Category: Railways

Train services remained affected on Monday, following a traffic-cum-power block for launching of a normal height subway between Tangarmunda and Bamra in Chakradharpur division. The services would remain affected for the next two days too. The trains that were hit included: 18105/18106 Rourkela – Puri – Rourkela Express that remained today. The train will continue […]

Long-distance train travel is likely to cost more for passengers boarding or alighting at redeveloped stations as the Railways is planning to levy a station development fee ranging from `10 to `50 depending on the class of travel. Senior railway officials said the fee is likely to be added to the train tickets during booking. […]

Gauge Change: Lalitgram-Raghopur gauge conversion – Completing the gauge conversion work of 20 km long Lalitgram-Raghopur railway section, inspection of this section was done by CCRS on 25.11.2021 and the permission of CCRS has also been received on the next day on 26.11.2021. It may be noted that under the 110.74 km long Saharsa-Forbisganj Gauge […]

Long queues of commuters were seen outside various Delhi Metro stations for the second consecutive day on Thursday morning after imposition of fresh curbs by authorities to check the spread of Covid-19 in the city. Meanwhile, anticipating gathering of commuters on New Year’s Eve, Delhi Metro authorities have decided that exit from the Rajiv Chowk […]

All the 695 hospitals and clinics of the Indian Railways have been connected with each other through a software called Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) to provide faster and better healthcare to patients. HMIS has been executed by RailTel, a public sector undertaking (PSU) of the Ministry of Railways, in association with the Centre for […]

For the convenience of the passengers, a free Wi-Fi Internet Connection facility has been made available at the stations of East Central Railway (ECR). At present free high-speed Wi-Fi available at 405 stations out of 409 stations targeted under passenger facility on ECR. Due to the availability of this facility at all the major stations […]

Retired officers of Railways have formed an association named as “Association of Railway Retired Officers” in March 2021. So far 47 officers have joined this association. Three meetings have been arranged till date wherein various matters related to welfare of officers have been discussed. The office bearers of ARRO are President S.K.Sukalikar, Vice President K.K. […]

After returning from Delhi borders, the farmers and farm labourers in Punjab opened front against the Congress-led State Government on Sunday. Supported by the farmers, various unions of the farm labourers in Punjab held rail roko agitation, disrupting rail traffic at several places, for four hours seeking loan waiver, among other demands. At the same […]

The Delhi High Court will on Monday hear a plea by Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) seeking execution of an arbitral award of over ` 4,600 crore against Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The matter will be heard by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait who had issued notice on the Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary’s execution […]

As part of the various measures adopted to combat pollution at its construction sites, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has pressed into service 14 ‘Anti Smog Guns’ (ASGs) at its sites, which throws fine mist from time to time to check the possibility of dust pollution emanating from the construction work. Currently, as part […]

With the national capital battling high pollution levels, the Delhi Metro has planned to install more anti-smog guns at its project sites, officials said on Sunday. As part of the various measures adopted to combat pollution at its construction sites, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has already pressed into service 14 anti-smog guns which […]

Over 260 trees will be felled and 280 transplanted in the Capital for the implementation of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), according to an official notification. The environment department has exempted an area of 1.69 hectare for this purpose. A total of 543 trees will make way for the RRTS corridor. The user […]