Special tracks will be laid for a journey from Delhi to Howrah in 12 hours, Railways minister Piyush Goyal said in a major announcement on Friday.
Local train operations on trans-harbour line of Mumbai suburban local network were stalled as two carriages of a train derailed near Thane. The incident took place around 7 pm on Sunday (August 11) between Thane and Airoli on trans harbour railway line.
Eight trains in Rangiya division of the Northeast Frontier Railway have begun operations with some pink coaches, exclusively for women.
Mumbaikars woke up to an intense downpour on Saturday morning, which caused trouble for the locals as parts of the city have been flooded and railway tracks have submerged. Severe waterlogging is being reported from the city and its adjacent areas affecting the road, rail and air traffic. Due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging at Ambernath, train services have been hit.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the SRMU, Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) General Secretary Kannaiah said that ticket prices would go up as the private players will do away with concessions. He referred to reports about Railways identifying the New Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express for privatisation and claimed there was also a proposal to handover Chennai-Madurai Tejas Express to private players.
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha on rising train fares, Piyush Goyal said flexi fare is applicable to 32 out of these 141 trains for nine months only. He said presently there is no proposal to discontinue the scheme as it has generated additional earnings of Rs 2,426 crore since its introduction until June 2019.
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to run two independent trains -- Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur and Bhubaneswar-Junagarh -- for the convenience of the people in Odisha's Kalahandi.
Several trains were cancelled, diverted or rescheduled as Northern Railways undertook the much necessary non-interlocking work at New Delhi's Tilak Bridge station. Long route trains like Amritsar-Saharsha Garib Rath, New Delhi-Sealdah Duronto, Howrah Duronto were diverted. Here's the complete list of trains that have been diverted and cancelled.
The video of a local train motorman stopping the train to urinate on the tracks has gone viral on social media, prompting demand to install toilets in cabins of motormen and guards.
In a shocking incident, former Madhya Pradesh MLA from Samajwadi Party Sunilam was forced to hide inside a train toilet after an unidentified youth allegedly threatened him with dire consequences.
With the production of the third Train 18 unit virtually stopped over allegations of favouritism in the tendering process of the first train set, the railways on Tuesday said it has introduced a new system for giving all bidders a level playing field and ensuring transparency.
After police recovered some crude bombs in West Bengal's Kakinara of North 24 Parganas district on Monday, a fresh flare-up of violence prompted the administration to impose prohibitory orders in the affected areas. Locals later disrupted train services in the Barrackpore-Naihati division of Eastern Railway (ER) as a mark of protest against the disturbances, an official said.
The Delhi-Varanasi Kashi Vishwanath Express was flagged off by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Suresh Angadi and BJP MP Meenakashi Lekhi. Families of some of the soldiers who lost their lives were also present on the occasion.
The Magenta Line of Delhi Metro suffered a technical glitch on Sunday, due to which the train services were affected. Confirming the development, the DMRC, through its Twitter handle, said there is single line train movement between RK Puram and Kalkaji temporarily.
Railway is planning to increase the facilities provided to the passengers. Following which it may stop giving subsidy to the passengers on tickets. In fact, it is said passengers might have to pay 43 percent more on their current ticket fare.
The accident occurred around 4 a.m. at Walhar station when a passenger train entered a service line and collided with a freight train, Railway Ministry spokesperson Ali Nawaz Malik told Efe news.
The Centre is working to ensure a safe journey for 23 million passengers using the train service in the country daily and its efforts have led to a decline of 62 percent in accidents, a senior official said.
Railways bear 47 per cent cost, collecting the remaining 57 per cent from the passengers. It earns around Rs 56,000 crore by selling tickets and now is aiming to make it's earning about Rs 56,000 crore in 2019-20 with the 'give it up' scheme.
The Delhi High Court asked the Railways on Tuesday as to what steps it has taken, and proposes to take, to ensure availability of clean and safe drinking water on its trains as well as stations.
Heavy rains lash Mumbai city on Monday morning leading to the temporary suspension of activity at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport due to poor visibility. "Due to heavy rains, there are no movements at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai," a spokesperson for the Mumbai airport said.
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