Palghar: A police team had to rush to the Jaipur-Bandra Express in Palghar district on Saturday morning after a passenger put out a message on social media about the presence on board of four “terrorists” in the guise of ‘sadhus’. A thorough check of the train was carried out jointly by the railway police and […]
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Kolkata: Restriction on plying of goods vehicles from Nov 23 due to Metro rail work
Kolkata: Goods vehicles will be prohibited from plying on the busy VIP Road from November 23 for four days a week till the construction work of the New Garia-Airport Metro corridor on the stretch is complete, an official notification said. The Rail Vikash Nigam Ltd had sought permission from the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate for traffic […]
Rudra, BMRCL’s tunnel boring machine, eases through last stretch
Bengaluru: Rudra, a BMRCL-operated tunnel boring machine (TBM), completed its final 718-metre tunnelling stretch from Lakkasandra to Langford Town Station in just 100 days as part of the Dairy Circle to Nagawara tunnel network. Earlier, Rudra had completed 613.2 metres between the South Ramp and Dairy Circle station and 746.2 metres between the Dairy Circle […]
MEMU special trains cancelled till Nov 20
Bengaluru: On account of redevelopment works at the Bengaluru Cantonment railway station, the South Western Railway (SWR) has temporarily cancelled five MEMU special trains connecting Devanahalli, Bengaluru city and the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) until November 20. SWR sources noted that the redevelopment included platform extension work. “This is under the larger station redevelopment programme. […]
PM Modi to perform puja in Shirdi, flag off Rs 7,500 cr worth of projects in Maharashtra
Mumbai: In what would be a sort of launch of the BJP’s 2024 poll campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and dedicate projects to the tune of Rs 7,500 crore after performing puja at the Shri Saibaba Samadhi temple in Shirdi in the Ahmednagar district. Modi is slated to launch the ‘Namo […]
Two coaches of Patalkot Express catch fire in Agra, 9 injured
Agra: Two coaches of Patalkot Express train caught fire in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least nine passengers injured, officials said. The train was heading to Seoni in Madhya Pradesh from Firozpur Cantonment in Punjab when the fire broke out in the third and fourth coaches from the engine around 3.45 […]
Railways to produce 600 push-pull locomotives with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore
New Delhi: The Indian Railways is planning to produce push-pull locomotives on a large scale with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore. Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi, the production unit of the railways, will manufacture 600 push-pull locomotives. The BLW will invite tenders shortly, an official in the railways said. The push-pull loco is fully […]
5 MEMU trains won’t run from October 26 to November 20
Bengaluru: The following trains will be cancelled from October 26 to November 20 in view of the ongoing redevelopment of the Bengaluru Cantonment railway station: Train number 06531/32 KSR Bengaluru-Devanahalli-KSR Bengaluru MEMU Special. Train number 06533/34 Devanahalli-Yelahanka-Kempegowda International Airport Halt. Train number 06535/36 Devanahalli-Bengaluru Cantonment-Devanahalli MEMU Special. Train number 06537/38 Devanahalli-Bengaluru Cantonment-Devanahalli MEMU Special.
Consumer court penalises IRCTC, booking officer at Bengaluru railway station for ordeal of elderly couple
Bengaluru: A consumer court in the city recently directed the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the chief booking officer at the KSR Bengaluru City railway station to jointly pay over Rs 62,000 to an aggrieved consumer for deficiency of service. Alok Kumar, a resident of Pattandur Agrahara, Whitefield, moved the Bangalore Urban […]
Western Railway’s suburban local train uncouples in Mumbai; none hurt
Mumba: A suburban train in Mumbai uncoupled on Sunday morning and no passenger was hurt in the incident, a Western Railway official said. A Borivali-bound slow train departed from Churchgate station and uncoupled at Marine Lines around 11.02 am, the Western Railway’s chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said. Three coaches from the rear end […]
‘Namo Bharat’ ridership expected to cross 10K-mark on inaugural day: NCRTC
Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh: Services on a priority section of India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor began on Saturday and the ridership is expected to cross the 10,000-mark on day one, a senior official of the NCRTC said. The much-anticipated commencement of commercial operations on the 17-km section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor began […]
Man enters into Delhi Metro tracks area at Barkahamba station, rescued
New Delhi: A man entered into the tracks of the Delhi Metro at the Barakhamba station here on Wednesday, following which he was rescued, DMRC officials said. The station is located on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro. The man received no injury in the incident, a senior official said. ‘He entered the metro […]