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The Railways Act, 1989 is an Act of the Parliament of India which regulates all aspects of rail transport. The Act came into force in 1989, replacing the Railways Act of 1890. The Act came into force in 1989, replacing the Railways Act of 1890.
The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) designs, develops, implements and maintains most of the important information systems of Indian Railways. It is under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Railways. It is located in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. CRIS was established in 1986.
A 1975 Batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, Shri Vinay Mittal, was the chairman, Railway Board (CRB) and ex officio principal secretary to the Government of India till 30 June 2013. During his long career spanning 38 years, Shri Mittal held various key positions in the Indian Railways.
Construction of one kilometer of high speed railway track will cost ₹ 1 billion (US$12 million) – ₹ 1.4 billion (US$16 million), which is 10–14 times higher than the construction of standard railway. [121] Indian government approved the choice of Japan to build India's first high-speed railway.
The Indian Railways website went online in February 2000 and online ticketing was introduced on 3 August 2002 through IRCTC. [62] Indian Railways now provides multiple channels for passengers to book tickets through website, smartphone apps, SMS, rail reservation counters at train stations, or through private ticket booking counters. Reserved ...
The Passenger Amenities Committee (PAC) is a statutory Organization body under the Ministry of Railways (India), Government of India. [1] It is tasked with grievances of passengers for the ease of railway transport in India. PAC is considered to be one of the classical organizational network for smooth functioning of railways in India.
The model followed in setting up the service was the Central Secretariat Service which had been re-organised under the Central Secretariat (Re-organisation and re-inforcement) Scheme, framed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, with a view to strengthen the secretariat structure of other Ministries of Government of India. The Railway Board ...
The Tatkal Scheme is a ticketing program established by Indian Railways. The scheme is used for booking journeys at very short notice. The Indian Railways introduced it in all forms of reserved classes on almost all trains in India. It was introduced in 1997, when Nitish Kumar was the Railway Minister of India. [1] Bookings can be made online ...