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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.
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Coronavirus lockdown: All trains except goods suspended till April 14
India | Mar 25, 2020, 08:39 AM ISTCommon man is worrying as all passenger trains including mail/express, premium, have been suspended amid coronavirus outbreak in the country after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday night imposed a nation-wide 21-day lockdown. Earlier trains were suspended till March 31 but after Modi's announcement, Indian Railway services have been deferred till April 14.
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Indian Railways cancels all trains on Sunday due to Janata Curfew
News | Mar 22, 2020, 10:00 AM ISTIn the wake of 'Janata Curfew' being declared on March 22, all over Indian Railways, no train will start from its originating station from 4 am to 10 pm informed Chief Public Relation Officer of East Coast Railway, JP Mishra.
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New Bengaluru-Goa express train flagged off
India | Mar 07, 2020, 06:49 PM ISTSouth Western Railway (SWR) zone on Saturday flagged off a new daily express train, connecting the city and Goa, fulfilling a long standing demand in the coastal region.
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Sri Lanka to get 1st electric rail track
India | Feb 27, 2020, 01:55 PM ISTSri Lanka's Transport Ministry on Thursday said it will construct the country's first electric rail track in the central highlands of Kandy to ease traffic and further develop the island's transport sector.
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Train carrying 160 passengers derails in Australia; 2 dead
World | Feb 20, 2020, 04:09 PM ISTAt least two people died after a train carrying 160 passengers derailed in Australia on Thursday. The Sydney to Melbourne XPT train went off the tracks near Wallan, north of Melbourne.
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Kashi Mahakal Express: PM Modi flags off India's 3rd private superfast fully AC train
Travel | Feb 16, 2020, 02:07 PM ISTPM Modi flagged off Kashi-Mahakal Express, IRCTC's third private fully air-conditioned superfast train today. The train will connect three places -- Jyotirlinga - Omkareshwar and Mahakaleshwar and Kashi Vishwanath, other places.
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Watch: Woman slips while boarding train, rescued by RPF constable
News | Feb 15, 2020, 11:01 PM ISTA woman was rescued by Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable after she tripped while boarding a moving train.
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Coming soon: World-class railway stations at Gandhinagar, Habibganj
India | Feb 05, 2020, 07:21 PM ISTIndian Railways has set the ball rolling for a massive restructuring of some major railway stations in India. The work for a congestion-free entry/exit at Bhopal's Habibganj and Gandhinagar (Gujarat) is already at an advanced stage, Ministery of Railways has said. Tenders for a complete overhaul of Gomtinagar, Anand Vihar, Bijwasan and Chandigarh railway station will also be floated soon.
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Rains intensify coldwave; 21 Delhi-bound trains delayed due to fog
India | Jan 09, 2020, 10:52 AM ISTA day after heavy downpour in several parts of North India, cold wave conditions with an overcast sky prevailed over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Thursday. The severe fog led to the delay of at least 21 Delhi-bound trains by one to six hours.