Railways has for the first time introduced a system of biometric identification to guarantee seats in general class unreserved coaches on a first come first serve basis. Passengers will have to get their fingerprints scanned at the biometric machine, after which a token will be generated in line with the number of seats which will help them to easily board the compartments without any hassle.

Railways is preventing people from crossing the tracks by greasing the fences that separate the tracks at railway platforms. No trespassing deaths have been reported at Dadar station since mid-February 2019 which used to rank second-highest among all Central Railway stations in terms of trespassing.

All the passengers of Mahalaxmi Express have been safely evacuated by Railways nearly 17 hours after the train was stranded due to flooding on the tracks following heavy rains near Vangani in Thane district of Maharashtra

Railways addresses the severe water shortage issue in Pali of Rajasthan and flagged off the first train carrying 1.5 million litres of water to Pali from Bhagat ki Kothi station in Jodhpur on July 25th 2019.