Year: 2015

Special train services to be run on the Indian Railways network for the month of March 2015 on the occasion of the festival of Holi and for the start of the summer vacation season have been announced. Most trains are run by Northern Railway NR connecting Delhi/Punjab with various parts…

After Indian Railways switched over to 25kV alternating current traction all over its network rendering DC traction and DC (and AC/DC) locomotives obsolete, AC electric locomotives are currently the reigning superstars of Indian Railways. They are the fastest and most powerful among all locomotives in India, hauling most of IR’s…

“Where (the hell) am I?” is not a question repeatedly asked by just puny humans contemplating their place in the vastness of the Universe, but as  frequently also among people traveling on Indian Railways. Consider this. You are traveling cross country by train on an unknown route. The landscape though…

The sad state of the Mumbai locals is well documented. With derailments, delays and cancelations almost every other day, the system is stretched beyond its limits and is in danger of breaking down completely. And now things have come to a head with people fed up of the system took to the…

South Eastern Railway is the second zone headquartered at Kolkata serving the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha and is one of the biggest freight loading zones in India in addition to running many prestigious express trains. Here are the details of the new timetable announced for the year 2014-15…