New year is all set to bring faster and safer rail travel to commuters in India. After successfully giving faster, safer and world class travel experience to people travelling short and medium distance chair car trains, Indian Railways is making this a reality for long distance trains also.
As informed by the ER, the new time table includes provision of a new Krishnanagar – Ranaghat Local and extension of two Howrah – Singur Local, one up to Tarakeswar and another up to Haripal to suit the needs of the commuters in the suburban section.
A day after Christmas, a thick layer of fog engulfed the national capital on Thursday resulting in the reduction of visibility that inconvenienced commuters with the trains running behind their scheduled times and vehicles moving at low speed.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that no toll would be levied on commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway and dismissed an appeal of the Noida Toll Bridge Corporation Limited (NTBCL) against the 2016 Allahabad High Court order prohibiting toll collection on the 9.2-kilometre-long DND flyway.
In the heart of the national capital, and a key transit hub, Kashmere Gate Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), has become a living metaphor for Robert Frost’s iconic poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ during peak morning and evening hours
Having said that, it must be acknowledged that the Metro is poised to follow a very complex praxis, if the upshot of last Friday’s meeting between the Metro authorities and the West Bengal government is any indication.
Notably, pre-booking of travel slots to avail Kolkata Metro service has been made compulsory
As M.G Road, an important link for transport to and from Howrah towards Kolkata was barricaded by the police, several office goers could do little but walk back home.
Tensions have soared in recent days following the death on Friday of 22-year-old student Alex Chow, who succumbed to serious injuries sustained from a fall in the vicinity of a violent clash the weekend before.
Earlier in the day, Golabari Traffic Guard sources informed that no untoward incident had taken place around the station complex and extra buses were being run by the state transport department to ease the problems of the passengers.
