Train running information system will be installed at rail premises to facilitate dissemination of information about trains on real time basis.
The passengers, who reached Delhi by Kingfisher Airlines, missed their connecting flight as the flight from Srinagar was delayed. Officials of the airlines allegedly did not make alternative arrangements for their stay nor did they help them to catch another flight to Chennai.
At least 10 persons were 'reported dead' in a fire that broke out inside a stationary train compartment in Madurai railway station in the wee hours of Saturday, the Southern Railway said, adding a 'gas cylinder illegally' taken in led to the blaze.
The alliance adopted a resolution to this effect and said its theme for the elections will be "Judega Bharat, Jeetega India, (India will unite, India will win)".
In second class AC, third class AC and chair car, tea to cost Rs 20, up by Rs 5, breakfast Rs 105, up by Rs 8, lunch and dinner Rs 185, up by Rs 10.
Till Tuesday night, the national transporter had run 88 trains for the migrant workers who were stranded at their workplaces due to the coronavirus lockdown and wishing to go back to their homes. Each special train has 24 coaches, each with a capacity of 72 seats. But the national transporter is allowing only 54 persons in a coach to maintain social distancing norms by not allotting the middle berth to any passenger.
The Opposition party asked whether the prime minister will take responsibility for the 'deadliest rail tragedy' of this century.
Air India has ordered 470 aircraft to serve the Indian economy and is set to receive a new aircraft every six days over the next 18 months, CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said on Friday. He was speaking at the 67th Assembly of Presidents of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines here. "We have new aircraft, we are recruiting many, many new crew and staff, improving the training regime and there is more work to do and we are making good progress," he said.
This visit by the prime minister comes weeks ahead of the 'pran pratishtha' or consecration ceremony of the Ram temple.
The mini-bus carrying around 26 Sikh pilgrims, all from Peshawar, hit the Shah Hussain Express which was coming from Karachi to Lahore at a crossing near Sheikhupura district at around 1.30 pm, police said.
It is a premium and time-saving facility for passengers travelling through T3.
Did you know that the Indian railways carries 23 million passengers every day?
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, is returning home from his training base in Turkey owing to the coronavirus pandemic that has forced many countries to shut their doors to passengers arriving from outside. The 22-year-old Chopra has been training in Turkey for the last one month.
A deafening bang and a powerful tremor flung sleeping passengers off their berths as the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express jumped the tracks.
Only a small percentage of passengers who traveled on the trains involved in the June 2, 2023 accident in Odisha had availed of travel accident insurance while booking their tickets online on the IRCTC portal.
The Indian Railways must opt for a dynamic fare-fixing system and improve its management and marketing techniques.
Heavy rains since Monday night and subsequent waterlogging at five vulnerable spots, failure of Mandovi Express engine at Dadar station, passengers' outcry at Diva station and a landslide caution near Parsik tunnel near Mumbra severely affected the suburban train operations of Central Railway on Tuesday morning, a senior railway official said.
'I am helpless and there is no one to help me.' 'I have been on this platform since Saturday.'
The teen had received a word that a friend had died in his home country days before. He vowed in a note that he would 'take revenge on these infidels'.
'Because of the callous attitude of the railway administration, they don't take care of safety.'
Maoists detained the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train near Posaita Station in Saranda forest in Jharkhand and hung a one-kg can bomb in front of the engine before engaging security personnel in an encounter, the police said.
Passengers were finding it difficult to reach counters to cancel the reserved tickets within the stipulated time and as a result they are losing money
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched a host of passenger amenities and new air-conditioned trains with world class services.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday urged job aspirants not to destroy public property and assured them that their grievances would be resolved as candidates went on a rampage over alleged irregularities in a recruitment exam by the public transporter.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that the common people have always been the focus of all initiatives by the Indian Railways.
Nearly 25 passengers were so far reported injured after two trains derailed while crossing a swollen Machak river near Harda in Madhya Pradesh even as rescue operations continued, officials said on Wednesday.
A coach attendant was killed and another seriously injured when they were shot at apparently by two ticketless travellers inside a running express train in Burdwan district in the wee hours of Saturday.
200 passengers travelling to India by Samjhauta Express last Thursday were stopped at the Wagah Border
On the fifth day of the trial, the train covered 84 km in 38 minutes between Mathura and Palwal.
The SKM had said that the rail blockade will held across the country from 12 pm to 4 pm.
"We have firmed up an action plan to increase the train speed to up to 160 km per hour on the total 9000-km main trunk routes across the country as part of the Mission Raftaar project. To begin with we have started the work on two major busy routes of Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah," said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project.
Similar to a travel insurance that is purchased during booking flight tickets online, those booking tickets on IRCTC's website would get an option to purchase insurance for their train journey
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