Mumbai: A visually impaired beggar woman died after she fell into the gap between two bogies of a suburban train and was run over by it at Sewree station in Mumbai, police said. The incident took place at around 4.30 pm on Wednesday after the woman and her husband, both visually impaired, got down at […]
Category: Railways
Vande Bharat trains in Kashmir soon: Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
New Delhi: Vande Bharat services are expected to be introduced in Srinagar within this financial year after the Jammu-Srinagar line becomes functional, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Thursday. He said the semi-high speed train will also serve the people of Tripura once the railway line to the northeastern state gets electrified. The government […]
Bomb hoax on Gaya-Patna Express
Patna: A hoax call claiming that a bomb was planted on the 03338 Gaya-Patna Memu Express Special train sent security officials at the Patna Junction railway station into a tizzy on Thursday. Security was beefed up at the Patna railway station in view of the call made to Jehanabad (Rail) SHO around 11.30 am. “All […]
New RRTS trains to be known as ‘Namo Bharat’
New Delhi: Trains of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, will be known as ‘Namo Bharat’, official sources said. The 17-km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is slated to be opened for passengers on October 21, a day after its inauguration. This section […]
Namma Metro paper tickets in all stations for World Cup matches
Bengaluru: With Bengaluru set to host five matches during the ICC World Cup, Namma Metro will issue return journey paper tickets to help cricket fans reach the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Located in the heart of the city, the stadium will host matches on October 20 and 26, and on November 4, 9 and 12. Bangalore […]
BDA begins work on railway underbridge at Challaghatta
The BDA has started preliminary work to build the railway underbridge (RuB) at Challaghatta, a vital link between Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout and Mysuru Road. The proposed underbridge will connect the tunnel road that the metro is building right below the depot. The RuB is part of the new 10.7-km major arterial road (MAR) slated to […]
Mumbai local trains delayed due to foggy weather
Thane: Local trains were delayed by 15 minutes beyond Kalyan in Mumbai suburban network due to foggy weather on Wednesday morning, a railway official said. The foggy weather was reported between Vashind and Titwala (in Thane district adjoining Mumbai) from 6.30 am to 9 am and between Karjat (in Raigad district) and Badlapur (Thane) from […]
Banana-selling fundraiser to help those hit by Kerala’s SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project
Thiruvananthapuram: Plantains planted by agitators as part of protest against the proposed SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project in Kerala are turning out to be a fundraiser to help those hit by the project. As part of the stir against the rail project, the anti-rail action council had planted plantain trees across the state on last World […]
Railways approves first passenger train to President Murmu’s native place in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district got three of the four pairs of trains that were recently approved by the Indian Railways in the South Eastern Railway jurisdiction, officials said on Wednesday. The new trains are Kolkata (Shalimar)-Badampahar-Kolkata (Shalimar) Weekly Express, Badampahar-Rourkela-Badampahar Weekly Express, Rourkela-Tatanagar-Rourkela (6 days a week) and Tatanagar- Badampahar-Tatanagar (6 days a week). […]
Now get pre-ordered meals from Zomato when travelling with IRCTC
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) has partnered with Zomato and is offering a wider array of food options to rail travellers through the E-catering segment. IRCTC has initiated a Proof of Concept (PoC) at five major railway stations –New Delhi, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Lucknow, and Varanasi, as part of this collaboration. Passengers […]
Services briefly impacted on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line due to minor issue in train
Services were briefly affected on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro on Thursday night due to a minor issue in a train, sources said.Th e issue was quickly resolved, they said. The Blue Line connects Dwarka YashoBhoomi Sector-25 metro station in Delhi and Electronic City in Noida. There was “no major delay” as such, […]
Couple, quarrelling over alcohol consumption, run over by train in Varanasi
Varanasi: A woman and her husband were mowed down by a train as he hugged her on the tracks, apparently trying to stop her from taking her life over his “alcohol addiction”, police said on Friday. According to police, the incident took place at the Panchkoshi railway crossing under the Sarnath police station in Varanasi […]