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Revision of Fares with effect from 01-04-2009

The identification details are not required at the time of booking now .

The ID card will be required during journey.

One of the passenger booked on an e-ticket should have any of the five identity cards(Voter identity card/Passport/ Pan card/Driving license/Photo I/d card of Central/State Government issued to their employees) during train journey in original.


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Special train yeswanthpur to nagercoil

Special trains will be run between Yeshwantpur and Nagercoil to clear the extra rush during holidays.

Train 0651 Yeshwantpur-Nagercoil Special will leave Yeshwantpur at 9 pm on Dec 27, Jan 3, 10 and 17 and reach Nagercoil at 1 pm the next day. Train 0652 Nagercoil-Yeshwantpur Special will leave Nagercoil at 3 pm on Dec 28, Jan 4, 11 and 18 and reach Yeshwantpur at 8.25 am the next day. It will run from Yeshwantpur via Banaswadi, Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode, Karur, Dindigul Madurai, Virudnagar, Satur, Kovilpatti, Vanchimaniyachi, Tirunelveli and Vallyur to reach Nagercoil.

India's first bullet train

The ministry of railways has floated a global tender for conducting a pre-feasibility study for constructing two corridors at the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar”and Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad”sections of Indian Railways.

Railway officials said construction work for the project would take at least five years to complete.

Delhi-Bangalore-Delhi Train timings

New Delhi to Bangalore

 

Train No           :     2628

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA EXP

Departure        :    21:15

Arrival              :   13:40

Runs on            :    M T W TH F S SU

New Delhi to Bangalore

Train No          :     2650

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA SAMPARK KRANTHI EXP

Departure        :    06:45

Arrival              :   19:00

Runs on            :    M T- TH - S SU

Bangalore to New Delhi

 

Train No          :     2627

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA EXP

Departure        :    19:20

Arrival              :   10:35

Runs on            :    M T W TH F S SU

Bangalore to New Delhi

Train No          :     2649

Train Name     :    KARNATAKA SAMPARK KRANTHI EXP

Departure        :    22:20

Arrival              :   09:20

Runs on            :    M - W - F S SU

Please check train timing before the journey.

Train timings are subject to change without prior notice.

Indian Railways Tender

Readers are requested to visit the following websites for Railways related tender informations.

Indian Railways Tender Website

All India Tender News

Abhinav Bindra - Indian Shooter

India's first ever individual Olympic gold medallist Shooter Abhinav Bindra's gold medal winning performance in the Beijing Olympics has got him free rail travel by air-conditioned first class for the rest of his life.

Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday announced a free lifetime train travel pass for him which is valid for first class AC travel by all the trains including Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains.

Indian Rail System

Indian Railways are the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second largest under one management. Indian Railways is a multi-gauge, multi-traction system covering over 1 lakh track kilometres,3800 yards, 2400 goodsheds and 750 repair shops. Its has got around 8500 locomotives, 40,000 coaching vehicles and 3.6 lakh freight wagons.

The work force is approx. 22 lakhs and it runs some 11,500 trains everyday, including 7,200 passenger trains.Freight traffic on Indian Railways has registered an impressive growth in the last four decades.