All About Indian Railways

Locomotives can run under their own power or can run drawing power from elsewhere, converting fuel into pure kinetic energy that you can feel just by looking at it. And…

Someone has said that the steam locomotive is the closest to a living thing among all that Man has ever created, yet. But I take it further saying that the…

The Konkan Railway is an epic undertaking unparalleled in the history of India, undoubtedly the most expansive and biggest infrastructure project the country has undertaken (and completed) since independence. The…

The state of Kerala occupies a significant position on the Indian Railway map with 1050 route kilometers and 1588 km of total track. The Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad divisions of the…

Dinesh Trivedi’s Railway Budget was daring. Mainly because he dared to try to save the Railways by increasing fares, which did not go down well with his boss who believes…

If there is anything else as complex, vast, deep, huge, humongous, intricate, perplexing, confusing and complicated as the Indian Railways, that would be the mind of a woman. Sure, the…

IRCTC has finally launched a website designed for mobile phones where people can book railway tickets (yes, including Tatkal tickets)  for Indian Railways‘ trains from their internet-connected mobile phones, using…

[UPDATE: Unfortunately, Inexplicably, Sadly, they have shelved this awesomeness of Railyatri Railradar Maps and replaced it with a bland, utilitarian and boring interface with no map. This is so sad.…