Railway Fare Revision 2020

The Indian Railway has revised its fare for passengers traveling from ordinary non-AC classes to AC classes from 1st January 2020 onwards. The date of fare increase 1st January 2020 will be taken as a booking date, all passengers who have brought tickets before 1st January 2020 irrespective of their travel dates would not be ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Duronto Express • Gatimaan Express • Indian Railway • Railway Fare Revision • Rajdhani Express • Shatabdi Express • Tejas • Vande Bharat Express • Yuva Express

Vande Bharat Express completes trial run from New Delhi to Katra

The Northern Railway zone of Indian Railway successfully conducted trial run of Vande Bharat Express, known to be India’s fastest train. The trial run was conducted from New Delhi to Katra small town in Jammu and Kashmir. About Vande Bharat Express It is also known as Train 18. It can run at a speed of ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Runs • India's fastest train • Integral Coach Factory • New Delhi-Katra • Train -18 • Trial Run • Vande Bharat Express

Update: Train 18 to serve more destinations

Train 18 will ply more routes and serve more destinations. Central Railway’s First Train 18 will shuttle between Mumbai and Shirdi. Mumbai and Shirdi are located at a distance of 291 kilometers and current trains take over 9 hours to complete the journey. The new Train 18 will reduce the travel time to just 3 ..

Topics: Indian Railways • Make in India • Public transport • Science • Train -18 • Vande Bharat Express

“Vande Bharat Express flagged off by PM Modi

India’s first engine-less Semi-High Speed Train (SHST), “Vande Bharat Express” has been flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route train from the New Delhi Railway Station on 15th February 2019. Vande Bharat Express can run up to a maximum speed of 160 kmph and has travel classes like Shatabdi Train but ..

Topics: Express trains in India • Higher-speed rail • Indian Railways • Rail transport • Shatabdi Express • Transport in Delhi • Vande Bharat Express

Vande Bharat Express

India’s fastest indigenous train, Train 18 named as Vande Bharat Express will ply between Delhi and Varanasi. Train 18 is an indigenously developed world-class train under Make in India. The 16-coach train has been built completely in India by Indian engineers in a span of 18 months at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. Features of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Topics: Chennai • Delhi • Integral Coach Factory • Kanpur • Make in India • prayagraj • Shatabdi Express • Train -18 • Vande Bharat Express • Varanasi