Mumbai: Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar has said that a ‘special’ train to Ayodhya will run after January 24 next year for Mumbaikars to visit the newly constructed Ram temple. Consecration ceremony will be held at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. Speaking at a function on Tuesday, Shelar said Mumbaikars will […]
Category: Railways
Train services partially affected in Kerala’s Palakkad after engine derailment
Palakkad, Kerala: Train services were partially affected in the Palakkad area following an incident in which the front wheel of the engine hauling a special train derailed on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at Vallapuzha, between Angadippuram and Shoranur Junction, when the engine of train No 06464 Nilambur Road – Palakkad Junction Express Special encountered […]
Railway track passing through market poll issue in Bikaner, locals demand end to jams, overpass in Rajasthan
Bikaner: A rail track that cuts through the main Bikaner market and divides the city between east and west has become an unlikely poll issue with people united on one central point – that the traffic jams must stop and politicians must fulfil their promise to provide an elevated road. People residing in the area […]
Special train between Puri and Patna to handle rush ahead of Chhath
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway will run a special train between Puri in Odisha and Bihar’s capital Patna in view of the festive rush ahead of Chhath Puja, an official said on Monday. The 08449 Puri-Patna Special train will leave Puri at 11.30 pm on Monday and Wednesday, he said. On the return journey, the […]
Bangalore Metro Rail to introduce mobile QR tickets
Bengaluru: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Saturday said it will be introducing mobile QR tickets for the benefit of families and groups travelling together with effect from November 16. Presently, Mobile QR tickets are being issued through mobile applications (Namma Metro, Paytm, WhatsApp and Yatra) to a single passenger for a journey. […]
Bengaluru Metro to soon have single QR ticket for groups
Bengaluru: Groups and families travelling in the metro can soon avail QR group tickets on their mobile phones to avoid queuing at the ticket counters and entry/exit gates in metro stations. Starting November 16, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will enable groups with a maximum of six passengers to avail mobile QR code […]
Woman dies by suicide at Delhi’s Rajouri Garden metro station
New Delhi: A woman allegedly killed herself by jumping in front of a train at the Rajouri Garden metro station in west Delhi on Sunday, police said. The police have taken the body into custody and started an investigation. “We are trying to identify the woman. It seems she was around 40 years old. An […]
Man dies in chaos as crowds swell at Surat station to board Bihar-bound train for Chhath festival
Ahmedabad: A 36-year-old diamond worker from Bihar was killed while two others including a woman sustained injuries in a stampede while they were trying to board a Bhagalpur-bound train at Surat Railway Station on Saturday. Officials said that the station is flooded with passengers going mainly to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal for […]
Special trains to Hubballi, Delhi, Mangaluru & Bidar
Bengaluru: The South Western Railway will run Deepavali special trains connecting Bengaluru with Hubballi and Delhi, Hubballi with Bidar via Yeshwantpur, and Mysuru with Mangaluru via Bengaluru and Hassan. The special train between KSR Bengaluru and SSS Hubballi will make two trips in each direction. Train number 07353 will depart from KSR Bengaluru at 7.30 […]
Special trains connecting Bengaluru to Nagercoil, Bhagat Ki Kothi
The Railways will operate special trains connecting Bengaluru with Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu and Bhagat Ki Kothi in Rajasthan to clear the extra rush of passengers during Deepavali and Chhat festivals. Accordingly, train number 06083 will depart from Nagercoil at 7.35 pm on 14 and 21 (Tuesdays) and arrive at KSR Bengaluru at 12.40 pm […]
Southern Railway to run special trains to clear Deepavali rush
Mangaluru: Southern Railway will operate special trains on Nagercoil Junction-Mangaluru Junction-Tambaram sections to clear the extra rush of passengers during Deepavali for three round trips, a railway release said here. Train No 06062 Nagercoil Junction-Mangaluru Junction festival special leaves Nagercoil at 2.45 pm on Saturdays (November 11, 18, and 25) to reach Mangaluru Junction at […]
IRCTC Q2 profit rises to Rs 295 cr
New Delhi: State-owned IRCTC on Wednesday reported 30.36 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 294.67 crore for September quarter 2023-24. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 226.03 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing. Total revenue increased 23.51 per cent to Rs 995.31 crore in comparison […]