CHENNAI: Travellers will have a premium train service between Chennai and Mysuru via Bengaluru daily from December. Now, Shatabdi Express and Vande Bharat trains do not run on Wednesdays. South Western Railway will operate No 12007/12008 Chennai-Mysuru-Chennai Shatabdi Express six days a week excluding Thursday, instead of Wednesday, with effect from December 20. Earlier, there […]
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Hindalco lines up 4k cr investment
NEW DELHI: Hindalco Industries has planned an investment of Rs 4,000 crore in an extrusion facility for freight wagons and coaches and a copper and e-waste recycling plant, its chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said. The company will invest Rs 2,000 crore to set up an extrusion facility for freight wagons and coaches of Vande Bharat […]
Chennai: Metrorail to barricade Luz Corner by end of August
CHENNAI: From this month-end, it may take more time for motorists to cross Luz Corner as metrorail will barricade parts of the busy junction to build the city’s deepest metro station at Thirumayilai. The station, which will be an interchange of corridors 3 and 4, will be linked by eight tunnels from Lighthouse, Royapettah, Mandaveli […]
Velankanni -Tambaram special train schedule changed
CHENNAI: Southern Railway has changed the schedule of the Velankanni-Tambaram festival special train for the convenience of passengers. According to an official release, No 06004 special train will leave Velankanni at 10.15pm on August 29 (Tuesday) and reach Tambaram at 6.10am the next day. This train will reach Tambaram via Nagapattinam, Mayiladurai, Cuddalore, Villupuram and […]
Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting: Assess RPF cops’ mental health, recommends railway panel report
MUMBAI: A five-member high-level committee appointed in the wake of the shooting on the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express has submitted its report to the railway board, sources said. The committee was appointed by the railway board to carry out a comprehensive inquiry into the incident as well as departmental lapses, if any, and fix them. On […]
Mumbai: 25% indicators on Central Railway platforms give inaccurate info
MUMBAI: A random survey of indicators that provide minute-by-minute countdown of the trains arrival status at various stations showed 25% display inaccurate information. Central Railway (CR) has installed Train Management System (TMS) — a computerised system through which information about a train’s arrival and departure is provided on electronic display boards at platforms. A senior […]
Passenger train punctuality, freight train speeds down
NEW DELHI: The punctuality of mail and express trains has come down to 73% till mid August of the current financial year, around 11% less than the same period last year. The speed of freight trains has also fallen to 27.5 kmph during this period compared to 32.4 kmph while the total freight loading has […]
CMRL plans 3rd depot for phase-2 away from the corridors
Chennai: A third depot to service and maintain driverless trains in metro rail’s phase-2 may come up near Padur, away from the three corridors under construction. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) officials said they identified a private plot near Padur, around 2km from Siruseri Sipcot where the terminating station of Madhavaram-Siruseri Sipcot corridor 3 will […]
Software upgrade to make travel safer on N-S Metro
Kolkata: Travelling on the North-South Metro will now be safer. The rakes in Kolkata’s Line 1 and India’s oldest Metro will now have the passenger information system (PIS) integrated with the software controlling train operations to prevent doors opening on the wrong side. The BEML-make rakes operating on East-West Metro have this synchronisation facility. In […]
E-W Metro ops to remain suspended on Aug 26
Kolkata: There was no East-West Metro service on Saturday for an integration exercise for the functional 10km Sector V-Sealdah and the upcoming 4.8km Esplanade-Howrah Maidan sections. Scores of passengers returned disappointed, having failed to avail Metro service on Saturday, not knowing that the crucial work of linking the software and hardware of the two sections […]
For BMRCL, common mobility cards in, closed-loop ones out
BENGALURU: To promote the use of National Common Mobility Cards (NCMCs), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has decided to discourage the sale of its contactless smartcards. From August 21, RuPay NCMCs will be available for purchase at stations throughout Namma Metro’s operational hours, whereas contactless smartcards will be sold in only two time slots […]
Fire breaks out in two coaches of stationed Udyan Express in Bengaluru, no casualties
BENGALURU: A fire broke out in the two air-conditioned coaches of the stationary Udyan Express at the Bengaluru City Railway Station on Saturday morning. However, there were no casualties as no passengers were inside the bogies. According to Railway officials, the train had arrived from Mumbai at 5.45 am and was stationed at platform three […]