The rise in the demand of tickets for vistadome coaches introduced by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in many routes of north Bengal and the Northeast has now made railway authorities decide on introducing such coaches in the heritage mountain railway of Darjeeling. The coaches have large glass windows and a glass roof, which offer […]
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Kolkata Metro sees jump in footfall of maskless passengers
The passenger count of Metro Railway is on the rise with the resumption of tokens. Also on the rise is the number of people without masks. Visits to stations and multiple rides on Wednesday suggested that the enforcement of the mask mandate was limited to the good sense of individual passengers. Majority of commuters wore […]
East-West Metro introduces QR-code ticket
East-West Metro introduced a QR-code based online ticketing system from Saturday. To avail the facility, the Metro Ride Kolkata app has to be downloaded from Google Play Store. A new user has to sign up and log in before booking a “QR ticket”. The booking will need a user to key in the source and […]
Railways plans Bharat Gaurav trains with private tour agencies
Indian Railways has plans to rope in private operators to introduce theme-based tourist circuit trains called Bharat Gaurav to showcase the country’s rich cultural heritage and historical places. The aim is to tap the vast tourism potential of India with private tour operators by either buying or leasing rakes from the railways and running them. […]
Cyclone disrupts several trains passing through Jharkhand
Several trains passing through different parts of Jharkhand and then through Odisha and Andhra Pradesh have been cancelled because of Cyclonic Jawad. Neeraj Kumar, chief public relation officer of South Eastern Railway at Calcutta, said Hatia-Puri Express, leaving Ranchi on Saturday, has been cancelled, while Dhanbad-Alleppey train leaving Dhanbad on Saturday has also been cancelled. […]
Many trains cancelled due to work in Bilaspur division
South Eastern Railway (SER) on Friday announced the cancellation and short-termination of several trains due to signalling and other infrastructure development work in the Bilaspur division of South East Central Railway. Trains cancelled: 12870 Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Express via Tatanagar will remain cancelled on December 10. 12869 Mumbai CSMT- Howrah Express via Tatanagar will remain cancelled […]
Fog cancels running of long distance trains
South Eastern Railway (SER) on Monday canceleld several long distance passenger trains in view of the upcoming foggy season. The notification was issued from the Cacutta-based based headquarters of SER on Monday. Both the Up and Dn Santragachi-Anand Vihar Express ( 22857 / 22858) which travel via Tatanagar railway station will remain cancelled from December […]
Kolkata Metro tokens to be available from November 25
Tokens will be back for Metro Railway passengers from Thursday, the carrier said. “Tokens are going to be re-introduced in North-South and East-West Metro from November 25. These tokens will be issued from the counters of all the stations,” Metro Railway said in a statement on Monday. Tokens were suspended from March 2020 to combat […]
Union minister of state for railways visits Sevoke-Rangpo rail route site
Raosaheb Patil Danve, the Union minister of state for railways, on Monday visited the site of the Sevoke-Rangpo rail route that will connect Rangpo, the bordering town of Sikkim, from Sevoke station in Darjeeling district, some 20km from here. He inspected two tunnels and a bridge along the route and asserted that the project would […]
Now, dip into digital wallet for toy train tickets
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has come up with a new initiative to ease the ticketing process of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) toy train, recognised by the Unesco as a world heritage mountain railway. According to railway sources, the DHR has joined hands with digital wallet company Paytm to launch a QR code-based ticketing […]
Ranchi Rajdhani to run on Lohardaga route on Thursdays
The Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Special Express will now run via the Lohardaga-Tori rail link every Thursday from November 11, the Union railway ministry has announced, fulfiliing a longstanding demand of the people of Jharkhand. From Delhi, the train will leave every Wednesday and travel on the altered route to reach Ranchi. According to the railways, […]
Indian Railways to set up coach factory on Bengal-Assam border
The Indian Railways has decided to set up a rail coach factory on the Bengal-Assam border at a location that falls under the Alipurduar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR), a senior railway official said here on Monday. This would be the first-of-its-kind factory in east and northeast India and is expected to generate considerable […]