Tag: Train Derailments

New Delhi: Stepping up its efforts to prevent train derailments, Indian Railways is opting for the latest technology to reduce its dependence on manual inspections and to improve the track maintenance system of its rail network. Automatic track geometry-cum-video inspection systems, ballast regulating machines, rail grinding machines, automated multifunction track recording cars and ultrasonic flaw […]

New Delhi: The Railways gave 21 per cent more time to track maintenance in November 2017 as compared to November 2016, the transport behemoth said on Wednesday. Track maintenance time in November 2017 was recorded at around 45033 hours, 21.17 per cent higher than the 37165 hours logged over the same month last year. Focusing […]