East Coast Railway has recorded a growth in freight movement compared to the previous year besides being the “lone zone” in Indian Railways to register a positive growth in passenger traffic. From April to September of the current fiscal, the…
Bhubaneswar Railway Station to have WiFi by Jan 2016 by Google
Bhubaneswar railway station to go WiFi from January 2016. Work on deployment of the Wi-Fi network has already commenced and will provide high-speed internet connectivity to the passengers. The facility would be extended to 28 railway stations under ECoR in…
Bhubaneswar Railway Station now has Battery Operated Vehicle for Physcially Challenged
To assist elderly and physically challenged passengers, East Coast Railway introduced a battery operated four wheeler from the platform in Bhubaneswar Railway station. The facility will be available in platform number one of Bhubaneswar railway station here. The elderly and physically challanged persons…
Joint venture between Indian Railways and Odisha Govt to bring Train Connectivity to 7 districts
Seven districts in Odisha which do not have train services will be now get rail connectivity. A MoU in this regard has been signed between the Rail ministry and the Odisha government today at New Delhi. The MoU has been…
Indian Railways plans ambitious ramp up of infrastructure in Odisha of Rs 7580 crore
The Indian Railways has circulated a cabinet note to ramp up four rail corridors at a cost of Rs 7,580 crore in resource-rich Odisha to ferry raw minerals like iron ore, bauxite and coal from pit heads to plants. With…
Bhubaneswar Railway Station now has eCatering Service of Indian Railways
The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a pilot project of a ‘station-based e-catering’ service allowing passengers to order meals as per their choice, which will be delivered at stations from popular private caterers. In the first…
New Bhubaneswar Satelite Railway Station to be ready by March
New Bhubaneswar satelite railway station to open in March 2016. It is supposed to have 7 platforms. All south going Trains from bhubaneswar will start from here. This railway station is being constructed in between Barang and Mancheswar. While Bhubaneswar main railway station…
New Bhubaneswar Satelite Railway Station Construction in Full Flow
Indian railway authorities are developing the new station between Mancheswar and Barang as a satellite of the existing station in the city. The new terminal 13km from the main station, is being developed to take load off the city station in…
Digital India : Bhubaneswar and Puri part of first WiFi deployment by Google
Working with Indian Railways, which operates one of the world’s largest railway networks, and RailTel, which provides Internet services as RailWire via its extensive fiber network along many of these railway lines, Google Access & Energy team plans to bring the…
Bhubaneswar and Puri to have executive Lounges at Railway stations similar to airport
Economic times writes IRCTC has floated tenders for setting up its executive lounge at 19 stations that will provide airport lounge-like facilities to train passengers at an affordable rate. “The swanky executive lounges, which will be a state-of- the-art facility,…