Limit of Free Luggage in Trains
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Rail- Coal Synergy Enables Record Movement of 344.5 Coal Rakes for Tiding over Crisis...
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60% of Total Passenger carrying coaches fitted with Bio-Toilets
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Record allocation of Rs. 2,62,200 Crore as Capex for FY 2024-25 for Railways in...
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Minister of Railways & Coal Shri Piyush Goyal Announces ‘Vande Bharat Express’
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Railway Projects
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Shri Piyush Goyal announces Extension of 22 Pairs of Train Services Running on Indian...
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Ministry of railways launched amrit bharat station scheme for development of stations
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Indian Railways announces timings of Fifteen pair of special trains (thirty trains)
Passenger services on Indian Railways shall be partially restored w.e.f. from 12th May 2020 in a graded manner
Ministry of Railways (MoR) in consultation with...
38,650 Km Length of Railway Electrification Achieved Since 2014 Till Oct, 2023
The present status of Railway Electrification as on 31.10.2023 is as under:
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STATE
Electrified BG RKM as on 31.10.2023
1
Uttar Pradesh
8,516
2
Madhya Pradesh
4,857
3
Odisha
2,849
4
Jharkhand
2,558
5
Telangana
1,923
6
Haryana
1,701
7
Chhattisgarh
1,199
8
Uttarakhand
347
9
J&K
298
10
Delhi
183
11
Himachal Pradesh
67
12
Puducherry
21
13
Chandigarh
16
14
Meghalaya
9
15
Bihar
3,625
16
Andhra Pradesh
3,841
17
Maharashtra
5,561
18
Tamil Nadu
3,659
19
West Bengal
3,771
20
Kerala
947
21
Gujarat
3,445
22
Rajasthan
4,988
23
Punjab
1,992
24
Karnataka
3,060
25
Goa
147
26
Assam
871
The Railway...
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