Coaches can be seen strewn on both sides of the track, a few of these several feet away, in Raghunathpur, a non-descript town in Buxar district of Bihar where the North East Express derailed. Four AC coaches, all of which have jumped the rails but remained coupled, form a scary serpentine pattern with shattered window […]
Category: Railways
Girl loses hand, legs after being thrown before train in UP for resisting sexual harassment
A 17-year-old girl lost one hand and both her legs after she was hurled before a train here by a youth for objecting to sexual harassment, her family alleged on Wednesday. Her condition is critical, doctors say. The girl suffered multiple fractures in the incident that took place in the CB Ganj area of Bareilly […]
Railways earns Rs 2.39 cr fine from ticketless passengers
Continuing the drive against ticketless travellers, the ticket checking staff of Ferozepur Division of the Northern Railway caught as many as 26,711 persons travelling without valid tickets on the railway stations and on board the trains in September. Penalty of Rs 2.39 crore was recovered, which was 19 per cent higher than the recovery made […]
4 dead, 50 injured as Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derails near Bihar’s Buxar
At least four passengers died and 50 others injured when six coaches of the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derailed near the Raghunathpur station in Bihar’s Buxar district on Wednesday, officials said. The derailment occurred at 9:53 pm and at least two AC III Tier coaches had toppled over while four other coaches jumped the tracks, […]
Railways earns Rs 2.39 cr fine from ticketless passengers
Ferozepur division earned a revenue of Rs 2.39 crore, including nearly Rs 26 lakh from the Amritsar railway station by imposing a fine on ticketless passengers and over Rs 1.26 lakh from passengers for littering in the platforms under the Anti-Littering Act in September. To stop ticketless travelling by passengers in trains, a ticket-checking team […]
Sunam railway station to get foot overbridge
The Railway Ministry has approved a foot overbridge for the Sunam Udham Singh Wala railway station. The bridge will be constructed at a cost of Rs 3 crore. At present, passengers have to cross over the tracks to reach the other side of the station. The 20-foot bridge will be constructed at the height of […]
Two rail coaches being converted into restaurants in Jammu, Katra
The Railways is converting two abandoned coaches into theme-based restaurants at Katra and Jammu railway stations here. The initiative has been named Beautiful Restaurants on Wheels, under which old train coaches are being refurbished and transformed into rail coach restaurants. “Two rail-coach restaurants are being worked upon in Jammu and Katra. This is a scheme […]
Railways announces two special trains for Vaishno Devi pilgrims
The Northern Railway has announced plans to operate two special trains to ensure hassle-free travel for commuters embarking on a pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The pair of trains — (No. 04049/50) will run between New Delhi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and (No. 04079/80) between Varanasi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi […]
136 trains cancelled, farmers refuse to budge from tracks
Hundreds of commuters in different parts of the state continued facing harassment on the second day of the ‘rail roko’ agitation by farmers today. They were seeking a compensation for their crops damaged during the monsoon, besides a legal guarantee for the MSP. The agitation is being staged by 19 farm unions from six states, […]
‘Rail roko’ stir hits traffic, trains cancelled
A large number of trains were cancelled and diverted due to the rail roko agitation in Punjab today. Several farmer bodies led by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee are on a three-day agitation. As per information, nearly 100 trains were affected. Several trains, including Amritsar-Hisar Express, Jammu Tavi-Jaisalmer Express, Amritsar-Dehradun, Jammu-Ajmer Express and Jammu Mail, […]
Farmers block railway track in Bathinda
A three-day ‘train roko’ movement has been started at the Rampura railway station in Bathinda district by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) over delay in compensation for damaged crops. Due to farmers’ protest, the route of trains running between Bathinda and Ambala was closed due to which four trains were cancelled and one train was […]
Railways installs model track to set up restaurant on wheels
Months after allotment of a five-year contract for setting up a restaurant on wheels at the city railway station, the authorities have installed a model (showpiece) track for the same in the railway station complex. The contract for setting up a restaurant on wheels was awarded in April. Shubham Kumar, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, said […]