Category: Railways

MUMBAI: The Western Railway (WR) will introduce eight Air-Conditioned (AC) local train services from Monday between Churchgate and Virar railway stations. In addition to this, the train services will increase from 32 to 40 on the network on weekdays. The new addition to the AC local train services comes after the increase in passengers travelling […]

A total of 200 train services have been affected due to the ongoing agitation against the government’s short-term recruitment scheme for the armed forces, reported news agency ANI. Hundreds of angry youths vented their ire against the Agnipath scheme by burning train coaches, vandalising railroad property and blocking rail tracks and highways with boulders. In […]

Congress MP KC Venugopal on Friday wrote to the chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence, Jual Oram, urging him to convene an urgent meeting to discuss and deliberate on the Centre’s Agniveer Recruitment Scheme in the wake of violent protests across the country. He further said all major stakeholders and defence experts be invited […]

The government late on Thursday granted a two-year age relaxation for the short-term recruitment of soldiers in the defence services through a one-time waiver to assuage concerns as thousands of young men broke vehicles, blocked rail and road traffic, pelted stones at government buildings, burnt trains, cars and political party offices, and violently clashed with […]

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday tweeted a video as the first train was launched under the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ initiative. The train will be operated between Coimbatore and Shirdi by a private operator. “With this, the Southern Railway becomes the first zone in Indian Railways to get the first registered service provider under the ‘Bharat […]

PUNE In a bid to increase the security at the railway station, the Pune railway division in its recent meeting with the railway advisory committee, has decided to install high-quality CCTV cameras across the station premises to enhance the safety of passengers. The meeting was held on Saturday at the Pune divisional railway office. It […]

Additional general manager, North Eastern Railway (NER), Ashok Kumar Mishra instructed the railway officials to complete various ongoing development works in Varanasi division within the stipulated time on Sunday. PRO, Varanasi division of North Eastern Railway, Ashok Kumar said AGM Ashok Kumar Mishra held a review meeting at the VIP lounge of Banaras station to […]

The first tourist train under the Union government’s Bharat Gaurav scheme will have a first-of-its-kind twist, in more ways than one. Two coaches will have no berths, allowing passengers to practise yoga on the 18-day pilgrimage round trip — from Delhi to Nepal, and touching seven Indian states — for which there will be trained […]

Cycles will be allowed – but in the last coach only – the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said in a press note on Tuesday. Metro users will not be charged a luggage fee so long as they are carrying foldable bicycles that do not exceed 15 kg in weight. The BMRCL said its […]

Having earned ₹30 lakh by providing the location at Sant Tukaramnagar metro station in September 2021 for shooting of the Shahrukh Khan-starrer “Jawan”, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) is open for more such projects in future. Film shooting is a major source of non-fare revenue for Maha-Metro. “No other film-makers, after the shooting […]

Train services on Delhi Metro’s Blue line (Dwarka sector 21- Vaishali/Noida Electronic City) were delayed after damage to the Over Head Electrification wire during the morning rush hours, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said on Thursday. It added that services remain normal on all the other lines. Providing an update on the Blue Line, the […]

NEW DELHI: Commuters between Noida-Ghaziabad and Delhi faced a harrowing time during peak morning hours on Thursday after Delhi Metro services on the busy Blue Line were hit by a technical snag. Services between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic City/Vaishali remained affected for more than two hours between 7.30am and 9.30am. A Delhi Metro […]