With the spread of COVID-19 continuing unabated, new technologies have been adopted in virtually all sectors to minimise risk of close human contact. However, a Railway ticket examiner has to physically examine tickets and mobile […]
The Central Railways’ Mumbai division is planning Covid-19 Kiosk, an automatic vending machine for triple ply masks, hand sanitizers and gloves at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Dadar and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus stations. “This is in […]
Indian Railways has taken numerous steps and measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus infection. Sustaining the ruthless fight against COVID-19, Indian Railways’ production unit, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has developed a Post Covid […]
RailTel has issued a fresh tender for thermal cameras meant for ‘Covid surveillance’ changing the specifications that favoured Chinese Company. It has also made it mandatory for firms to list the Country of Origin of […]
The Indian Railways’ air-conditioned trains will now have operation theatre-like fresh air pumped into its coaches, replacing the circulated air which raises the chances of spread of infections, officials have said. The experiment, started with […]
The backend warriors of Indian Railways have fully availed the opportunity provided by suspension of passenger services due to pandemic of COVID 19 to successfully executed more than 200 long pending maintenance works including yard […]
The trend of migrants returning by special trains from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states with high migrant population is encouraging, railway board chairman said yesterday (Friday, 26th June 2020) adding that it is a […]
Indian Railways is gearing up to install AI-based ‘Covid surveillance’ cameras that detect body temperatures of individuals and whether a person is wearing a mask. Railways, has called for tenders to purchase the systems for […]
In order to augment the capability against COVID-19, Indian Railways has converted 5231 non air-conditioned coaches into isolation coaches, at the level of COVID Care Center (CCC) as per the ‘Guidance Documentation Appropriate Management of […]
To avoid direct contact between ticket checking staff and passengers, Indian Railway has initiated installation of a high-tech Automated Ticket Checking and Managing Access (ATMA) system on its various zones. The system will allow the […]
