Indian Railways will be restoring Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) services on Mumbai Division on the Vasai Road-Diva-Panvel sections from Friday, the ministry of railways announced on Twitter. Existing Covid-19 protocols mandated for EMU suburban services on Mumbai division will be followed for the issue of tickets/passes and travel in MEMU services, the railways ministry […]
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Corporators demand 4th metro station on Swargate-Katraj route
PUNE: Maha-Metro said it will examine the possibility of a fourth metro station near Dhankawadi or Bharti Vidyapeeth along the proposed 5.4km underground metro corridor between Swargate and Katraj after elected members of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) unanimously put forth the demand for the same. The PMC gave its nod to the underground metro […]
PMC GB okays Swargate to Katraj underground Metro route
PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), at its general body meeting on Wednesday, cleared the extension of the underground metro rail route from Swargate to Katraj, a distance of 5.4km. This will be part of the official Nigdi to Katraj metro route, effectively a new route for Pune. As the central government decided to reduce […]
300 bodies found on Pune railway tracks in past three years remain unidentified
Pune: The railway police have recorded around 300 unidentified bodies found on the tracks in the past three years. In 2021, 132 cases of accidental deaths have been reported and of that 30 bodies are yet to be identified. The figure of unidentified bodies in 2020 was 79 in the 250 accidental death cases and […]
Engine failure of goods train disrupts Central Railway services near Asangaon
Train services on the Central Railway were disrupted for one hour on Tuesday afternoon. A locomotive of a goods train failed on the tracks near Asangaon railway station at 2.05pm. Local and outstation train services were impacted due to the failure. The goods train was removed from the railway tracks after an additional engine was […]
First prototype train for Kanpur, Agra Metro projects revealed: Check details
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday inaugurated the first prototype train of the Kanpur and Agra Metro projects on Saturday via video conferencing. The train sets have been provided by French multinational rolling stock manufacturer Alstom. “It is a matter of pride to be invited for the inauguration of the first-ever prototype train […]
IRCTC’s new lounge in New Delhi railway station with recliners, wi-fi: See pictures
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) had opened a new lounge in the New Delhi railway station, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared pictures of the lounge. The lounge has been set up on the first floor of platform number one of the New Delhi railway station for an exclusive experience of train […]
Khattar invites PM to lay foundation stone of Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC), which will be constructed at ₹5,600 crores and is expected to be completed over five years. According to an official statement, Khattar after meeting Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on […]
Empowered regional bodies vital for development of mass transit modes: Experts
More power, financial support and representation to regional bodies such as Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) is needed for effective development around mass transit modes such as the Metro, experts said at a discussion organised by the World Resources Institute (WRI) India on Thursday. During the session, ‘Metro in India’, which was part of Connect […]
DMRC gets nod to conduct studies for Noida Airport-Delhi high-speed metro link
The Board of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for conducting studies for high-speed metro rail links from Noida International Airport to Delhi. These metro rail connecting projects are in two parts — one between the airport in Jewar and Greater Noida and […]
Sr railway engineer arrested from Jamalpur in ₹34 crore misappropriation case
The Patna zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested the senior section engineer of Jamalpur Railway Workshop, Chandeshwar Prasad Yadav, for alleged involvement in misappropriation of 100 condemned wagons and thousands of wheel sets apart from other excluded fittings of Eastern Railway’s Jamalpur railway workshop, estimated to be worth ₹34 crores. He […]
Railways issued 7.4 lakh season tickets for Mumbai local trains in a month
More than 743,000 commuters have obtained railway season tickets for suburban train journey in almost a month since local train services resumed for fully vaccinated general public in Mumbai. Central Railway (CR) issued 548,046 railway passes while Western Railway (WR) issued 195,397 suburban railway passes to passengers to travel in Mumbai locals, in a month. […]