Prabhas Patan: IRCTC Ltd. is set to operate the “Ashta Jyotirlinga Shravan Special Yatra”, an LTC-approved pilgrimage package via the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train. The 13-day tour will cover sacred Jyotirlinga sites across India, including Dwarka (Nageshwar), Somnath, Ujjain (Mahakaleshwar), Omkareshwar, Nashik (Trimbakeshwar), Aurangabad (Grishneshwar), Parbhani/Parli Vaijnath, and Markapur (Srisailam Mallikarjun). Tour Highlights Tour Name: Ashta Jyotirlinga Shravan Special Yatra by Bha...Read More

Ahmedabad: Western Railway will carry out a block during the intervening night of 28th and 29th June 2025 for the de-launching of UP line RH girders between Saphale and Kelve Road stations. A few trains will be affected. Trains Regulated: Train No. 22901 Bandra Terminus - Udaipur City SF Express of 28.06.2025 will be regulated by 50 mins. Train No. 12927 Dadar - Ekta Nagar SF Express of 28.06.2025 will be regulated by 50 mins. Train No. 09043 Bandra Terminus - Barhni Special of 29.06...Read More

New Delhi: With an aim to ensure fair and transparent access to Tatkal tickets and to safeguard the interests of genuine passengers, Indian Railways has announced key modifications in the Tatkal ticket booking system. These changes are aimed at enhancing user authentication and reducing misuse of the scheme. The new provisions are as follows: 1. Aadhaar Authentication for Online Tatkal Bookings: Effective 1st July 2025, Tatkal tickets booked through IRCTC’s official website and mobile...Read More

New Delhi: Passengers traveling in sleeper coaches of long-distance mail and express trains equipped with Onboard Housekeeping Services (OBHS) will now receive facilities similar to those available in AC coaches. In a major hygiene upgrade for such trains, liquid soap dispensers will be installed in all sleeper class coaches. Until now, liquid soap dispensers were a facility exclusive to AC coaches. However, Indian Railways has decided to equip sleeper coaches in OBHS-enabled trains with these ...Read More

New Delhi: Working towards enhancing transparency, security and user experience, Indian Railways has undertaken a comprehensive digital overhaul of its ticketing infrastructure. Through the deployment of anti-BOT systems and integration with a leading Content Delivery Network (CDN) service provider, the Railways has significantly curbed unauthorized automated bookings by unscrupulous agents and improved the access of the web site to the genuine users. The new system has effectively mitigated ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit his home state of Gujarat in the last week of this month. During the visit, he is expected to visit Bhuj in the border district of Kutch and later dedicate to the nation, the first high-powered 9,000-horsepower electric locomotive manufactured at the Dahod-based 9000 HP Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Unit. Although the official date of the PM’s visit has not yet been announced, Dahod District Collector Yogesh Nirgude held a high-...Read More

Ahmedabad: The railway network in Gujarat has seen an unprecedented rise in track doubling work during the 10 years of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In contrast to the 40 km of track doubling work carried out under the UPA regime from 2004 to 2014, the Indian Railways undertook the doubling of 766 km of railway track in the state from 2014 to 2024. This process of expanding a single track to a double track is called "doubling," and over the last ten years, there was an 181...Read More

Surat: Indian Railways has completed upgrades on 741 kilometers of single track in the Konkan region, enabling 45 major trains to operate at speeds of 120 km/h. The new speed limit will significantly reduce travel time, allowing passengers to reach their destinations faster. For instance, the journey from Surat to Goa and South India will be shortened by about an hour, with timings varying by station. The speed increase applies to trains with LHB coaches along the entire 741-kilometer stretch...Read More

Bhavnagar: Two alert loco pilots of a goods train passing through Amreli saved the lives of two lions that had strayed onto the railway track on the Pipavav-Rajula section early Monday morning. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. when loco pilot Vivek Verma and assistant loco pilot Rahul Solanki, while passing through the Pipavav-Rajula section, were alerted to the lions' presence on the tracks by two forest department 'trackers.' Upon seeing the red signal from the trackers, the pilots ap...Read More

Gandhinagar: Due to technical work, a traffic block is being imposed at Hisar station, located between the Hisar-Bathinda railway section on the Bikaner division of North Western Railway. Rail traffic will be affected during this period. According to Captain Shashi Kiran, Chief Public Relations Officer of North Western Railway, the following railway services will be affected due to this work: Cancelled Trains (from originating station): Train number 04574, Ludhiana-Bhiwani special train...Read More