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The lawmakers seem as uninterested as those who use the railways.

Operating ratio is a parameter that measures financial performance.

New Delhi: Indian Railways has one of the largest railway networks of the world and is the largest employer in the country. Every year, a Railway Budget, separate from the union budget is presented in the parliament few days before the main budget.A separate budget for rail started in 1924 during th....

The Indian Railways might find it difficult to meet the current financial year’s operating ratio target of 92.5 per cent as growth in total earnings between April and January 2014-15 has fallen short of the target.

The Indian Railways website says: "India has some of the most spectacular and unforgettable rail journeys in the world … .There's no better way to enjoy India's outback, cities, coastal towns and regional areas in comfort."

Indian Railways is more than 150 years old and has played a vital role in the socio-economic development of the country. Today, the Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world, transporting around 23 million passengers every day and employing 1.4 million people.

India's decrepit state-run train services stand to receive at least a 25 per cent boost in investment to over $9 billion.

'The government must understand that the Indian Railways is like a Kamdhenu cow. It can look after your GDP, it can look after the health of the nation. But the Kamdhenu cow also needs nourishment.'

Indian Railways is more than 150 years old and has played a vital role in the socio-economic development of the country. Today, the Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world, transporting around 23 million passengers every day and employing 1.4 million people.

Railways must pull back its share of freight traffic.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Koderma-Hazaribagh Railway Line, and announced that the government is working towards the modernisation of the Indian Railways and improving its service delivery.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Government was working towards modernization and improved service delivery in the Indian Railways.

One could take pride in Indian Railways' being one of the largest commercial organisations under governmental control anywhere in the world, with its 1.3 million strong work-force carrying nearly 23 million passengers daily and lifting more than one billion tonnes of originating freight traffic in a year.

The mammoth task of achieving 1 billion tonne coal production by 2020 has set the ball rolling on the reforms in state mining giant Coal India Limited (CIL). In the roadmap for the next five years, the company has earmarked targets for all its subsidiaries, joint venture with Indian Railways for better evacuation and technology upgradation to improve its efficiency.

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Feb. 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Koderma-Hazaribagh Railway Line, and announced that the government is working towards the modernisation of the Indian Railways and improving its service delivery. Dedicating the railway line to the nation by flagging off a Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train from Hazaribagh railway station, Prime ...

The Indian Railways Wednesday reported an increase of 4.64 percent in freight carried during April-January, 2015.

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Indian Railways Thursday said it will launch AC double-decker train service between New Delhi and Lucknow shortly. "We have got the clearance from commissioner railway safety (CRS) for the double-decker train for Lucknow," Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on the sidelines of a function here. The launch date of the new train service was not disclosed.

New Delhi, Feb 19: At a time when Narendra Modi government is brainstorming over ways to make Indian Railways world class, but standards of the basic amenities and hygiene in the state-owned carrier has barely improved. In a shocking report,

A Venkateshwar, an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of 1979 batch, has bagged the coveted 'Distinguished Alumnus Award' of the National Academy of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Vadodara for the year 2014.

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Indian Railways Wednesday reported an increase of 4.64 percent in freight carried during April-January, 2015. During last month, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways increased by 13.96 percent and stood at Rs.10,023.71 crore from Rs.8,795.90 crore earned during the same period last year.