The Indian Railways will shorten the travel time between New Delhi and Kolkata by at least two and a half hours by increasing the highest speed of trains to 160 kmph, officials said. The plan along the 1,525-km route will be carried out under project Mission Raftar, which aims to reduce travel time along busy […]
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Delhi Metro services on Red Line hit, commuters stranded
Delhi Metro services on the Red Line were hit Monday morning due to a technical fault in a train travelling towards Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda at the Kohat Enclave Metro station around 8 am, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. While the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the fault was rectified around 8.30am, passengers […]
Ludhiana railway station revamp: Hotels flouting norms in vicinity to be razed
With Indian Railways all set to start the construction of the new railway station in the city, an anti-encroachment drive to demolish the hotels constructed outside the station is likely to be initiated soon. Officials said the hotels have been built at higher-than-permissible 16-feet height, adding that the land on which the hotels outside the […]
3 dead, several injured as train derails in US’ Missouri: Official
Three people died Monday when a long-distance train collided with a dump truck in the US state of Missouri, leaving multiple injuries among its more than 200 passengers, local officials said. Seven of the Amtrak train’s approximately eight cars derailed on a route from Los Angeles to Chicago when the train struck the truck at […]
Airport Express to travel deeper into Dwarka; Metro begins trials
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Sunday started trial runs on a 2km-long stretch between Dwarka Sector 21 and the upcoming India International Convention Centre (IICC) Metro section (Dwarka Sector 25) on the Airport Express Line, in a bid to provide better connectivity to Dwarka, said officials. The upcoming IICC Metro section is an underground […]
Yet to link IRCTC user ID with Aadhaar? Read details, steps here
The Indian Railways announced on June 6 that users of its online ticketing, catering and tourism platform, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), will be allowed to book a maximum of 24 tickets per month if a user ID is linked with Aadhaar. “To facilitate passengers, the limit of booking tickets has been […]
Rail agency fined ₹5.93 crore for damaging 990 trees in Delhi’s Dwarka
The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), the agency redeveloping the Bijwasan rail terminal in Dwarka’s Sector 21, has been fined ₹5.93 crore by the Delhi forest and wildlife department for damaging or illegally felling as many as 990 trees in a 4.09 hectare area of the project site, forest officials aware of the matter have […]
Agnipath agitation: NC Railways’ users condemn damage to Rly assets
The second meeting of the 9th Zonal Railway Users and Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) of North Central Railway (NCR) was organised at a city hotel in Prayagraj on Friday. Around 44 members of the committee were present. The committee unanimously condemned the recent violence and damage to railway property during the agitation against the Agnipath army […]
Only three of six disruptions in June due to technical snag: Delhi Metro
Facing criticism over frequent disruptions in Metro services this month, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday said only three of the six such instances so far in June were technical glitches, and the remainder occurred due to external factors such as bird-hits or external objects, such as manjha (kite strings) coming in contact […]
Watch | Railway staff rushes to save man from getting crushed under moving train
A Railway staff was caught on camera rushing to save a man lying on the railway track just seconds before an oncoming train came speeding by. A video of the nail-biting incident was shared by the ministry of Railways on Twitter. In the 24-second CCTV footage from a railway station, railway staff H Satish Kumar […]
Special train to take home 40 south Indians stranded in Kashi
A special train will carry 40 people from south Indianwho are trapped here since they missed their train following protest against the Agnipath scheme on June 17. The special train number- BSBS-MAS TOD (One Way Special) Express will be flagged off from Banaras station (formerly known as Manduadih) at 8 PM to Chennai Central, said […]
Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades
Britain’s railway network this week faces its biggest strike action in more than three decades in a row over pay as soaring inflation erodes earnings. Rail union the RMT has said that more than 50,000 workers will take part in a three-day national strike, coinciding with major events including the Glastonbury music festival. Schools are […]