Category: Railways

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has taken the decision to rename Faizabad railway junction to Ayodhya Cantt (Cantonment) in his state. The announcement was made on UP CM office’s Twitter handle on Saturday.

MUMBAI: A 17-year-old boy from Vasai who had fled to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh after stealing a mobile phone from a train commuter was honey-trapped by the railway police and detained recently. The boy, whose identity has been withheld as he is a minor, has four other cases of theft registered against him in […]

CHENNAI: Thousands of commuters on the city’s southern fringes are expected to cheer when the fourth line between Tambaram and Chengalpet becomes operational within a week, helping maintain the punctuality of suburban train services operated on the section. On Thursday, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) inspected the track and a special train with seven […]

PATNA: With the overall improvement in Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country, railways has decided to give 50% subsidy to farmers to transport their perishable agricultural products outside Bihar by parcel cargo Kisan Rail air- conditioned (AC) express trains. These special trains are running from different places falling under the jurisdiction of the East Central […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Division bagged efficiency shields for security, signal and telecommunication, personnel and electrical energy conservation in the 66th Railway Week award distribution of Southern Railway held here on Thursday. Two gazetted and 15 non gazetted staff of the division received GM’s individual awards. K P Bimin (athletics) and B Aneesh Babu (aquatics) of the division […]

PUNE: The Pune railway division has the increased the cost of platform tickets at Pune station by three times, in a bid to control crowding during Diwali. Platform tickets will cost Rs 30 between October 25 and November 10, up from the current price of Rs 10, said officials. “Diwali sees a lot of people […]

Nashik: The Bombay High Court has directed the state government and the railways to file affidavits on the issue of allocating Monthly Season Tickets (MST) to daily commuters. The Nashik-based Rail Parishad NX had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) urging the court to issue directives for issuing monthly tickets to daily commuters travelling between […]

PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) will set up five new goods sheds and expand the old ones at different places to fulfil the needs of farmers and businessmen either to load or unload their consignments easily. ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said railways has already set up goods sheds at Durgawati […]

MADURAI: Madurai MP Su Venkatesan has made a representation in person to minister for railways Ashwini Vaishnaw to restore the 53 different types of concession for passengers in trains that were withdrawn last year. “The minister informed me that a decision would soon be taken on my request to restore the concessions,” the MP said. […]

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has resumed around 643 of the 675 suburban trains and 90% of mail and express trains in Chennai division. Speaking at the 66th railway week celebrations here, Chennai divisional railway manager Ganesh said the division had done well on freight loading and has also installed passenger amenities during the pandemic. The division […]

MUMBAI: Railways’ first pod hotel — which features a large number of small, bed-sized rooms known as ‘capsules’ that boast of modern amenities but come at affordable rates — is set to open by month-end at Mumbai Central. Pod hotels provide affordable and basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require or who cannot […]

MUMBAI: An alert Railway Protection Force (RPF) staffer saved the life of a woman commuter who tried to board a moving local at Sandhurst Road station on Thursday and fell. RPF staffer Sapna Golkar pulled the commuter to safety. The incident occurred around 2.20pm at platform 1 of Sandhurst Road station. A 50-year-old woman commuter […]