full volume. Neither did he care for the time of the day, nor did the repeated glances from other passengers have any effect on him. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Dec 18, 2023 05:00 am IST

Get Biryani and Chicken curry on trains from next year, pay more for food

Passengers will get a flavour of the regional cuisine as ‘snack meal’ for 50.
Updated on Nov 15, 2019 10:02 pm IST

Saving water: Now, bio-vacuum toilets aboard Shatabdis

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Published on Oct 21, 2019 01:08 am IST

Menu on Kalka-Shimla Toy Train to change every fortnight

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Updated on Sept 24, 2019 12:45 am IST

Wi-Fi in trains not cost-effective, will drop plan, Goyal tells Upper House

Goyal also said the railways has no plans to privatise the national transporter or its premium trains such as Rajdhani and Shatabdi express, amid speculation that there was a proposal to rope in private operators.
Updated on Jun 30, 2019 07:01 am IST

Monitor punctuality of trains, Railway ministry tells zones in Mumbai

On Central Railway, the level-crossing at Kalwa station opens more than 30 times a day for five minutes, leading to delays of suburban trains.
Updated on Jun 02, 2019 05:44 am IST

This is how much you will have to pay to travel in India’s fastest Train 18

Interior of the country's fastest T-18 train, scheduled to run between New Delhi and Varanasi railway stations.
Updated on Feb 11, 2019 06:42 pm IST

Sorry, not on the menu! Passengers cannot ‘opt out’ meals on Train 18

A worker cleans the interior of T-18 train which has diffused lighting, automatic doors and footsteps beside GPS-based Passenger Information System,.
Updated on Feb 10, 2019 07:56 pm IST

Rajdhani, Shatabdi likely to get GPS, SOS buttons by March

A Rajdhani Express heads towards New Delhi.
Published on Dec 31, 2018 12:55 am IST

Railways to introduce revised flexi-fare scheme next month

The railways is all set to come up with a revised flexi-fare scheme next month to bring in some relief for passengers, who, in some sectors pay as much as airfares for the premium trains, sources said.
Updated on Aug 25, 2018 01:43 pm IST