Category: Railways

A protest was staged near Sarabha Nagar intersection on Saturday by a group of people, expressing their anger over the sluggish progress of the ROB and RUB project on Pakhowal Road. The protesters demanded immediate completion of the project and warned that more demonstrations would be staged if the project was not completed promptly. Jaspreet […]

The 120-year-old Kalka-Simla Railway will get an image makeover for the first time since it was put into service with swanky new indigenously manufactured coaches, each with a mini pantry and bio-toilets. The narrow-gauge rolling stock, developed by Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Punjab’s Kaputhala, is the first such indigenously produced train coach, which is […]

Delhi Police on Tuesday urged people to help identifying the man who was allegedly seen masturbating in a metro train, the video of which went viral on social media. “This man was performing obscene act in Delhi metro and he is now wanted in FIR NO.02/23 PS IGIA metro. Please inform SHO IGIA metro on […]

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has decided to boost patrolling by uniformed security personnel and staffers in plain clothes aboard trains after several inappropriate videos of riders caused controversy in recent weeks, officials said on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Metro) Jitendra Mani said a strict action as per the law will be taken against […]

The trial of the semi-high speed Vande Bhagat Express train on the Mumbai-Goa route began on Tuesday, officials said. A Vande Bharat rake, capable of running at the top speed of 180 kmph, departed from platform number 7 of CSMT in Mumbai at 5:30 AM and reached Madgaon station in Goa at 12.50 PM. The […]

Three firms have submitted bids to carry out the design work of Gurugram Metro’s 28.5-km line connecting HUDA City Centre and Cyber City. The bids were received after the second round of bidding held in March 2023. The first bid was called in August 2022 and was cancelled due to poor participation. The new corridor […]

A 16-year-old student, who allegedly came to a railway track here along with two other friends to shoot a selfie, was killed after being hit by a train on Friday, officials said. The teenager, who was walking on the track, could not avoid being hit by train, though his friends, who were shooting on a […]

Railway Board Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti on Wednesday said work was underway on the project to develop the country’s first hydrogen train and efforts were being made to start its trial in the current financial year itself. Running trains on hydrogen would be a huge “technological breakthrough” in the country, Lahoti told reporters in Indore. […]

The Railways has earned an additional revenue of around Rs 2,242 crore from senior citizen travellers in 2022-23 by revoking concession offered to them, an RTI response has found. The national transporter had generated Rs 1,500 crore in excess between March 20, 2020 — when the assistance was suspended after the onset of the Covid […]

The Northern Railway authorities have announced to run three more summer special trains to cope with the rush of passengers during the upcoming summer season and vacations. Two of these trains would ferry passengers to Beas from Ajmer and Jodhpur, respectively, while one train would operate between Mumbai Central and Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. All […]

The Una to Ambala Cantt and Una to Saharanpur passenger trains have been restarted, officials said today. The services of the two trains were suspended 45 days ago due to the construction and electrification work on the railway track between the Nangal Dam and Bharatgarh section. The Ambala Railway Board had cancelled both trains till […]

In a major relief to people in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district, two passenger trains running between Una-Ambala Cantt and Una–Saharanpur have been restored, officials said on Saturday. Services of the trains were suspended 45 days ago due to construction and electrification work of the railway track between Nangal Dam to Bharatgarh section. Both the trains […]