AGRA: A day after the Railways, along with local administration and police, demolished several houses at Nai Basti area near Shri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura, the drive was “stopped for three days” on Thursday. On Wednesday, Railways said it had pulled down “60 illegal structures,” reports Deepak Lavania. Meanwhile, claiming ownership of the land, residents […]
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Over 19k cable-cut cases in 5 years: Railways to parliamentary panel
NEW DELHI: The railways informed a parliamentary panel that there were 19,700 instances of cable cut across its zones in the past five years and in 11,760 such cases, it did not even impose penalties for violation of procedures laid down for digging work near signalling, electrical and telecommunication cables. Stating that such lapses could […]
Egmore railway station to have airport-like feel
The experience of driving in and boarding trains is set to change as Southern Railway is planning a massive redevelopment of Egmore railway station that is set to transform the swathe of land between Gandhi Irwin road and Poonamallee high road. The Rs 800crore Amrit Bharat station scheme will add around 33 acres of land […]
Southern Railway to run special trains between Tambaram and Tirunelveli
MADURAI: Southern Railway will run a pair of special trains between Tambaram and Tirunelveli to clear extra rush of passengers. No 06051 Tambaram – Tirunelveli superfast special fare special will leave Tambaram at 5pm on August 11 and reach Tirunelveli at 4.15am the next day. No 06052 Tirunelveli – Tambaram superfast special fare special will […]
Block plan for Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd
Kolkata: A part of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road will be blocked in the next few days for East-West Metro’s ground freezing work, which was due to start on Thursday. KMRC is drawing up a revised traffic block plan ahead of shifting the CESC cable line below Nirmal Chunder Street, where the actual ground freezing will […]
IRCTC’s spiritual Odyssey: 12 Jyotirlinga Ram Katha Yatra ends
KOLKATA: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), an arm of the Indian Railways dedicated to promoting tourism, has concluded a remarkable journey of faith and spirituality. The “12 Jyotirlinga Ram Katha Yatra,” a significant pilgrimage that brought together close to a thousand devotees, reached its successful culmination today. Spearheaded by the revered […]
Cigarette smoke from toilet creates alajadi in Tirupati-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express
TIRUPATI: A passenger, whose smoking habit created alajadi (flutter) and chaos among the passengers on board the Tirupati-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express train, was taken into custody by the railway police on Wednesday. According to the South Central Railway, an unauthorised passenger who boarded train no 20702 Tirupati-Secunderabad Vande Bharat express, locked himself inside the toilet […]
Namma Metro extends curtailment of train services on two stretches of Purple Line
BENGALURU: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has extended the curtailment of metro services on the Purple Line of Namma Metro. Earlier, to facilitate completion of signaling and other related works between Baiyappanahalli and K R Pura, the BMRCL had announced suspension of metro services from 5am to 7am between Baiyappanahalli and S V […]
Travel by Delhi Metro cuts 32gm of CO2 per km
NEW DELHI: A passenger travelling by Delhi Metro instead of a car saves almost 32.4 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometre. Thus, a ride from Janakpuri West metro station on Blue Line to Hindon River metro station on Red Line would save about 840 grams of CO2 emissions while a one-way metro journey from […]
MMRDA appoints panel to study Rinfra’s Mumbai Metro One acquisition proposal
MUMBAI: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has appointed an internal study group (ISG) that will assist the organisation on a proposal extended by Reliance Infrastructure Ltd to sell its stake in Mumbai Metro One (Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar) corridor. Metro One is the only corridor that was executed on public private partnership (PPP). MMRDA has a 26% […]
Irate woman commuter jumps into motorman coach of Mumbai local train
THANE: An irate woman commuter, who was unable to board a fast train for Mumbai from Diva, allegedly jumped into the adjoining motorman’s cabin of a fast Mumbai local train. According to officials, the incident ended up causing delays in peak hour services on the Central Railway from the suburbs. Local passengers said that the […]
Contractor to pay Rs 4cr for damage to cables: WR
MUMBAI: Western Railway (WR) has decided to levy a Rs 4 crore penalty on a Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) contractor whose work damaged signalling cables at Virar, leading to a significant disruption in train services on July 28. WR’s chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said, “We have decided to recover charges for the […]