PUNE: Central Railway will run two special trains between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Velankanni to clear the extra rush of passengers due to Vailankanni Festival. According to officials, train number 01161 special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 1pm on August 26 and will arrive Velankanni at 8.35pm the next day. Also, train number 01162 […]
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Fire breaks out near Kolkata’s Rabindra Sadan metro station, none injured
KOLKATA: A fire broke out near the Rabindra Sadan metro station along the North-South corridor of Kolkata Metro on Wednesday morning, reported news agency PTI quoting a fire official. No injuries were reported in the incident which took place at a railway reservation counter close to the centrally located metro station around 7.50am. Two fire […]
15 railway stations in state to get facelift in revamp project
GURGAON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a digital conference on Sunday, laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of railway stations in India, including the 15 chosen in Haryana. Among them was the Pataudi Road station in the city. PM Modi said “new India” is rapidly developing and there was “new energy, new inspirations and […]
Man loses ₹2L in customer care fraud
Ahmedabad: In a bid to cancel a train ticket worth Rs 400, a man from Nadiad lost Rs 2 lakh to cybercrooks on July 30 when he contacted a customer care number of IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) and accidentally got linked to fraudsters, stated a complaint filed on Monday. Nimesh Patel, a […]
Majerhat Metro viaduct casting work complete
Kolkata: The viaduct construction for Joka-Esplanade Metro’s Majerhat extension is now over. Over the last three days, implementing agency RVNL completed the crucial work of deck slab-casting for the last 550m of the overhead section beyond the Majerhat Metro station. A continuous viaduct (on which Metro tracks are laid) till this point — around 260m […]
Amid digital push, railways made Rs 2400 crore cash transactions during 2017-18 & 2021-22
NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged how railways failed in the Centre’s push for digital and limited cash transactions as it made Rs 2,395 crore cash transactions between 2017-18 and 2021-22. The CAG’s audit report on “Railways Finances” presented in Parliament on Tuesday also mentioned how in Northern Railways, a shortage […]
MAHSR corridor: NHSRCL officers undergo training in Japan
AHMEDABAD: At least 13 middle management officers from the operations and maintenance department of the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) are undergoing an ‘on-the-job training’ in Japanese Shinkansen technology for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail (MAHSR) corridor. The NHSRCL officers, representing various technical departments, will play a crucial role in managing and operating India’s […]
1.4km tunnel at Madhavaram ready
Chennai: A tunnel-boring machine (TBM) named Nilgiri worked at a speed of 1.5 metres a day for the past 10 months at around 15 metres depth to complete a 1.4-km-long tunnel from Madhavaram Milk Colony to Madhavaram High Road on Monday. It was the second machine to complete tunnelling in the 116.1km phase-2 project at […]
Sreekumar becomes Southern Railway principal chief operations manager
CHENNAI: N Sreekumar on Monday assumed office as the principal chief operations manager of Southern Railway. He replaced Neenu Ittyerah who took charge as the principal chief commercial manager of SR. An IRTS officer of 1989 batch, Sreekumar is a postgraduate from IIT-Madras and IIT-Kharagpur and has worked in different capacities in operating, commercial, MIS […]
Woman pushed out of Udyan Express at Dadar station, accused held
MUMBAI: An unemployed man, who used to work as a watchman in Pune, has been arrested for assaulting a woman railway passenger. On Sunday, around 4pm, the woman boarded the Bengaluru-CSMT Udyan Express from Pune to travel to Mumbai, where she had joined duty a week ago. She stays with relatives in Mumbai. Around 8.27pm, […]
Man in ladies coach pushes govt staffer out
Mumbai: A 29-year-old government employee was molested and pushed out of the moving Udyan Express at Dadar station on Sunday night, when she tried to resist a man who had snatched her bag. She landed on the platform and suffered multiple bruises. The GRP arrested the accused, Manoj Chaudhary, on Monday, reports Nitasha Natu. Police […]
Is Modi railways feat like Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s road revolution?
Will PM Modi be known for transforming the railways like former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee who revolutionised the transport sector through the Golden Quadrilateral programme? Experts say the focus on railways has never been so sharp before. They said the rollout of Vande Bharat trains has been the fastest in railway history, as far as […]