Kerala has won the award for the ‘city with the most sustainable transport system’, state Transport Minister Antony Raju said on Sunday. The award, which will be presented on October 29 at Delhi, has been given in recognition of the projects implemented — like Kochi Metro, Water Metro and e-mobility — to enhance the transport […]
Category: Railways
Kolkata Metro bids adieu to non-AC rakes
The Metro Railway, Kolkata, on Sunday formally bade farewell to non-AC rakes, some of which have been in service since its inception as the country’s first underground railway in 1984. The Kolkata Metro, which started operations on this day in 1984, organised an exhibition ‘Down the Memory Lane’ at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station to mark […]
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 […]
Extension work on Harbour Line may begin from January
THE EXTENSION of the Western Railway’s Harbour Line from the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) till the Borivali railway station is likely to begin from January next year as the survey work is likely to be completed before the year-end. Presently, the Harbour Line connects CSMT with the Goregaon railway station and from there it […]
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, […]
Australian passenger train derails after hitting abandoned vehicle
An early morning commuter train partly derailed after hitting a van abandoned on tracks near Sydney on Wednesday, trapping the driver and leaving others with minor injuries, authorities said. The four-car train hit the vehicle in Wollongong, about 90 km south of Sydney at 4.15 am local time, knocking the front carriage onto its side […]
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 […]
Farmers block tracks at 108 places in Punjab
Hundreds of farmers streamed onto the railway tracks in Punjab on Monday in response to the call given by the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) – the umbrella body that is spearheading the protests against the three contentious farm laws – to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre and demand the expulsion of BJP MP, Ajay […]
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 […]
IRCTC share price surges past Rs 6000-mark, market cap hits Rs 1 lakh crore
Shares of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) continued their bull run and hit new all-time highs during the morning trade on Tuesday. The stock surged past the Rs 6,000 mark for the first time ever and hit a record intraday high of Rs 6,375.45 on the BSE, while on the National Stock Exchange […]