Agricultural land at as many as 43 villages of Mohali figures in the socio-economic survey for the construction of the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed railway corridor or bullet train track. As a part of the survey for social impact assessment and resettlement agreement plan, a team of the IIM-Research, New Delhi, recently held meetings with the […]
Category: Railways
Rlys collects over Rs 28L fine from ticketless travellers
Northern Railway’s Ferozepur division earned Rs 28.83 lakh from ticketless passengers in August this year at the railway stations in the district. Besides, people were also fined for littering at the railway stations. To stop the trend of unauthorised travelling in trains, a ticket-checking team of Ferozepur division conducted checking in trains. A total of […]
RITES files inception report for tricity Metro
Moving a step forward, RITES has submitted its inception report to the UT Administration on the ambitious tricity Metro project, a collaborative effort between Haryana, Punjab, and Chandigarh. Confirming the receipt of the report, an official said now RITES would give a detailed presentation within a couple of days on how they would proceed to […]
Eight trains cancelled due to traffic block
The Northern Railway has announced that eight trains will remain cancelled due to a power and traffic block at platform No. 4 at Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi station for the repair of a washable apron in Jhansi division. The Durg-Jammu Tawi Express (12549) will remain cancelled on September 22, 24 and 29 while the Jammu Tawi-Durg […]
Rs 2.48 crore recovered from ticketless travellers in Aug
In the course of relentless drive against the menace of ticketless travelling, which caused a big drain on the revenue of the Indian Railways, ticket checking staff in the Firozepur Division caught as many as 28,358 persons travelling without proper and valid tickets on moving trains and at railway stations during August this year. Due […]
Device to detect if train driver is drowsy
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is developing an artificial intelligence-based device that will be able to read the blinking eyes of drivers, say sources The device — Railway Driver Assistance System (RDAS) — will not only sound an alert in case the driver is feeling sleepy but will also apply emergency brakes if he/she loses […]
Housing Department for Rajpura’s inclusion in Metro feasibility study
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has sought the inclusion of Rajpura among the cities that are part of a feasibility study for the Metro mode public transport system. The Department of Local Government has hired a consultant for the feasibility study in Mohali, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala. “Though Panthankot is also included, […]
Anticipating rise in footfall, Delhi Metro to sell ‘Tourist Smart Cards’
Anticipating increased passenger footfall for the G20 Summit, the Delhi Metro will sell ‘Tourist Smart Cards’ through dedicated counters at 36 stations from September 4-13, officials said. These cards will be available in two categories — one-day and three-day validity — offering “unlimited rides” in the metro network. The Tourist Smart Cards are available on […]
G-20: Delhi Metro to sell ‘Tourist Smart Cards’ through dedicated counters from September 4-13
Anticipating increased passenger footfall for the G20 Summit, the Delhi Metro will sell ‘Tourist Smart Cards’ through dedicated counters at 36 stations from September 4-13, officials said. These cards will be available in two categories—one-day and three-day validity—offering “unlimited rides” in the metro network. The Tourist Smart Cards are available on regular days too but, […]
CBI chargesheets 3 railway officials for Balasore mishap
The CBI has filed a chargesheet against three arrested railway officials for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the June 2 Balasore (Odisha) train accident. The CBI had arrested the three officials — Senior Section Engineer (Signals) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Amir Khand and Technician Pappu Kumar, […]
Balasore accident: CBI files charge-sheet against 3 railway officials for culpable homicide, destruction of evidence
The CBI on Saturday filed a charge-sheet against three arrested Railways officials for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident case, officials said. The CBI had arrested the three—senior section engineer (Signals) Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer Amir Khand and technician Pappu […]
At 289m, Aerocity Metro station to have longest platform in Ph-IV plan
The platform of the new Aerocity-Tughlakabad Silver Line corridor of phase 4, construction work for which has already started, will be the longest among all phase 4 stations with a length of 289m, a statement said on Sunday. According to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the general length of underground metro stations in phase 4 […]