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People join hands for makeover of govt school in Shivamogga
News | Sep 11, 2020, 10:14 PM ISTYouth of Thevara Chatnahalli village restored a government school with an interesting train theme to attract children.
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Railways move towards converting non-AC into AC coaches: All you need to know
India | Sep 09, 2020, 08:05 PM ISTSoon, Indian Railways passengers may see General class coahes, non-AC 3 tier sleeper coaches converted into AC coaches and AC 3 tier sleeper coaches as Railways is on a redesign drive with the aim of making journey more comfortable and affordable for the common man.
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Metro Rail, long-distance trains; bus services resume in Tamil Nadu
India | Sep 07, 2020, 02:47 PM ISTAfter a five-month plus hiatus, the Chennai Metro Rail services and long-distance buses linking various districts in Tamil Nadu recommenced operations on Monday. Similarly, trains within the state also resumed services after a break of about two months.
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Kashmir's first glass-roofed AC train trial run conducted, may put to service soon
India | Sep 03, 2020, 08:11 PM ISTKashmir may soon get its first glass-roofed AC train into service after the trial run of vista-dome coach train was held on August 31 (Monday). The trial run of the luxury train was held between Baramulla in north Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu.
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Railways likely to run 100 more passenger trains during Unlock 4.0
India | Sep 01, 2020, 04:17 PM ISTThe Indian Railways is planning to run more passenger trains in addition to already running trains as the country entres Unlock 4 after the government eased down lockdown restrictions amid the pandemic.
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Chhattisgarh: Train facility soon in Naxal-hit Antagarh
India | Aug 24, 2020, 10:21 AM ISTResidents of Chhattisgarh's Antagarh town, a Naxal-affected area which did not have rail connectivity till now, will soon have access to trains on the newly laid railway line there and this would also allow transportation of iron ore from mines in the region.
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All passenger, suburban trains continue to remain suspended, special trains to run
India | Aug 11, 2020, 08:20 PM ISTThe Indian Railways on Tuesday announced that all regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice. However, special trains which are currently into service will continue to run.
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South Eastern Railway to regulate trains on total lockdown days in West Bengal
India | Aug 02, 2020, 05:59 PM ISTThe South Eastern Railway (SER) has decided to regulate the movement of special trains on seven days in August, when total lockdown will be imposed across West Bengal to check the spread of coronavirus.
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COVID-19 transmission rate in train carriage decoded
World | Aug 01, 2020, 12:51 PM ISTAccording to the study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the average rate of transmission for these 'close contact' travellers was 0.32 percent.
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Private train operations likely to begin by April 2023: Railway Board Chairman
India | Jul 02, 2020, 05:20 PM ISTRailway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Thursday announced that the private train operations are expected to begin by April 2023.
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Baby born on Shramik Special train in Odisha, 37th delivery onboard trains for migrants so far
India | Jun 05, 2020, 01:05 PM ISTA 19-year-old migrant woman, who was returning home in Odisha after being stuck in Telangana due to the lockdown, gave birth to a baby on a Shramik Special train on Friday, railway officials said.
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UNLOCK 1: 200 trains resume from today. Check full list, IRCTC reservation rules and timings
India | Jun 01, 2020, 08:51 AM ISTIndian railways has resumed the service of 200 special trains from today. The initiative has been taken by the government to enable citizens to go back home as relaxations are given in the COVID-19 lockdown norms.
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Centre allows states, UTs to hire buses for transportation of train passengers
India | May 14, 2020, 10:38 PM ISTThe Centre on Thursday allowed states and union territories to hire special buses to ferry train passengers from stations where public and private vehicles are not available to their destinations.
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Special trains from Delhi arrive in Mumbai, Ahmedabad
News | May 14, 2020, 09:23 PM ISTA special train carrying passengers from arrived at Mumbai Central Railway Station on May 14.
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Give migrant workers free train trips back home, urges Bollywood
Entertainment | May 04, 2020, 04:25 PM ISTFrom Riteish Deshmukh, Sonu Sood to Javed Akhtar, Bollywood celebrities tweeted and urged the governments to bear the cost of migrant workers' train trip back to their home towns.
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Scenes of joy at Lucknow station as first special train ferrying 800 migrant workers arrives
India | May 03, 2020, 02:19 PM ISTThe 02121 Shramik Special carried over 800 others from Maharashtra's Nashik, all stranded there for weeks after a lockdown to fight coronavirus was imposed nationwide.
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COVID-19: Special train leaves for Jharkhand with migrants who were stranded in Telangana
News | May 01, 2020, 02:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: The railways ran a special train to take 1,200 migrants stranded at Lingampalli in Telangana to Hatia in Jharkhand for the first time since the lockdown began.
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Special 'one-off' train ferries 1,200 migrants from Telangana to Jharkhand
India | May 01, 2020, 05:38 PM ISTA special train was deployed Friday to carry migrants from Telangana to Jharkhand. As per reports, 1,200 migrants were ferried by the train from Lingampally, Telangana to Hatia, Jharkhand. This has been the first train to carry migrants since the lockdown began.
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Special train ferries 950 army personnel from Bengaluru to Jammu
India | Apr 17, 2020, 03:44 PM ISTA special train carrying 950 army personnel left from Bengaluru today amid a nationwide lockdown which has been enforced due to the coronavirus crisis. The train is carrying the army personnel who have complete professional courses at Army training establishments at Bengaluru, Belgaum and Secunderabad and due to rejoin units deployed in operational areas in North India. The train is scheduled to reach Jammu on April 20.
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Man intentionally derailed LA train near hospital ship
World | Apr 02, 2020, 08:09 AM ISTA train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there to help during the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.