Railway exam preparation
Railway exam preparation
Fairy Queen, the oldest
functioning steam engine in the world, which finds a place in the
Guinness Book of World Records, got Heritage Award at the International
Tourist Bureau, Berlin in March, 2000. On operational front, Delhi Main
station entered the Guinness Book for having the world's largest route
relay interlocking system.
Social obligations and care for weaker sections
Senior citizens, students, disabled
persons etc. enjoy concessional benefits from Railways. New initiatives
in this area during the last three years include reduction of age limits
for special concession to senior women citizen from 65 to 60 years,
blind and mentally challenged persons can now travel in AC classes on
confessional rates. Free second class Monthly Season Tickets (MSTs) for
school going children upto tenth standard for travel between home and
school was also introduced.
Tie-Up with Foreign Railways
Indian Railways is in constant touch with
Railways across the world to bring in state-of-art facilities in its
system. Towards this, a Memorandum of Understanding was singed during
the Eighth Session of the Indo-Austria Joint Economic Commission held in
Vienna. This seeks to promote and deepen long-term
infrastructure-specific cooperation between Indian and Austrian Railways
to their mutual benefit.A three-day International Conference of Union
of Railways was organised by Indian Railways in New Delhi in which
hundreds of delegates from various industries and Railways around the
world participated.
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