Railways has made preparations to run around3000 special trains during the the Mahakumbh at Prayagraj starting from coming mid-January . The Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav informed about this to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through a letter, officials here on Friday said .
Office goers and workers might have to tweak their usual routine for the next two days.
Aiming to enhance passenger amenities in key areas such as Rampurhat, Azimganj, Malda Town and Jamalpur, the Eastern Railway has decided to augment air-conditioned and sleeper class coaches with five popular mail/express trains.
Movement of trains remained disrupted for the third day on Tuesday due to heavy rain and floods in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway conducted routine checks and operations in the designated area from 17th May to 31st May, 2024 and they apprehended 32 persons who were allegedly engaged in human trafficking and theft of railway passengers’ belongings.
The RPF also apprehended 16 persons involved in human trafficking during this period, said Chief Public Relations Officer, Northeast Frontier Railway
Three Shatabdi trains, two Kalka-New Delhi and one Chandigarh-New Delhi along with Vande Bharat trains were also canceled for Tuesday.
Seven trains had to be diverted while five more were short-terminated or short-originated along various routes due to the continuous…
This is one of the most death-dealing train crashes in India, including the Coromandel Express and Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express in which till now 233 people were killed and about 900 injured in Odisha. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap.
Trains from different parts of the country to the national capital are running late due to dense fog and poor visibility conditions today.
