Tag: Railway

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In order to cater the rush of passengers, Eastern Railways and the Central Railways have announced several Holi special trains for the month. The list of trains announced has been given below. Eastern Railways has arranged one more trip for each of 03041/03042 Howrah-Raxaul-Howrah and 03561/03562 Asansol-Patna-Asansol Holi Special trains. 03041/03042 Howrah-Raxaul-Howrah Holi […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In order to clear extra rush of passengers during upcoming summer season, the Indian Railways have announced several pairs of Summer Special Trains. Anticipating heavy rush, the Railways have decided to run more Summer Special Trains. The details of the trains have been provided below. 01115/01116 Lokmanya Tilak(T)- Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Weekly Special […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to clear extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway has decided to run two special trains between Secunderabad and Santragachi. The details of the trains have been given below. As per a press release issued by the South Central Railways, Train No. 02513 Secunderabad – Santragachi special train will depart Secunderabadad at […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Just like air travellers, railway passengers planning their journey in advance could get cheaper deals, if the recommendations of a fare review committee are approved by the Railway Board. The committee, which submitted its report earlier this week, has suggested graded discounts depending on the number of vacant seats in a train, sources […]

Cuttack: GRP Constable Pratap Chandra Pradhan, who had allegedly refused to provide a prepaid auto-rickshaw for transferring ailing doctor MS Ojha to hospital leading to his death, has been transferred to the Railway SP office. On January 3, Ojha who was a homeopathy doctor in Cutttak suddenly fell ill and sought medical assistance by asking […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: At least 23 people were killed while over 40 got injured after 14 coaches of high-speed Kalinga Utkal Express went off the tracks at around 5:46 pm in Khatauli, about 100 kilometres from New Delhi near Muzaffarnagar on Saturday evening. Rescue operations were completed on a war footing by NDRF personnel, local police […]

Paradeep:  The truck associations’ protest against transportation of petroleum coke (pet coke) by outsiders from IOCL intensified further as three associations have deployed their employees and owners at the parking yard of IOCL to keep a strict vigil on the movement of vehicles from outside. “Our truck owners will patrol in front of the IOCL […]

New Delhi: Railway staffs will be seen sporting designer uniforms complete with fluorescent jackets and black and yellow T-shirts from this festive season in October. Nearly as many as five lakh employees will be provided with new uniforms designed for the railways by fashion designer Ritu Beri. Railway employees including on-board staff, TTEs, station masters, […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda on Monday reviewed the status of the ongoing Haridaspur-Paradip railway project in a meeting with the executive director of the project. It was revealed in the meeting that the construction work of the 82 km rail project is in full swing. While construction of a railway […]

Allahabad: Indian Railways will use technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), in a big way to tackle the massive rush of passengers to this holy city during the upcoming Kumbh Mela — for which it will deploy as many as 800 special trains. IBM Intelligent Video Analytics will be pressed into service, a first for the […]

  Mumbai: Indian Railways has joined hands with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to twin a rail line along the proposed expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur — a first such coordinated move to execute a transportation project. Both arms of the government will work together to put the project on the fast track […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The ministry of women and child development on Friday found itself on the back seat after the minister of state for railways Rajen Gohain denied the proposal of the former to provide emergency push buttons in the washroom of trains as an additional measure for women’s safety. Gohain today told the Rajya Sabha […]

New Delhi: A major ruckus broke out at the New Delhi railway station when the chairman of the Passenger Services Committee visited the station for an inspection. The station staff accused the chairman, Ramesh Chandra Ratan, of misbehaving with them. Ratan entered the station director’s room and allegedly threatened him, sources said. However, there is […]

New Delhi: In a reminiscent to the barter system, the railways has devised a first-of-its-kind policy to allow companies to advertise on trains in lieu of their goods and services for passengers on board. So, don’t be surprised if you see advertisements of a soap brand on a train and find the same being provided […]

Mumbai: A major fire broke out in slums of Behrampada area near suburban Bandra station in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, informed railway officials. As per latest reports, the railway authorities have halted train services on the harbour line because of the fire outbreak. No casualties have been reported so far, a fire brigade official said. […]