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  Farmers' stir: Railways diverts, short terminates several trains in Punjab. Check full list

  India | December 05, 2020 9:45 IST

  The Western Railways has diverted and short terminated several trains amid the ongoing farmers' agitation in Punjab, against the three recently enacted farm Acts.

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  Western Railway adds 4 'ladies special' local trains in Mumbai

  India | October 21, 2020 11:00 IST

  A day after Railway Minister Piyush Goyal allowed all women passengers to travel in local trains in Mumbai, the Western Railway on Wednesday added four 'ladies special' trains on its suburban network. 

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  Railways to run 194 special services of Mumbai local trains from Oct 15 to avoid overcrowding

  India | October 13, 2020 23:19 IST

  The Western Railway has decided to run additional 194 special services, including 10 AC trains, from October 15 to reduce overcrowding on local trains in Mumbai. 

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  Western Railways hires personal 'Yamraj' to land trespassers to safety

  offbeat | November 08, 2019 15:58 IST

  When the Yamraj spots a person in a no-man area, he carries him on his back and lands him in a safer area.

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  Western Railway collects Rs 5.52 lakh in fines for littering, spitting

  India | September 21, 2019 22:20 IST

  He said 2,631 cases of littering and spitting were detected till September 19.

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  Mumbai's Lower Parel station to reopen soon as Railways completes demolition of bridge

  India | February 03, 2019 9:27 IST

  The Western Railways has informed that the local train service from Lower Parel to Churchgate would be affected for 11 hours due to the shutdown and most long-distance trains would terminate at Dadar instead of Mumbai Central railway station.

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  2 coaches of 12431 Trivandrum Rajdhani Express derailed in Madhya Pradesh, 1 killed

  India | October 18, 2018 9:15 IST

  The truck driver, who rammed into a manned level crossing between Godhra & Ratlam and hit Trivandrum Rajdhani train at 6:44 am today, has been killed in the incident.

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  No fare hike for Mumbai’s first air-conditioned local till Dec 24: Western Railways

  India | June 22, 2018 19:24 IST

  In a statement, the Western Railways said, that, as part of the introductory offer that has been extended by six months the base fare for a single journey would continue to be 1.2 times that of the corresponding First Class fare. 

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  100% occupancy: Railways turns down RTI report of losses on Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector

  Business | November 01, 2017 20:51 IST

  Western Railway on Wednesday said that total earnings in the last quarter (July-September) was Rs 233 crore, and that the occupancy in that period was 100 per cent.

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  40% seats on Ahmedabad-Mumbai trains go vacant, cause heavy losses to Railways: RTI

  Business | October 31, 2017 18:17 IST

  The RTI query by Mumbai activist Anil Giglani has revealed that over 40 per cent of seats on all the trains on this sector go vacant causing huge losses to Western Railway.

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  Piyush Goyal tightens reins on Railways, gives priority to safety

  National | October 01, 2017 0:01 IST

  At least 22 commuters were killed and 39 others injured when a horrific stampede broke out on a narrow railway foot overbridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel stations.

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  Death toll in Ephinstone Road station stampede in Mumbai rises to 23

  India | September 30, 2017 16:28 IST

  The tragedy took place yesterday around 10.40 am when the overbridge, linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban stations, became overcrowded with people taking shelter from a heavy downpour.

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  Suresh Prabhu had assured Sena MP that Elphinstone Road station bridge would be renovated

  India | September 29, 2017 23:44 IST

  Suresh Prabhu said he had approved a proposal for the construction of a new foot overbridge at Elphinstone Road station in April 2015, but it was marred by bureaucratic red tape.

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  Exclusive: India TV exposes Western Railways' lies on Elphinstone station stampede

  India | September 29, 2017 23:30 IST

  The Western Railways claimed that foot overbridge is in a good condition and all standards relating to its length and width have been maintained. It also added that there are two exit points in north and south.

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  Mumbai stampede: Uddhav Thackeray visits KEM hospital, says what happened is bad

  National | September 29, 2017 22:23 IST

  At least 22 people were killed and over 30 injured in a rush hour stampede on a narrow foot overbridge (FOB) linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban stations during heavy rain this morning.

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  After deadly Elphinston station stampede, tender floated for additional foot overbridge

  India | September 30, 2017 9:29 IST

  The 40 feet wide FOB was announced in the 2016 Railway Budget and was part of the Rs 45-crore budget earmarked towards escalators.

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  Missed call service launched for local train updates

  India | April 26, 2016 16:21 IST

  the Western Railway has launched a unique service through which commuters would be able to know the running status of local trains from simply giving a missed call.

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  Bio-toilets in Western Railways' 468 coaches to convert waste into water

  India | March 26, 2016 23:28 IST

  In order to achieve zero discharge of human waste on the tracks, Western Railway (WR) today said it has provided bio-toilets in 468 coaches so far and plans to install more of these in a phased manner.