New Delhi: Days after the Centre announced the guidelines for Unlock 4, the Indian Railways said that it is planning to run more special trains and the state governments are being consulted on this. A senior Railway Ministry official said, “The Indian Railways is in consultation with the state governments.” According to railway ministry sources, […]
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Don’t allow Chinese firms in Train 18 project: CAIT
New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders on Saturday urged the Centre not to allow Chinese firm’s participation in the global tender for semi-high speed indigenous train project of Indian Railway. The development comes as a part of its “boycott Chinese” products and services campaign in the light of growing border tensions between the […]
Big relief to train passengers as Tatkal ticket bookings resume
New Delhi: In a big relief to train passengers, the Indian Railways has resumed bookings of Tatkal tickets for all 230 special trains from June 29, a service that was stopped in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Railways had suspended passenger, mail and express trains during the nationwide lockdown from March 25. […]
RPF constable runs along moving train to give milk for infant
New Delhi: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel showed the human face of the force, as he went beyond his duty to arrange milk for a four-month-old infant travelling in the Belgaum-Gorakhpur Shramik Special train, officials said on Thursday. A railway ministry official here said that on May 31 at 8.45 p.m. a Shramik Special […]
Railways to run two trains from Bengaluru to meet military needs
New Delhi: Amid countrywide lockdown against COVID-19, Indian Railways has decided to start two special trains for military to meet operational requirements of Indian Army at northern and eastern borders, the force said on Thursday. The Indian Army is also coordinating with the Railway Ministry for plying for additional trains for military purpose in coming […]
J&K: Trains to resume in remaining sections from Nov 18
New Delhi: Train services will resume in the remaining sections from Banihal to Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir from Monday. Firozpur Division will commence a limited passenger service of running three pair of trains between Banihal-Baramulla-Banihal on November 18. After appropriate action and assurance by Government Railway Police (GRP) on safe operation of train in Kashmir […]
Mentally unstable man throws toddler out of running train in UP
Ayodhya: A mentally unstable man snatched a seven-month old toddler from his mother onboard the Delhi-Farakka Express and threw him out of the running train near the Gosainganj railway station here. Following the incident on Wednesday, passengers thrashed the man and handed him over to the police. A search was launched to locate the toddler […]
Kolkata Metro passenger dies as train starts moving with his hand stuck between doors
Kolkata: A passenger on the Kolkata Metro railway died a horrific death on Saturday after the train started moving with his hand stuck between the doors and his body hanging outside. The victim Sajal Kanjilal – a resident of South Kolkata’s Kasba area – was taken to state-run SSKM hospital where he was declared dead. […]
Jet staff forced to sell sports bike, take train
New Delhi: Grounded Jet Airways employees’ hardships and financial woes are growing by the day. If it is any measure of worsening finances of the staffers, a highly paid pilot is ready to sell off his expensive racing bike to meet the obligations. Technical personnel transferred to other cities and rostered for duty are being […]
2-km train chugs on track in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has conducted an experiment of running a 2-km-long train in Odisha, said an official release here on Monday. The experiment was aimed at reducing manpower and raising economic path utilisation, ECoR statement said. The train, comprising 147 wagons, three brake/guard vans and four engines, was planned between Godbhaga […]