Thursday 30 November 2023

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Infrastructure | Railways

IRCTC to run luxury trains to Shirdi, Goa, Tirupati

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will soon operate ‘Three Star’ luxury trains from Secunderabad to Shirdi, Goa and Tirupati with the basic tariff structure of normal bus fares. READ

LIC loans out Rs 250 Cr to Konkan Railway to expand and upgrade

Konkan Railway Corporation got a major boost with Life Insurance Corporation purchasing bonds of Rs 250 crore that would be spent for expansion and upgradation of the railway route. READ

Listen to live music at Madgao, India’s 1st Rly station in Goa!

Would you love to listen to live Goan music while waiting for your train to arrive? READ

Vasco railway station to be beautified

Vasco railway station will be beautified, considering it to be one of the pilgrimage centres of India. READ

Automatic doors, baby-sitting, entertainment screens: Rly budget highlights

In Suresh Prabhu's rail budget speech, read at bullet-train speed on Thursday morning, customer comfort and satisfaction were high-density keywords. READ

Special train from Kerala to Mumbai on 2-3 Jan

Konkan Railway will run a special train – one each - from Kerala to Mumbai and vice versa on 2 and 3 January for the travellers to be back after celebrating New Year. READ

For Goa, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is a real 'prabhu'

Suresh Prabhu may well be India's railways minister, but for Goa, in Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar's words, he is nothing short of a 'prabhu' (lord) himself, especially vis-a-vis the quantum of projects sanctioned by him ... READ

Goa-Mumbai double decker starts; 960 capacity, Fare Rs 835/-

A double decker train from Goa to Mumbai was flagged off today afternoon with around 400 passengers. READ

At last, Goa-Mumbai double decker train from Sun, thrice a week

Konkan Railway and Central Railway lwil run a double-decker service between Kurla LTT and Madgoan in Goa from Sunday. READ

Goa-Delhi Rajdhani to be flagged off on 15 Nov

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will flag off Goa Rajdhani on November 15 from Madgaon, fulfilling a long standing demand from the state. READ