New Delhi: The Delhi Metro on Friday entered its 20th year of operations, marking the occasion with the field trials of the first-ever indigenously developed signalling technology, and launching an exhibition on “Tracing Delhi Metro’s Journey” at Kashmere Gate Metro station. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had inaugurated the first ever Metro corridor — […]
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After Court Complex blast, Ludhiana railway station gets new scanners, cameras
A day after a blast at the court complex sent ripples across the city, security was finally ramped up at the Ludhiana railway station, which is one of the busiest terminals in the state, on Friday. Soon after the court complex blast, Government Railway Police (GRP) officials headed by additional inspector general (AIG) Pritipal Singh […]
After 86 yrs, speed train trial raises hopes of reconnecting people of Kosi and Kamla
On January 15, 1934, an earthquake of 8.0 magnitude devastated North Bihar and Nepal with over 10,000 people killed. Train services joining regions along the Kosi and Kamla rivers were totally snapped. After 86 years, the people living along Kosi and Kamla will be able to get connected again after train services resume next year. […]
Mumbai jumbo block: Western Railway to carry out maintenance work today
Mumbai local train services will be hit on Sunday as Western Railway will undertake a jumbo block on the Borivali-Gorgeaon route for track maintenance works. The block will be in effect for five hours, from 10:35am to 3:35pm, informed the Mumbai-headquartered Western Railway (WR). “For track signalling and maintenance of overhead equipment, Western Railway will […]
IRCTC’s third Rampath Yatra Express to be flagged off today
IRCTC’s third Rampath Yatra Express train will begin its run on Saturday, connecting Gujarat’s Ahmedabad with the temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, via Madhya Pradesh. The journey will commence from Sabarmati Junction railway station in Ahmedabad and conclude in Ayodhya on Sunday, via Ratlam and Ujjain in the central state. According to Krishna […]
Movement of over 280 trains affected due to farmer agitation in Punjab: CPRO
Farmers continued to block railway tracks in Punjab for the fourth consecutive day, affecting the movement of more than 280 trains, officials said on Thursday. Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee have been protesting in various parts of Punjab, demanding complete loan waiver and compensation to families of those who died […]
Policy on travel on local train restriction as per Constitution: State tells HC
Mumbai: While responding to a query of the Bombay high court (HC) on the discriminatory policy of allowing only fully vaccinated persons to use public transport like trains, the state government has stated in its affidavit that such preventive measures were necessary to ward off the likelihood of the third wave of Covid. The affidavit […]
Airport Express Line case: DMRC asked to give all bank account details
The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to give details of all its bank accounts in connection with a plea by Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Limited, seeking execution of an arbitral award of ₹4,600 crore. “The DMRC is directed to furnish the […]
NCP, Cong, Sena oppose Metro work at Deccan
PUNE: Even after deputy chief minister and Pune guardian minister Ajit Pawar asked the Maha-Metro (Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited) to restart the work of installing viaduct at Sambhaji bridge at Deccan under police cover, the three Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners now want it to be stalled. The Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and […]
With addition of extra day, Tejas Express departs Ahmedabad for Mumbai
The Ahmedabad Junction-Mumbai Central Tejas Express on December 22 added Wednesday to the list of days that it is in service on, as it departed Gujarat’s largest city for the country’s financial capital at 6:41am, a minute behind its scheduled departure time. With the addition of Wednesday to its schedule, the in-demand train will now […]
Railway engineer in Bihar tries to sell vintage steam engine as scrap, suspended
A railway engineer in Bihar was suspended on Tuesday after he tried to illegally sell a vintage steam engine as ‘scrap’. An FIR was also registered against the engineer Rajiv Ranjan Jha and six other persons in Purnia district. AK Lal, the divisional security commissioner at Samastipur Railway division, told news agency ANI that a […]
Railway engineer in Bihar sells steam engine at rly station, suspended: Official
PURNIA: A railway engineer of Samastipur Loco Diesel Shed allegedly sold off an abandoned steam engine lying at Purnia Court railway station in connivance with officials and security personnel, officials aware of the matter said. A First Information Report was registered on a complaint by the Purnia court railway station given to the Banmankhi RPF […]