Month: July 2014

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Special Trains for August 2014 – Indian Railways

Various zones of the Indian Railways will run the following Special trains in the month of August 2014. Most of these trains are trial runs of new trains announced in the previous three budgets which will be introduced as regular trains in the new all-India Timetable from September 01 2014.…

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History and Heritage

How Indian Railways fell behind the rest of the World

Southern Railway’s Salem – Erode section, part of the Jolarpettai – Coimbatore mainline is a relatively straight line resting on particularly solid terrain and is one of South India’s “highest speed” stretches. It was built by the British Great Southern of India Railway company (GSIR) in 1861 and has since…

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Ganapati Special Trains 2014 – Central Railway

NOTE: These are Ganpati Special Trains for 2015. FOR Ganpati Festival Special Trains for this year 2016 CLICK HERE PLEASE NOTE: Due to a derailment accident, all trains on the Konkan Railway Route are running late by many hours and many trains are being diverted. Please confirm current running status…

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Railway Budget, Fares etc

Portrait of the Full Indian Railway Budget 2014 -15

Hon. Railway Minister Shri DV Sadananda Gowda has presented his maiden Railway Budget in the Loksabha on the 8th of June 2014. For the first time in many years the budget has some radically different suggestions though these have been in the pipeline for a long time. The focus of…

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Know How & Facts

Why Are Indian Railways Trains So Slow?

Indian Railways trains seem to be slow not because their absolute (top) speeds are low but because of inadequate infrastructure to run trains.

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