Category: Railways

East Singhbhum district administration on Sunday sought the help of Chakradharpur railway division to provide railway cops for carrying out Covid-19 test of incoming passengers at the Tatanagar station. East Singhbhum deputy commissioner, Suraj Kumar prompted to write to DRM, Chakradharpur, VK Sahu, following one passenger testing positive in each of the past three consecutive […]

Old signboards at platforms painted over, trilingual signages on top of the station’s facade summarily removed and a banner bearing its new nomenclature ‘Ayodhya Cantt’ casually hung on its porch front – Faizabad Junction is in a state of transition. The recent move of authorities to rename the 19th century station, three years after Faizabad […]

An announcement by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to suspend two long-distance trains from December to February because of “foggy weather” has led to protests in Alipurduar and adjoining districts. The notice issued by NFR general manager (operations) states that the Teesta Torsa Express, which runs between New Alipurduar and Sealdah, and the Kamakhya-Delhi Express […]

A man in South 24-Parganas’ Champahati used to cycle 30km to Thakurpukur for the past few months before taking a bus to the heart of Kolkata for his daily income. On Monday, he boarded a train to Sealdah from Champahati station. The train was so crowded that he barely got a place to stand. But […]

A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring 17 people as many party-goers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported. Police arrested the suspected attacker on the spot, media reported. A man believed to be in his 60s was unconscious and […]

Local trains were not jam-packed on the first day of formal resumption of the suburban service on Sunday. Around 640 trains chugged out from Sealdah and some 350 from Howrah on Sunday, said an official of Eastern Railway. In the morning, the trains headed for Sealdah and Howrah were far busier than those that left […]

The Bengal government has allowed suburban local trains to operate at 50 per cent of their seating capacity from November 1. It has also announced a series of relaxations while extending till November 30 the stricter restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. An order issued on Friday afternoon removed the night-time restrictions (11pm-5am) from […]

Considering the rush during the Chhath festival, South Eastern Railway has decided to run a special train between Durg and Patna. The special train will run via various stations in Jharkhand’s Ranchi and Chakradharpur divisions. The train will leave Durg on November 7 while the return train will leave Patna on November 8. According to […]

As many as eight South Eastern Railway trains, some of them going through Tatanagar and other stations of Chakradharpur division, will have a new address of origin soon. SER has decided to shift the starting station, from Howrah to Shalimar, of passenger trains that stop at Santragachi (in both Up and Dn directions).The move is […]

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the Faizabad railway station, a tweet by the office of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday. It will be called the Ayodhya Cantt railway station, the tweet said, adding that the decision was taken by the chief minister. In another tweet, the CM’s office said the […]

For the first time in many years, the newer rakes outnumber the older ones in the Kolkata Metro fleet, long dubbed as “ageing and snag-prone”. The Kolkata Metro fleet now comprises 28 trains, all air-conditioned. Fifteen rakes are part of the group made at the Integral Coach Factory near Chennai and called Medha rakes. The […]