Twelve persons were killed and ten injured on Saturday when a train ran over them at a railway crossing in Bilaspur district, Chattisgarh, a senior railway police official said. The victims were crossing the tracks when the mishap took place at a spot near Tarbahar area of the town on the Mumbai-Howrah rail route, Inspector General (Railway) R K Devangan said. The gates of the crossing were closed as two trains were approaching the spot on parallel tracks, he said.
Currently, the travel time between Mumbai and Delhi varies between 16 and 30 hours.
'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.'
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) today cancelled trains in the militant-infested Haflong-Badarpur hill section following today's attack, a Railway source informed. One CRPF man was killed and 17 others were injured in another attack on a passenger train along the same route yesterday.
Mumbai's dabbawalas have also suspended their services on Tuesday.
There's a hint of new competition riding into a sector that has attracted attention for being in a duopoly-like situation. Rapido, a commute app known for its budget-friendly bike-taxi services, on Tuesday announced its entry into the cab market, which is currently dominated by marquee brands Uber and Ola. Rapido's cab foray will be enabled by a software as a service (SaaS)-based platform.
In a significant development, Indian Railways on Thursday joined hands with China to increase speed in its existing rail network, modernise stations and enhance mutual cooperation in the sector in the country.
The 190-km railway line will be between Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Phulera in Rajasthan, which fall under the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
The mishap took place after 11 bogeys of an EMU train from Kasara going to Kalyan derailed possibly due to landslide, Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal said in New Delhi.
According to railway ministry sources, Banerjee is in a hurry to start the train services she had announced in her Budget in July last year.
Bullet trains are run by state-owned agencies in France and Germany.
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The country opened its airspace for all flights except for New Delhi, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on March 27.
Prime ministers turning up with such frequency to launch trains is an indication of the political mileage resident in public transport. Will our railways step out of the government's shadow? After all, they are the ones manufacturing trains and running them, notes Shyam G Menon.
Train services of the Central Railway were affected in suburban Mumbai on Friday morning after a water pipeline crashed on a local train near Thane railway station. Traffic on the slow tracks has been affected, railway sources said, adding that efforts were on to clear the route for resumption of rail traffic.All trains plying between Kurla and Thane stations have been halted, according to reports. Five people were trapped inside the damaged compartment, said officials.
The prime minister took a ride in the metro train between Zero Mile Freedom Park and Khapri stations with some students. Before boarding the train, he visited an exhibition on the project at the Zero Mile station.
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Track restoration work, which was going on in full swing, was hampered due to rain.
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While the bus fare is Rs 350 for the 266-km-long New Delhi-Chandigarh route, it is Rs 280 for the 194-km-long Delhi-Agra bus drive.
Train services on both suburban and long-distance routes in Mumbai are expected to be hampered on January 26 due to the call given by motormen and drivers, who plan to avail their leave on Republic Day. The motormen of suburban trains and drivers of long distance trains would be doing so to highlight their long pending demands related to payment and working conditions.
All doctors must prescribe generic drugs, failing which they will be penalised and even their license to practice may also be suspended for a period, according to the new regulations issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is targeting the commissioning of the project by 2023-24
The first high-speed train between Delhi and Agra with a speed of 160 km per hour is expected to run on November 10 as Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory is all set to roll out the first rake of fourteen coaches of the train.
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Two persons are dead and at least eight others injured after a narrow gauge train derailed near Kalka in Himachal Pradesh, a senior railway official said.
The commuters started protesting after a level-crossing gate signal caused a delay in suburban services of Central Railway by over 20 minutes early this morning.
Internet facility, better and comfortable seating and catering arrangements will be provided in the specially designed coaches.
Expresses inability to provide land for train terminal in Bandra-Kurla Complex, a cash cow for MMRDA
The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch two initial missions later this year under the Gaganyaan programme, followed by country's maiden human space-flight mission in 2024, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said.
Railway Budget will be presented on February 26.
Fifty-seven people were killed on the spot and three others died at hospitals, the Jinan Railway Bureau said. Among the injured, the condition of 70 people is critical
The launch of this train heralds a new era of high speed rail travel in India.
Activists of a radical Sikh outfit on Tuesday blocked trains and buses in Amritsar to enforce the Punjab bandh called by them to protest alleged inaction against the 1984 riots accused, disrupting rail traffic on the busy route and leaving many passengers stranded. The activists of Dal Khalsa and some other outfits blocked the tracks, delaying the movement of many trains including the Shatabdi Express, Sachkhand Express, Paschmi Express, Super Fast, Dadar, Kathiar . and
Disputing circumstances of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death, South Korean intelligence has said that the leader did not travel by train the day he died.
No major announcements or tariff changes for freight or passenger segment likely to be announced.
One person was killed and three others injured after five coaches of a suburban train derailed near Titwala in Thane district, railway authorities said.
The 41 workers, who were rescued from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation, kept their spirits up while trapped inside by taking morning walks and practising yoga, a rescued worker told Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
