Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS), Lucknow, Janak Kumar Garg conducted a safety inspection of the five km long up/down line and newly-constructed seven km bypass line of the doubled section between Bhatni-Pivkol stations under the Varanasi Division of North Eastern Railway (NER) on Wednesday. Later, the CCRS successfully completed the full speed trial on […]
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Delhi Metro’s Pink Line services hit by technical glitches
Services were affected for over an hour on a section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line on Wednesday morning due to a technical fault in a train, officials said. The services were affected from 8:25 am to 10:09 am on the Majlis Park-Maujpur section, they said. The Pink Line connects Mukundpur Depot to Shiv Vihar. “Train […]
Railway gate closed for construction of underpass
The Lucknow division of Northern Railways (NR) shut the railway gate connecting Allenganj locality to Chhota Baghada. It will be closed for next 115 days for construction of a railway underpass by the Lucknow division of NR. Following the closing of this railway gate, commuters will have to take a longer route as people from […]
Pandian reviews BBSR-Cuttack metro project
Directed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman VK Pandian, along with senior officials, reviewed the work of the proposed Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Metro Rail Project on Sunday. The Phase-I of the Metro Rail project will connect the Bhubaneswar airport with Trisulia Square via Chandrasekharpur, Jayadev Vihar, Vani Vihar, Master Canteen and Rajmahal Square. […]
Andhra accident: Initial probe points a finger at Rayagada passenger train crew
A preliminary railway probe into the Sunday night accident in Andhra Pradesh has held the driver and the assistant driver of Rayagada Passenger train responsible for the collision as it passed two defective auto signals violating norms. Both crew members were killed in the accident. Signed by seven experts, the preliminary report said they carefully […]
AP train accident: Toll rises to 14, CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to visit mishap site
The number of casualties in the train accident on the Howrah-Chennai line in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh rose to 14, Vizianagaram Joint Collector Mayur Ashok said on Monday, while the number of injured stood at 50. “The number of dead rose by one to 14, of which 13 died at the accident site itself […]
Rly platform number 1 to be further elevated in Daltonganj
The 550 meter long platform number 1 of the Daltonganj railway station will be padded/ elevated 6 inch more with concrete slabs and tiles for the comfort and convenience of the passengers. It will ease the passengers to get into the coach or get down from it without putting foot on the stairs to the […]
In a first, Rapid Rail to have AI enabled door frame
The 17-km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Corridor is slated to be opened for passengers on October 21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate this section on October 20. For the first time, state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Door Frame Metal Detector (DFMD) are being used for the security screening of […]
US Ambassador Garcetti rides Delhi Metro, interacts with passengers
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday informed that US Ambassador Eric Garcetti took a ride in the metro and interacted with fellow passengers. The Delhi Metro shared pictures of his metro travel on X. The US envoy to India travelled on the Magenta Line. “His Excellency Mr. Eric M. Garcetti, Ambassador of the […]
3 new trains for Rairangpur-Badampahar area
Ahead of the festive season, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has gifted four pairs of new trains in the South Eastern Railway (SER) Division. Vaishnaw said this is the first time the Tata- Badampahar/Rairangpur area would have mail , express train connectivity. It was a long pending demand of the area and would fulfil the aspirations […]
Centre hikes DA by 4 per cent; bonus for non-gazetted Railways employees
Ahead of the festive season, the central government on Wednesday decided to hike the dearness allowance for its employees by 4 percentage points to 46 per cent of the basic salary and pay 78 days of salaries as bonus for non-gazetted railway staff. Briefing reporters about the Cabinet decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur […]
Delhi Metro introduces QR code ticketing facility through Paytm
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Thursday introduced QR code-based ticketing through the Paytm Mobile App across all lines. With this new feature, commuters can get the mobile QR ticket on the Paytm app under the ‘Metro’ section, by simply entering the station of entry and destination station on the day of the journey. Passengers […]