Adani Digital Labs, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adani Group, said on Friday that it is acquiring 100% equity in Stark Enterprises, that operates the online train booking platform Trainman. “Adani Digital Labs Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company has signed a Share Purchase Agreement in relation to its proposed acquisition […]
Category: Railways
Soon, 100 cops in plainclothes to patrol Delhi Metro coaches
In a bid to crack down on acts of “nuisance” and “obscene activities” inside the Delhi Metro, Delhi Police will now deploy over 100 of its personnel in civilian clothes inside the compartments at pre-identified stations, official said. Along with DMRC and CISF officials, these police personnel will prosecute offenders on the spot and take […]
Signages at railway stations to be standardised on basis of colour, font
Signages at railway stations across India will be standardised on the basis of colour, font and the use of pictograms for the ease of passengers, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday as he released a booklet containing details of the project. The Indian Railways, which is redeveloping 1,275 stations across India under the ‘Amrit […]
Boost for Bengaluru suburban rail project as IAF agrees to hand over Jalahalli land
The Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Ltd (K-RIDE) has announced that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a memorandum of understanding with it for handing over the latter’s land at Jalahalli in Bengaluru for the suburban rail project. A press release issued by K-RIDE on Friday said, “The corridor-2 line, or the Mallige line, […]
Hazira-Gothan broad gauge gets ‘special railway project’ status
The Railways ministry has recognised the 50-km new broad gauge line project from Hazira to Gothan as a “special railway project” a status that will ease the land acquisition, which has been delayed by farmers opposing the acquisition. “Being developed as a part of the prestigious Dedicated Freight Corridor, the meaning of this project getting […]
Mumbai Central Station to get new, wider FOB by June
The Mumbai Central Station under the Western Railway (WR) will get a new foot overbridge (FOB) by June this year. The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) is constructing the new FOB at a cost of Rs 6 crore. The new FOB will connect all five platforms offering express train services. An official said the FOB […]
QR-code generated tickets in Delhi Metro now; here is how to get them
Delhi Metro users can now buy tickets generated using QR codes, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said Monday. Commuters will now be able to use the QR Code based paper tickets apart from the tokens, it said. AFC (Automatic Fare Collection) gates at the entrance and exit of stations and customer care counters have […]
Man gets 10 years in jail for pelting stones at Mumbai local train
A 40-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to 10 years in jail by a sessions court on Monday for pelting stones and flinging a small rod at Mumbai local trains in Kurla causing injuries to passengers in 2019. The court found Rakesh Rod guilty on charges of attempt to murder in four separate cases. In the first […]
Miscreants pelt stones at Vande Bharat Express in Kerala’s Kannur, second such incident in state
Unidentified miscreants allegedly targeted the recently launched Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express train on Monday, police said. The incident came to light when railway officials noticed a scratch, allegedly due to the stone pelting, on one of its windowpanes when the train was passing through Valapattanam area in the district in north Kerala, police said. The […]
TA Regiment disbanded, prime Railways land lies unguarded
An eerie silence pervades the unit lines and training area of the now-disbanded 1101 Railway Engineer Regiment of Territorial Army (TA) on the busy Chandigarh-Panchkula road. There are no more Army guards to prevent entry of unauthorised persons and the entire piece of prime land, totalling 74 acres including forest, now lies vacant and is […]
Delhi Metro remodels entry-exit points at Sarojini Nagar station, sets up more fare collection gates and luggage scanners
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has set up more fare collection gates, separate entry and exit points, and more luggage scanning machines and frisking points at Sarojini Nagar station on the pink line for the passengers’ convenience. Gate number 1, near the Sarojini Nagar market, will be for entry only, and 14 automatic fare collection […]
Training of first batch of engineers for bullet train project begins
Training for for the first batch of 16 Indian engineers — for laying of tracks for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project — has begun in Surat, an official release stated Monday. “The training of Indian engineers and leaders has started for the High-Speed Rail Track system for Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor (MAHSR), for T-2 Package (covering […]