Mumbai: RDSO certificate in, CIDCO looking to start operations on a stretch of Metro Line-1 by year-end

The Navi Mumbai Metro Line-1, covering a distance of 5.14 kilometers from Pendhar station to Central Park station, has received the Interim Speed certificate from the Research Design and Structured Organization (RDSO). CIDCO, the nodal agency for the construction of Metro in Navi Mumbai, is planning to open the part of Metro Line 1 that […]

Central Railway recovered Rs 71 crore as fine from ticketless travellers in 6 months

In the last six months, the Central Railway (CR) has recovered Rs 71.25 crore as fine by catching 12.47 lakh ticketless travellers on its Mumbai suburban and non-suburban trains. The CR has also detected and penalized 25,610 persons for not following Covid-19 appropriate behaviour. According to the officials, from April 1 to September 30, 2021, […]

Railways shuts down 9-year-old joint venture company IRSDC

Even as the Railways aggressively puts station redevelopment on top priority, it shut down its nine-year-old special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the job, the joint venture company Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) on Monday without any prelude. The station development project, as per the order, will go to respective zonal railways now — […]

Sleeping pod services to begin soon at Mumbai Central station, CSMT and LTT to follow suit

Passengers waiting to board their trains at the Mumbai Central railway station would soon be able to do so while enjoying the comforts of state-of-the-art sleeping pods at affordable rates. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is expected to start the service, which allows passengers to avail a bed and other facilities in […]

‘Rail Roko’ protest: Shatabdi cancelled, 12 trains diverted

FOUR TRAINS, including the Chandigarh-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (12046), were cancelled, and 12 others were diverted, or delayed due to the ‘Rail Roko’ protest called by farmers on Monday to demand the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the massacre in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. The delayed/diverted trains included the […]

Chandigarh’s ‘world-class rly station’ project faces another hurdle as IRSDC shuts down

ALREADY DELAYED for over a year and a half due to Covid-19, Chandigarh Railway Station’s development work on ‘world class railway station’ has met with another obstacle as the Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) was shut down on Tuesday. IRSDC was incorporated for the redevelopment of at least 50 railway stations including Chandigarh on […]