TIRUCHY: In September this year, the Crime Prevention and Detection Squad (CPDS) of the RPF busted an attempt in Puducherry to smuggle nearly 560 kg of banned tobacco products worth about Rs10 lakh through the railway parcel service. In November, the Southern Railway’s force seized Korean cigarettes estimated to be worth Rs 1.05 crore ferried […]
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Nine more express trains get unreserved coaches
CHENNAI: A week after converting reserved special trains into regular trains, Southern Railway announced that unreserved coaches will be restored in nine pairs of express trains from November 25. The trains are Madurai-Punalur Express, Mangalore Central-Coimbatore Intercity Superfast Express, Mangalore Central-Nagercoil Ernad Express, Chennai Egmore-Karaikudi Pallavan Superfast Express, Chennai Egmore-Madurai Vaigai Superfast Express, Tambaram-Nagercoil Antyodaya […]
Maoists blow up tracks in J’khand, railway ops hit
ROURKELA: Train services on the busy Howrah-Mumbai main line via Rourkela were affected for over six hours after Maoists blew up railway tracks in adjacent Jharkhand late in the night on Friday. The twin blasts took place at about 2 am between Lotapahar and Sonua stations of Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway (SER) in […]
Bengaluru metro officials put up ‘monkey alert’ at SV Road station
BENGALURU: Metro commuters arriving or departing from Swami Vivekananda Road (SV Road) Metro station are facing a peculiar problem: monkeys snatching away bags, dupattas or mobiles. To warn public, Metro officials at the station have put up notices alerting public to their presence. ‘Beware of Monkeys’ read a few printouts in Kannada and English pasted […]
Chennai Metro warns people of fake job offers
CHENNAI: The Chennai Metro Rail has warned people about the fake job offers put up on social media by unscrupulous and unauthorised agencies. “CMRL absolutely dissociates itself from this false recruitment campaign and the Metro has not authorised any individual or firm or agency to carry out recruitment on its behalf,” the statement said. Job […]
Surmounting Challenges: Documentary on Delhi Metro to blaze the screen at IFFI in Goa
NEW DELHI: Documentary film ‘Surmounting Challenges’, produced by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on the challenges faced during the implementation and construction of Phase III project, was selected for screening in the Indian Panorama section of the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) scheduled to be held in Goa from 20th to the […]
Unreserved tickets in five more trains from Nov 25
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Southern Railway has decided to introduce unreserved tickets in five more trains, including the popular Parasuram Express, from November 25. Other trains to have unreserved coaches include Nagercoil Jn-Mangalore Central Ernad Express, Tirunelveli Jn-Palakkad Jn Palaruvi Express, Madurai Jn-Punalur Express, and Mangalore Central-Coimbatore Jn Intercity Superfast Express. In these trains, passengers will be […]
Railway Heritage Museum unveiled in Odisha’s Baripada
BARIPADA: Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu inaugurated the Railway Heritage Museum here on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. The museum has been set up on 54000 square feet area near Baripada railway station at a cost of Rs 1.55 crore. The heritage museum houses two restored narrow gauge locomotive […]
Namma Metro’s airport line work to start in three months
BENGALURU: The work on the much-sought-after Namma Metro line to the Kempegowda International Airport will start in three months, and the civil works contract has been bagged by Hyderabad-based NCC Ltd (previously known as Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited). The stretch will meet the December 2024 deadline, said Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) Managing Director […]
Coming soon to Bhopal! India’s first world-class station
NEW DELHI: Habibganj railway station in Bhopal, which has been re-developed as the country’s first world-class station with facilities equivalent of a modern airport, will soon to be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will tentatively be on November 15.
Karnataka govt to give big push to pending rail projects
BENGALURU: Steps will be taken to complete the eight railway projects in Karnataka, commissioned over a decade ago, on priority and the government is ready to grant its share of funds, announced Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister V Somanna on Wednesday. After holding a review of projects with officials of the Railways, the Karnataka Infrastructure […]
Chennai to Bengaluru @160 kmph? Southern Railway inching closer to reality
CHENNAI: With the railway board granting ‘in principle’ approval for upgrading track to run trains at 160 kmph in eight routes connecting Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Puri, the Southern Railway (SR) decided to appoint a consultant for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for increasing the track speed between Chennai and […]