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Railway minister Suresh Prabhu's maiden budget was a surprise change with no long list of new trains, but his vision to revamp and overhaul the Indian Railways was buzzing with many innovative concepts to partner with the private sector, said Titagarh Wagons chairman J P Chowdhury in an exclusive interview with Sumit Moitra.

Indian Railways has informed the Bombay high court (HC) through an affidavit that it will not be able to provide police protection to all outstation trains owing to lack of sufficient manpower. However, the affidavit states that it will provide protection at night to trains plying on vulnerable routes.

How the Indian Railways have helped keep our filmy love stories on track

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said that ensuring higher standards of cleanliness is of utmost priority for the Indian Railways.

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS): Describing the railway budget presented Thursday as part of a "trilogy of documents" that together set out a vision for the network's future, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told parliament that the transporter would have to undergo a transformation over the next five years.

By Arvind Padmanabhan New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS): Sparing a passenger fare hike but raising freight rates again, Minister Suresh Prabhu presented his maiden budget for Indian Railways Thursday, with a slew of measures to improve service quality, safety and reach and a 52-percent jump in plan outlay for 2015-16 at Rs.100,011 crore ($16.7 billion).

Sparing a passenger fare hike but raising freight rates again, Minister Suresh Prabhu presented his maiden budget for Indian Railways Thursday, with a slew of measures to improve service quality, safety and reach and a 52-percent jump in plan outlay for 2015-16 at Rs.100,011 crore ($16.7 billion).

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday said ensuring higher standards of cleanliness is of utmost priority for Indian Railways and appealed citizens to keep it clean as it is their travelling home.

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS): Indian Railways on Monday became the first company in the country to provide customer complaint services on a mobile app besides providing the facility online by launching a complaint management system (Coms).

He also stressed on providing basic amenities to passengers and their security.

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday presented his maiden Rail Budget in Lok Sabha. Here are the key highlights from Rail Budget 2015:

Hyderabad, Mar 6 (IANS): The Indian Railways have launched a web portal and a mobile application for customers to lodge their complaints and make suggestions.

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Indian Railways will borrow Rs 17,655 crore from markets through its two companies IRFC and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for capital expenditure during 2015-16, a nearly 47 per cent increase over the current fiscal year's revised estimate.

Mysuru division has to eliminate 219 unmanned LC gates by 2017

The Indian Railways have launched a web portal and a mobile application for customers to lodge their complaints and make suggestions. The mobile app based on android/windows platform can be freely downloaded. One can also track the status of the complaints registered.

Hyderabad, March 6: The Indian Railways have launched a web portal and a mobile application for customers to lodge their complaints and make suggestions.The mobile app based on android/windows platform can be freely downloaded. One can also track the status of

With the launch, Indian Railways became the first company in the country to provide customer complaint services on a mobile app.

Indian Railways has said that it is exploring the possibility of using the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro’s) GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation (GAGAN) for safety at unmanned railway crossings, said a top official of Isro.

Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav on Thursday said the Indian Railways will move forward if the BJP-led NDA Government succeeds in fulfilling even a fourth of the promises that it has made so far.

Stressing the need for ensuring higher standards of cleanliness for Indian Railways Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said said his ministry wants to make Swachh Rail the driving force behind the Government's flagship programme 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.