The most luxurious train in the world

By Mark Ellwood, AJOT.com; March 28 2019 At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make…

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India: Despite checks, roosters still transported in passenger coaches

By Jose K. Joseph, Express News Service, The New Indian Express; March 18, 2019 TIRUCHY: With several passengers continuing to transport…

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India: Railway clerk put off duty for piloting train

From TNN, The Times of India; February 4, 2019 SURAT: The railway booking clerk facing inquiry after his vi .. Click…

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Analysis – Batteries possibly included: the train engine innovations taking on diesel

By Ross Davies, Railway Technology; January 31, 2019 Are diesel trains really set to become a thing of the past?…

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India: Snake bites passenger on board Sangam Express

By TNN, The Times of India; October 1, 2018 KANPUR: A passenger on board the Meerut-bound Sangam Express .. Click here…

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India: 2 held for drugging train passengers and looting them

From TNN, The Times of India; September 12, 2018 MUMBAI: Two men have been arrested from Bengal in connection .. Click…

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India: In Bengal, another train stops for elephants

By Rahul Karmakar Guwahati, The Hindu; September 8, 2018 Stopping a train to let elephants take their time to cross…

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India: Alert helps train save jumbos in nick of time

By a Correspondent, The Telegraph India; August 27, 2018 Alipurduar: The Northeast Frontier Railway on Sunday tweeted video footage, showing…

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Train at 110kmph kills three elephants in India

By A Correspondent, The Telegraph India; August 8, 2018 Jamshedpur: An express train travelling at 110kmph hit three elephants in…

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India: Soon, you can do on-board shopping in express trains

From The Economic Times; July 17, 2018 Soon you would be able to do shopping in express trains. The Indian…

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Two More Elephants Killed by Speeding Trains in India

By Lori Bell, Lady Freethinker; July 12, 2018 Despite efforts to reduce elephants dying in train crashes in India, negligent,…

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Rail fine dining in Europe: the best and worst in on-board catering

By Eva Grey, Railway Technology; July 11, 2018 For train operators, on-board food catering is often a tough call: do…

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India: Train with 22 coaches travels 2km without engine

By Lata Rani, Correspondent, Gulf News India; July 1, 2018 Patna: Hundreds of passengers aboard an express train in Bihar…

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India: Gangster held for looting train passengers

By TNN, The Times of India; June 30, 2018 GHAZIABAD: The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday arrested a criminal…

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Passengers in India hold up train for an hour; get toilets cleaned

By Jaskaran Singh, TNN, The Times of India; June 27, 2018 AMBALA: The stink from train toilets forced the air-conditioned…

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India: Can Bees Help Save Elephants From Train Strikes?

By Mary-Rose Abraham, National Geographic; June 20, 2018 Bengaluru, IndiaConservation scientist Aritra Kshettry had just begun his fieldwork studying the…

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India: After Reports Of Toilet Water Being Used, IRCTC To Livestream Trains’ Kitchens For Passengers

By Sanjay Dutta and Mahendra K Singh, India Times; June 13, 2018 The railways has decided to live-stream footage of…

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India: No more poor quality food on trains! IRCTC’s new software solution is good news for passengers; how it works

By Smriti Jain, Financial Express; May 7, 2018 Hygiene standards on Indian Railways trains – be it of food or…

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What Railways in India hope to learn from German rail

By Avishek G Dastidar, The Indian Express; May 4, 2018 In June, Indian Railways probationers will head to Berlin to…

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India: Passenger caught railway staff using toilet water to make ‘chai’, contractor penalized

By Sriparna Ghosh, International Business Times; May 3, 2018 People traveling in the Indian Railways often prefer home cooked food rather…

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A runaway train carrying 1,000 passengers traveled for miles in India

By Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post; April 9, 2018 It was a scene right out of “Speed”: an out-of-control train traveling…

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India: Robbers Loot Passengers Ambala-Bound Train After It Leaves Nizamuddin Station

By Press Trust of India, NDTV; March 30, 2018 New Delhi:  Four armed robbers looted valuables from passengers of an…

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54,000 coaches later, an Indian train factory is hitting reset for the high-speed age

By Sushma U N, Quartz India; March 7, 2018 Upon entering the premises of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in…

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This dog waits for the same train every day but no-one ever comes

By Lisa Bowman, Metro.co.uk; February 26, 2018 A lonely dog has caused quite a stir in India after commuters started…

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India: Five elephants killed due to train-hit in Assam

From A Correspondent Report, The Shillong Times; February 11, 2018 GUWAHATI: At least five wild elephants were killed after they…

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