Category: Railways

Thousands of families in remote pockets of Ramban district are eagerly waiting for the inauguration of train services on the Banihal-Sangaldan section by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, and say it will fulfil their decades-old dream and completely transform their lives.

Guhla MLA Ishwar Singh today wrote a letter to the Ministry of Railways and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, urging them to arrange a special train from Kurukshetra to Varanasi so that devotees and followers can participate in the celebrations of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 24.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh today flagged off the maiden regular run of Vande Bharat Express train with stops at Udhampur and Kathua respectively, both of which stations happen to be a part of his Lok Sabha constituency.

The Railway Board has revised the timings of arrival and departure of the Katra-New Delhi Vande Bharat train at the Kathua and Udhampur stations. The present departure timing of Train number 22478 from Katra is 6 am which has been changed to 5.50 am. The train will reach Udhampur railway station (Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan […]

PC Vishwakarma, a retired government school principal and social activist, has been taking up the issue of poor condition of narrow gauge railway line from Pathankot to Jogindernagar for the last 15 years. He has been making representations, staging dharnas over the matter but to no avail.

In a meeting held at the District Administrative Complex today, the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) approved Rs 60 lakh apart from the already demanded Rs 60 lakh from the PWD for the repair of the approaches to the railway underbridge at Mubarkpur in Dera Bassi. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Aashika Jain said that the approaches had […]

A fire broke out in one coach of the New Delhi-Darbhanga Special Express near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening, officials said. No casualties have been reported so far, they said. Himanshu Upadhyay, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of North Central Railways, said the station master of Sarai Bhopat junction near Etawah noticed smoke […]

Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar has said that a “special” train to Ayodhya will run after January 24 next year for Mumbaikars to visit the newly constructed Ram temple. Consecration ceremony will be held at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. Speaking at a function on Tuesday, Shelar said Mumbaikars will be […]

After the trial runs, the first electric train arrived at the Abohar Railway Station today. The work on electrification of Bathinda-Abohar-Sriganganagar route is also going on. The officials also inspected the ongoing work under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for which over Rs 200 crore had been approved. An official said under the renovation, both […]

Punjab’s first ‘rail coach restaurant’ was inaugurated at the Pathankot Cantt railway station on Tuesday, said Railways officials. The restaurant has been set up under the concept of ‘restaurant on wheels’ or ‘food on wheels’ of the Railways, said officials. Under this initiative, old train coaches are refurbished and converted into rail coach restaurants. In […]

The Ferozepur division imposed a fine of Rs 3.02 crore on 33,117 passengers, including Rs 30 lakh on travellers at the Amritsar railway station, for travelling without tickets on trains in the month of October. During ticket checking campaign in the division, fine is collected from passengers travelling without tickets as per rule. Divisional Railway […]

A portion of the ceiling plaster at the railway station’s general waiting hall here came off recently. Notably, the 160-year-old British-era ceiling had been replaced only a few days ago. The incident has raised questions over the quality of material and technology used in replacing the British-era ceiling that was able to last for 160 […]