South Central Railway zone Current Affairs, GK & News
Long haul freight trains ‘Trishul’ and ‘Garuda’ operated at SCR
Railways successfully operated two long haul freight trains called “Trishul” and “Garuda” for the first time in South-Central Railway (SCR). Highlights These trains are twice or multiple times longer than normal composition of freight trains. They provides an effective solution for the problem of capacity constraints in critical sections. About Trishul Trishul is the first ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Freight Train ‘Trishul’ • Freight Train Garuda • Indian Railways • South Central Railway zone
International Level Crossing Awareness Day
International Level Crossing Awareness Day was observed by “South-Central Railway (SCR)” on June 10, 2021. Awareness programmes was conducted for public at level crossing gates. Highlights On the occasion, railway authorities took up operation to remove manned level crossings in phased manner by constructing Limited Height Subways (LHS), Road Under Bridges (RUBs) and Road Over ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Railways • International Level Crossing Awareness Day • Level Crossings • manned level crossings • South Central Railway • South Central Railway zone • South Coast Railway zone • Unmanned Level Crossings
MoU for Doorstep Banking signed between SCR and SBI
The South Central Railways (SCR) zone of the Indian Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and State Bank of India(SBI) for providing doorstep banking services in 585 Railway Stations of the South Central Railway Zone. According to the signed MoU, SBI will be providing direct pickup of cash facility from the 585 Railway ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Indian Railways • Memorandum of understanding • SBI • South Central Railway zone • State Bank of India
MoU between Railways and SBI for door step banking
On January 14, 2020, the South-Central Railways and SBI signed MoU to implement door step banking in 585 railway stations Highlights The MoU will enable direct pick up of cash from all the railway stations included in the MoU. Before the agreement, the earnings generated at the railway stations were manually sent to nearest banks ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Indian Railway • MOU • Rail Ticketing • Railway Modernisation • Railway Ticketings • SBI • South Central Railway • South Central Railway zone
Indian Railways will use Microsoft’s ‘Kaizala’ app to avail Healthcare facilities
Microsoft has unveiled ‘Kaizala’ which is an productivity app designed to enable large group communications and work management for the Indian market. Indian Railways will use this ‘Kaizala’ app which is managed by doctors from South Central Railways as a solution to connect employees throughout the country to facilitate with quality healthcare facilities. The app ..
Topics: Microsoft • South Central Railway zone
Southern Coast Railway to be headquartered at Visakhapatnam
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has recently announced a new railway zone of the Indian Railways, named as Southern Coast Railway (SCoR). This new 18th railway zone of the country will be headquartered at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The new zone will comprise the existing Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada divisions that currently fall under the ..
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Indian Railways • Piyush Goyal • Rail transport in India • South Central Railway zone • South Coast Railway zone • Transport in Andhra Pradesh