News:Recently, Kashi Mahakal Express has been inaugurated as the country’s third ‘corporate’ train after the two Tejas Express trains between Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad. Facts: About the Corporate Train Model: In this model, the physical infrastructure of the train such as locomotives, coaches, loco pilots among others will remain in the Indian Railways’ hands. However, the… Continue reading Explained:How does India’s Railways’ corporate train model work?
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Over 2 lakh bio-toilets installed in 60,906 train coaches of Indian Railways
Ministry of Railways has said that over 2 lakh bio-toilets have been installed in train coaches of Indian Railways. “Bio-Toilet project” of Indian Railways is an innovative & indigenous development of technology.The project is aligned with ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’. The technology for Bio-toilets has been designed and ‘Made in India’.It has been developed jointly by… Continue reading Over 2 lakh bio-toilets installed in 60,906 train coaches of Indian Railways
Honour for ‘Plan Bee’ that helped save jumbos
Plan bee has been given the best innovation award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. Plan bee is an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks.This strategy was adopted by the Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR). NFR officials have said that a mix of… Continue reading Honour for ‘Plan Bee’ that helped save jumbos
No train collisions in 2018-19, fire incidents rise: Economic Survey
According to the Economic Survey 2019,incident of train collisions has come down to zero in the year 2018-19 in Indian Railways. The incidents of derailment have also decreased from 78 in 2016-17 to 46 in the year 2018-19.However,the incidents of fire has increased to six in 2018-19. Additionally,the survey said that in 2018-19,Indian Railways had… Continue reading No train collisions in 2018-19, fire incidents rise: Economic Survey
