Railway Budget 2024: Top 5 Indian Railways focus points for FM Sitharaman - safety, new trains, record capex & more

The Indian Railways will introduce a '14 minute clean-up' concept for Vande Bharat trains from October 1, inspired by Japan's bullet train model. The aim is to improve punctuality and turnaround time. The initiative will start with the Vande Bharat trains, with a total of four staff deployed in every coach to clean it within 14 minutes. This is a significant improvement compared to the usual three-hour cleaning time. Over 200,000 people participated in a cleanliness drive campaign launched by Indian Railways ahead of the launch. | Latest News India

India Business News: Vande Bharat Express: Indian Railways may soon launch a new Vande Bharat train between Delhi and Jaipur. NWR zone has issued a circular anticipating t

India Business News: Indian Railways is now rolling out world-class Vande Bharat train sets with features superior to these premium trains like Shatabdi Express and Rajdha

India Business News: Modi 3.0 agenda for Indian Railways: While focusing on safety, introduction of more passenger trains and enhancing capacity to ultimately eliminate wa

Budget News: Railway Budget 2024 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2024 speech announced that Indian Railways will develop thre

New trains 2024: Indian Railways is looking to roll out many new types of trains for passenger comfort - from Vande Bharat sleeper with better features than Rajdhani Express to Vande Metro and even more Amrit Bharat trains. The aim of the new Indian Railways trains is to offer safer and more comfortable travel options to rail passengers - from short distance to long distance overnight travel and better comforts for the common man. We take a look at the new Indian Railways trains that passengers can look forward to in 2024 and their special features:

The Indian Railways turns 170 on April 16. The railways are as much at a crossroads today as the rest of India, reconciling the trials and tribulations of the past with a future reckoning. Perhaps the most striking symbols of Indian Railways in the current zeitgeist are the talismanic Vande Bharat Express trains. Much of this modernisation contributes to passenger comfort, but sometimes it also leads to a spectacularly short-sighted loss of beauty and cultural heritage. In cities across India, colonial-era station buildings, many of which are a syncretic mix of local culture and European styles — such as Kacheguda in Hyderabad and Egmore in Chennai — are set for modernisation that will almost certainly produce drab, mall-like monoliths. The modernisation of railway facilities is a necessary imperative but one that has created debate for decades. Determined to document for posterity the glory of our railways, and also highlight their modern-day progress, a new crop of travellers and influencers has jumped on the social travel bandwagon. The social travel phenomenon is reflective of a much larger reality: Indian trains have been, and always will be, inextricably linked with the lived realities of people. But who should the massive organisation really cater to? Perhaps they are for the business and luxury traveller, who with the proliferation of affordable air travel is taking more often and more naturally to the skies? Or perhaps the rail network should serve the itinerant migrant populations that move between parts of the country seasonally. The railways were witness, via the Shramik Special trains, to millions of migrant workers making their way back home by any means possible during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Or are Indian trains for the enthusiasts and rail fans who seek an appropriate preservation of the past while awaiting the future with a combination of excitement and trepidation?

Following the launch of Vande Bharat trains in 2019, this Delhi-Jaipur train will be the 11th route on the Indian Railways network. | Latest News India

The BHEL-led consortium has been awarded an order for 80 Vande Bharat trains in the mega tender of the Indian Railways, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

India Business News: Vande Bharat is a semi-high speed train service capable of hitting speeds of up to 160 kmph. However, Indian Railways has not been able to operate the