Railways on Saturday announced that it will conduct an internal probe on the derailment of three coaches, one parcel coach and two passenger coaches, of 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express at Nalpur in Kolkata.
It has been erroneously printed and published in today’s newspaper regarding a situation in a line between Gurap and Jaugram yesterday.
With the Diwali festival round the corner, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has intensified its efforts to ensure the safety of passengers by launching a special drive against illegal transportation of firecrackers and other inflammable items on trains.
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has recently deployed a 96-stone Rail Grinding Machine (RGI96-5) to enhance track safety, ECoR officials said on Wednesday.
A total of 426 people were killed and 813 others injured in 392 accidents on roads, railways and waterways in Bangladesh in September, said a report published here Monday.
According to the Northern Railways, 71 Delhi bound commuter trains (including return services) and 18 East bound train services scheduled from different northern railway terminals were cancelled.
In the meeting it was decided that the Kamarkundu railway level-crossing will be closed, instead a five-feet passage will be made for the public.
In the last six years in the Indian Railways, more than 72,000 posts of class III-IV have been surrendered. During this period, the Railway Board sent a proposal to abolish 81,000 more posts to all zonal railways.
The lower berths already reserved for women have been placed next to baby berths so that young children can travel with their mother without any inconvenience.
Indian Railways is grappling with the problem of damaged wagons that is not only affecting its normal operations but also leading to delay in coal supplies. To manage the crisis the Railways has spent more than Rs 150 crore in repairing around 2000 damaged and dilapidated wagons over the last four months to augment coal movement to power plants, official data has revealed.
