The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) held a protest at all district headquarters, Electricity Department offices and railway stations against the alleged privatisation of the Railways and the power sector, pre-paid meter policy and the Electricity Bill 2022. In Shimla, the protesters gathered at the railway station and raised slogans against the Central Government […]
Category: Railways
Metro to run 40 additional trips on weekdays: DMRC
The Delhi Metro will run 40 additional trips on weekdays starting October 25, the DMRC said on Tuesday. The move comes days after Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-II measures were invoked to combat pollution. The Delhi Metro will run 40 additional train trips on weekdays (Monday-Friday) across its network starting Wednesday. Usually, over 4,300 trips […]
Two coaches of Patalkot Express train catch fire in Agra, 2 injured
Two coaches of the Patalkot Express train caught fire in Agra district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least two passengers injured, officials said. The train was heading to Seoni in Madhya Pradesh from Firozpur Cantonment in Punjab when the fire broke out in the third and fourth coaches from the engine around […]
New rail line approved from Una to Kunna
Sumita Dawra, Special Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said that two projects – a greenfield project of a new rail line from Una to Kunna (40 km) and construction of Bijni to Mandi section of NH-20 including construction of twin tube tunnel of 3.5 km of Pathankot -Mandi on hybrid annuity model – […]
PM Modi flags off 1st ‘Namo Bharat’ train
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the “Namo Bharat RapidX” train connecting Sahibabad to Duhai Depot, marking the launch of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in India. The Prime Minister also inaugurated the priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor at Sahibabad RapidX Station in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. This 17 km priority section […]
PM Modi flags off India’s first RRTS train from UP, says similar services will be in Haryana, Rajasthan soon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the first Namo Bharat train on a 17-km stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) and declared that similar services will soon link several cities in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. Addressing a function here, Modi said that the full 82-km stretch of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut […]
Special festival train to run between Fazilka-Delhi
Northern Railways have decided to run a festival special train between Delhi and Fazilka to clear the extra rush of passengers during the ongoing festival season. The 04623/24 train will make one trip in each direction. The train 04624 will depart from Fazilka on Oct 27, 2023 (Friday) at 10.00 PM and reach Delhi Jn […]
Northern Railway introduces 34 special trains to clear festive rush of passengers
The Northern Railway has introduced 34 special trains starting Wednesday to clear the festive rush of passengers planning to travel to their home destinations. These special trains will make 377 trips — 351 towards the eastern part of the country and 26 towards the northern region—between October 18 and December 11. “Besides these 34 trains, […]
RRTS named ‘Namo Bharat’; PM to unveil Delhi-Meerut line today
Trains of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on Friday, will be known as ‘Namo Bharat’, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Thursday. The 17-km priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor is slated to be opened for passengers on October 21, a day after its opening. […]
New RRTS trains to be known as Namo Bharat; Congress targets PM Modi, says ‘no limit to his self-obsession’
Trains of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, will be known as ‘Namo Bharat’, official sources said. The Congress took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the naming of trains of RRTS as ‘Namo Bharat’, saying there is “simply no limit to his […]
Tourist count rising, special train introduced on Kalka-Shimla stretch
In view of the increased inflow of tourists to the capital city in recent days, the Railways has started a special train on the Kalka-Shimla heritage track. Officials from Ambala division of the Railways said that a special train had been started on the Kalka-Shimla railway line in view of the increasing number of tourists […]
Rlys to run festival train between Jammu-Barauni
In the wake of forthcoming festive season, Northern Railways have announced to run a special train between Jammu Tawi and Barauni for passengers intending to visit their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Railway officials said the 04645/46 Barauni-Jammu Tawi Reserved Festival Special train would make seven round trips from October 19 to December […]