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Heritage railway station buildings to get make-over

February 27, 2021894 Views

With a view to renovating its station buildings to enhance their heritage value, the Bengaluru division of the South Western Railway (SWR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a non-profit organisation. The Railway officials signed the MoU with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACT) on Thursday, the SWR said in a press statement. Four old station buildings on KSR Bengaluru- Chikkaballapur-Kolar railwayline, Devanahalli, Doddajala, Avathihalli and Nandi Halt would be restored and preserved, the SWR said in a statement. Besides, the stations in Rajanukunte, Oorgaum, Champion and Chintamani are to be developed as heritage railway stations, the statement said. "The MoU seeks to restore and preserve heritage railway stations at Doddajala, De...

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Train services resume in Kashmir Valley after 11 months

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February 22, 2021445 Views

Train services resumed in the Kashmir Valley on Monday after remaining suspended for around 11 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Train services have been resumed partially between Baramulla and Banihal. "A dry run of 137 km was carried out on Sunday between Baramulla and Banihal," an official of the Northern Railways said. "In the partial resumption of operations, the service will have two runs daily between Banihal and Baramulla," the official said. The train service from Banihal in the Jammu division to Baramulla in Kashmir division has 17 stations in between. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",n=e.fwn=function(){ n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments) },e._fwn||(e._fwn=n),n.queue=[],!t.getElementById(a))){var d=...

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Railofy raises 70 million Rs, aims to solve the waitlist problem in railways

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September 3, 2020754 Views

Railofy, India’s first-ever WL & RAC protection, has announced that it has raised INR 70 Million in seed round from Chiratae Ventures to solve the Waitlist problem in India that affects 300M+ railway passenger trips annually. With WL & RAC protection, railway passengers get flight close to train prices to their destination if their train ticket is not confirmed after chart preparation. For shorter distances, Railofy provides buses at nominal prices if train ticket is not confirmed after chart preparation. This ensures that passengers reach their destination conveniently, in time and at the lowest possible price, ultimately introducing predictability into the overall travel experience. Railofy started trials in January 2020 on select trains originating from Mumbai. In just 1...