The Madgaon-CSMT Vande Bharat Express train, which was to be flagged off on Saturday, has been cancelled, owing to the collision between Coromandel Express and a freight train in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday. There is no fixed date on when the fourth Vande Bharat train will be scheduled to run. The Indian Railways was […]
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Vande Bharat trains to cover all states by June: Rail minister Vaishnaw
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that Vande Bharat trains will start covering all the states by June. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, the Railway Minister said that they have a target to connect 200 cities with the Vande Bharat train by the middle of the next year, adding that […]
Goa to get its first Vande Bharat on Saturday. Check timings, fare, travel time
Mumbai will get its fourth Vande Bharat Express as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate Goa’s first and India’s 19th semi-high speed blue-white train to the nation on Saturday . The train connecting Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to Goa’s Madgaon will be virtually flagged off by PM Modi at around 10:45 am from […]
Delhi-Meerut Rapidx train fares to be unveiled soon
The Centre is likely to finalise soon the fare structure of the upcoming Rapidx trains and its launch date for the priority section, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Last month, NCRTC sent a proposal to the ministry of housing and urban affairs outlining the fare structure, […]
PM Modi virtually flags off Northeast’s first Vande Bharat Express in Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually flagged off Northeast’s first and India’s 18th Vande Bharat Express connecting Guwahati to West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri. Along with the semi-high speed train, PM Modi also dedicated New Bongaigaon–Dudhnoi–Mendipather and Guwahati–Chaparmukh electrified sections to the nation. He also inaugurated the new DEMU/MEMU (workshop for trains) shed at Lumding. […]
PM Modi to flag off Northeast’s 1st Vande Bharat Express tomorrow. Check route, timings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to flag off Northeast India’s first Vande Bharat Express train on May 29 at 12 pm via video-conferencing. This is the 17th Vande Bharat train in the country which will connect from Assam’s Guwahati to West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri. Here are all the details about Northeast’s 1st Vande Bharat […]
New Parliament building: Entry-exit gates of these Delhi Metro stations closed. Check traffic advisory
In view of the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building on Sunday, all entry and exit gates have been closed at the Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan stations of the Delhi Metro. However, interchange facilities will be available at the Central Secretariat Metro station, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said. “As per directions […]
Delhi LG clears land transfer for Metro work
Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Saturday approved the transfer of 2,790 square metres of land to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, clearing the way for the construction of Janakpuri West-RK Ashram corridor after nearly four years, officials said. The land parcel at Keshopur comes under the Irrigation and Flood Control department. “This will finally enable […]
Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat cancelled today after storm cause damages
The newly-launched Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express was cancelled on Monday after the windscreen of the main engine along with the glass window of some compartments of the semi-high speed train were damaged during a hailstorm on Sunday. The South Eastern Railway (SER), in a statement, said, “22895/22896 Howrah-Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express will remain cancelled for […]
Bengal: Train services affected due to technical glitches in signalling
Suburban train services were affected in the Sealdah-Naihati and Naihati-Bandel sections of the Eastern Railway on Monday morning due to technical problems in the signalling system, an official said. Eastern Railway spokesperson Kaushik Mitra said the technical glitches in the signalling system were noticed at Naihati in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district around 6 […]
What makes Vande Bharat- ‘an Indian beauty on tracks’- so great
Indian Railways is gaga about Vande Bharat (VB) genre of medium high speed trains. The last introduction of new technology in passenger coach design was in the early years of this century. Since then the quantum of production increased but with the same look and feel. Then came a big moment when Vande Bharat was […]
Railways to appoint ticket checkers on local, DEMU trains
PUNE In recent months, there has been an upsurge in the number of persons who board local and Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DEMU) trains on the Pune-Daund stretch without buying tickets. Given this context, the railway management has chosen to assign ticket checkers on trains, wherein 40 supervisors will check passenger tickets. There are currently […]