Bengaluru: PC Mohan, Bangalore Central MP, has asked Namma Metro to fulfil its promise of building a travelator, linking the Cantonment railway and metro stations. On Tuesday, the parliamentarian inspected the Bengaluru Cantonment railway station, which is being redeveloped at a cost of Rs 480 crore. He also visited the Cantonment metro station, located at […]
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Special train from Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar
Bengaluru: The railways will run a special unreserved train between SMVT Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar New stations to clear the extra rush. Train number 06287 will depart from SMVT Bengaluru at 4 am on November 10 and reach Bhubaneswar New at 6.30 am on November 11. In the return direction, train number 06288 will depart from […]
Railway Board lists documents needed to avail travel passes for dependents of employees
New Delhi: The Railway Board has standardised the documents its employees need to avail privileged passes or privileged ticket orders (PTO) for their family members or dependents. In a letter, circulated to all the zones on November 2, the board said, “Pass Issuing Authorities (PIA) are advised to demand only the documents as stipulated in […]
Philippines says Japan, S Korea, India offer to fund railway projects
Manila: Japan, South Korea and India have offered to finance three Philippine railway projects worth nearly $5 billion, the country’s transport chief said on Monday, after Manila dropped China as a funding source last year. Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said the Philippine government could tap the three countries for possible official development assistance (ODA). He […]
Finance Department greenlights Namma Metro Phase 3 prep after delay
Bengaluru: After months of dilly-dallying, the Finance Department has approved the preliminary work for Namma Metro Phase 3. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) can now begin land acquisition and shifting of utilities for the 44-km project, comprising two lines. Despite the green signal for the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Phase III in […]
First section of Delhi Metro Ph-IV to open by July 2024, fresh targets set due to Covid: DMRC chief
New Delhi: Fresh targets have been set for Delhi Metro’s Phase IV project, delayed due to the Covid pandemic, and the first section of its Janakpuri West-R K Ashram Marg corridor is set to open by July 2024, DMRC chief Vikas Kumar said. In an interview to PTI, Kumar also said that besides commissioning of […]
Bangladesh opens landmark metro rail to ease traffic jams in Dhaka
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday opened the second phase of overhead metro rail service to ease Dhaka’s notorious traffic jams, earning the city an ill repute of being the world’s slowest city. “Today, we’re so delighted,” Hasina said while opening the metro rail service between Uttara and Motijheel, which has eight stations […]
PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate three development projects
Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday jointly inaugurated three projects via virtual mode, including a key rail link between Tripura’s Nischintapur and Gangasagar in the neighbouring country. The other two projects inaugurated by Modi and Hasina are the 65-km Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line, and Unit 2 of the […]
2 coaches, engine of Suhaildev Express derail at Prayagraj station, no casualty reported
Prayagraj: Two coaches and the engine of the Suhaildev Express train, which runs between Anand Vihar in Delhi and Ghazipur city in Uttar Pradesh, derailed at the Prayagraj railway station at around 9 pm on Tuesday, the North Central Railway said. “The train started from the station and two wheels of the engine went off […]
Shift focus to preventing accidents
Yet another train accident, this time in Andhra Pradesh, has again exposed the vulnerability of the railways. A collision between two passenger trains on the Howrah-Chennai line in Vizianagaram on Sunday claimed 14 lives and left many people injured. Earlier this month, the Anand Vihar-Kamakhya North-East Express derailed in Bihar causing four deaths. In June […]
Andhra Pradesh train accident toll revised to 13
Visakhapatnam: The toll in the collision involving two passenger trains in Andhra Pradesh has been revised to 13, as the dismembered body of a victim was ‘counted as two,’ before post-mortem, official sources said on Tuesday. The Railways and Andhra Pradesh state government authorities had earlier announced the death of 14 persons in the Sunday […]
Passengers recount moments after Andhra Pradesh train derailment, thank God for being alive
Bhubaneswar: As the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Passenger Special train jumped the track on Sunday evening in Andhra Pradesh, the six-year-old daughter of Dilip Kumar Patro fell from the upper berth but fortunately did not suffer any major injury.While recounting the horror of the train’s collision with Visakhapatnam-Palasa Passenger that left 14 people dead and 50 others injured, […]