Mail And Express Trains

Seven loaded wagons of a goods train derailed between Kasara, more than 100 kilometres from Mumbai, and TGR-3 station on the Central Railway network on Sunday, an official said.

Under pressure from passengers over hike in fares, the Railways on Friday issued an order to discontinue the ''special'' tag for mail and express trains and revert to pre-pandemic ticket prices with immediate effect.

The Railways has drawn up a tentative plan to restore 17 mail and express trains for the Punjab region from November 24, the national transporter said on Sunday.

The Railways has cancelled all tickets for regular passenger trains, including mail, express and suburban services, for journeys booked up to June 30, and a full refund will be given to all passengers

The Railway Board on Wednesday issued an order introducing the provision of waiting list starting May 22 for journeys not only on its presently operational special trains but also on all its forthcoming services, indicating that mail, express and chair car services may resume soon.

The Railway Ministry on Friday rolled back its decision to replace services of Garib Rath in Kathgodam-Jammu and Kathgodam-Kanpur route by mail or express trains, and the services of the low-cost no-frills AC train will be resumed from August 4, officials said.

The railways said 10 mail/express trains and 27 passenger trains were cancelled.

East Central Railway, has asked the divisions to ensure that the trains run on time and it be given the same priority as super fast/ mail / express trains.

In a strong rebuke to the railways' flexi-fare system, the CAG has warned the scheme could "force" passengers to opt for airlines, noting that the national transporter had already lost its premium train patronage to other mail and express trains.

The dark blue coaches of Indian Railways will be a thing of the past now as the public transporter would be repainting all Mail/Express trains in a new colour scheme - beige and brown.

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) offers food items and packaged drinking water at stations as well as Indian Railways trains. These catering services include standard tea, tea with tea bag, coffee, packaged drinking water, economy meal, standard breakfast and standard casserole meals, as mentioned on the official website of I...

Indian Railways is expanding capacity on select trains to provide more accommodation to passengers. As part of the changes, the carrier has decided to operate Mail and Express series of trains (those introduced after 2007-08) with at least six general class coaches each in their standard composition. The move is subject to operational feasibility, ...

Now, differently-abled passengers will not face any problem in getting a lower berth in Third AC coaches as the Indian Railways has fixed quota for them in 3AC of mail and express trains to make the journey hassle- free.

Waitlisted passengers can travel in premier trains like Rajdhani or Shatabdi if they have booked tickets in other mail or express trains for the same destination.

A number of mail and express trains of Eastern Railway were diverted through different routes today owing to derailment of 15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express near Rura station in Kanpur-Tundla section.

Seven loaded wagons of a goods train derailed between Kasara, more than 100 kilometres from Mumbai, and TGR-3 station on the Central Railway network on Sunday, an official said.

Under pressure from passengers over hike in fares, the Railways on Friday issued an order to discontinue the ''special'' tag for mail and express trains and revert to pre-pandemic ticket prices with immediate effect.

The Railways has drawn up a tentative plan to restore 17 mail and express trains for the Punjab region from November 24, the national transporter said on Sunday.

The Railways has cancelled all tickets for regular passenger trains, including mail, express and suburban services, for journeys booked up to June 30, and a full refund will be given to all passengers

The Railway Board on Wednesday issued an order introducing the provision of waiting list starting May 22 for journeys not only on its presently operational special trains but also on all its forthcoming services, indicating that mail, express and chair car services may resume soon.

The Railway Ministry on Friday rolled back its decision to replace services of Garib Rath in Kathgodam-Jammu and Kathgodam-Kanpur route by mail or express trains, and the services of the low-cost no-frills AC train will be resumed from August 4, officials said.

The railways said 10 mail/express trains and 27 passenger trains were cancelled.

East Central Railway, has asked the divisions to ensure that the trains run on time and it be given the same priority as super fast/ mail / express trains.

In a strong rebuke to the railways' flexi-fare system, the CAG has warned the scheme could "force" passengers to opt for airlines, noting that the national transporter had already lost its premium train patronage to other mail and express trains.

The dark blue coaches of Indian Railways will be a thing of the past now as the public transporter would be repainting all Mail/Express trains in a new colour scheme - beige and brown.

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) offers food items and packaged drinking water at stations as well as Indian Railways trains. These catering services include standard tea, tea with tea bag, coffee, packaged drinking water, economy meal, standard breakfast and standard casserole meals, as mentioned on the official website of I...

Indian Railways is expanding capacity on select trains to provide more accommodation to passengers. As part of the changes, the carrier has decided to operate Mail and Express series of trains (those introduced after 2007-08) with at least six general class coaches each in their standard composition. The move is subject to operational feasibility, ...

Now, differently-abled passengers will not face any problem in getting a lower berth in Third AC coaches as the Indian Railways has fixed quota for them in 3AC of mail and express trains to make the journey hassle- free.

Waitlisted passengers can travel in premier trains like Rajdhani or Shatabdi if they have booked tickets in other mail or express trains for the same destination.

A number of mail and express trains of Eastern Railway were diverted through different routes today owing to derailment of 15 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express near Rura station in Kanpur-Tundla section.