Sunday, January 27, 2013

Bullet train

Railways' policy uncertainties slow down bullet train project; many challenges ahead

How Railways' policy uncertainties slowed down bullet train project

After policy flip-flops over decades, here is a concrete sign of India getting its first bullet train. The Indian Railways quietly formed a company called HSRC Ltd in July last to run its dream project, high-speed rail.

Shatabdi derailment at railway station triggers chaos

TNN | Jan 27, 2013, 05.35 AM IST

BANGALORE: Chaos prevailed at the City railway station early on Saturday morning after the electric locomotive and two coaches of the Chennai-bound Shatabdi express (Train number 12028) derailed at 5.20am en route to platform No.5 from the dockyard. The train that was to depart at 6am did not have any passengers in it.

World's oldest steam locomotive

NIT

National Industrial Tribunal (NIT) on 21.01.13

NIT sitting at Mumbai attended by Com. MN Prasad, Com. MM Roly, Com DS Koparker, Adv TC Govindaswamy etc attended.

NIT imposed a penalty on Railway for Rs.4000/-. Ex-Party proceedings will drop if the Railway submit reply on 11.03.13.

British scientists develop bomb-proof trains to prevent repeat of London attack

Train carriages could be bomb-proofed to prevent a repeat of the carnage carried out by the London Underground terrorist attacks.British engineers have developed blast-resilient rolling stock after learning lessons from the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings.

Pending Projects, Safety Top Priority: Railway Minister

Wednesday, 23 January 2013,

Does Europe want Germany to run all its railways?

Monday, 21 January 2013

Lord Berkeley issues an impassioned plea to member states after the latest move to deliver a single market and liberalisation is delayed for 'further discussion'

Parliamentary committee on Railways

Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Railways Meets

Railway Minister for Balanced Development of Railway Related Facilities in the Country

Iron ore scam: CBI raids railway sidings

B Sridhar, TNN Jan 12, 2013, 05.06AM IST

JAMSHEDPUR: A 15-member CBI team from Kolkata visited the mineral-rich West Singhbhum district on Thursday to conduct raids at railway sidings in connection with the Rs 5000 crore iron ore scam.

Railway regulator is coming for sure, says Board head

MAMUNI DAS

Protest of AILRSA on Booklet by Safety Dept

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

BANGALORE, January 19, 2013

Loco pilots unhappy with Railway booklet on safety awareness

ANIL KUMAR SASTRY

‘It is only educative and there was no intention to show them in bad light’

CWC Decisions -5&6 Jan 2012

Decisions / resolutions are taken in CWC meeting of AILRSA and later in joint meeting of

AILRSA & AIGC.

The central working committee meeting of the All India Loco Running Staff Association was held at Kalyan, Mumbai division of Central Railway on 5^th and 6^th of January 2013 presided by Com. N. Sarkar and the following resolutions were passed unanimously.

Poriborthan.. ?

Where have all the Big Chiefs gone?

By Sambit Saha | www.telegraphindia.com –

Haldia, Jan. 15: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today sought to address questions on big projects by calling out the names of public sector companies' chiefs at Bengal Leads but drew a blank.

Rail staff threaten to go on strike

By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times – 21 hours ago

India- Bangladesh railway meeting

Inter-Governmental Railway Meeting Between India and Bangladesh Held
Projects for New Rail Links Between Both Countries to be Expedited
Working Group Formed to Examine Feasibility of Increasing Frequency of Maitree Express

Comment on Booklet

A Comment about the Booklet of Safety Department Bangalore by a well wisher.

2013 is indeed a remarkable year.....in all respects, to a world waking up to the fallacy of the MAYAN prophesy of the world coming to an END. The euphoria apart.....all was aptly outlived, except for Safety Branch Bangalore Division that came out with a remarkable realisation in the wake of the unfortunate PENUKONDA Accident involving train # 16591 DN Express in a rear collision with the stabled MNGT N Goods resulting in loss of lives .

Kerala High court on Railway

Dislodged bogey incident points at the apathy of railways: HC

By Express News Service - KOCHI 15th January 2013

Coming down heavily on the railways, the Kerala High Court on Monday observed that submissions regarding the dislodged bogey incident have made clear the apathy of the railways towards Kerala. The railways had blamed ‘preserved fish’ and ‘cattle’ as the reasons for the dislodgement of the bogies.

China to invest heavily on railway infrastructure

(People's Daily Online) January 15, 2013

China's railway infrastructure investment will maintain rapid growth this year, with 600billion yuan to 630 billion yuan to be invested, several industry insiders said.

According to the 12th Five-Year Plan, China will spend over 1.3 trillion yuan buildingmore than 20,000 kilometers of railways from 2013 to 2015.

News from Rameswaram

Southern Rly cancels trains

The Southern Railway has cancelled several trains plying between Rameswaram and other destinations across Tamil Nadu, due to the damage to the century-old Pamban bridge which was hit by a barge.

As many as 10 trains connecting Rameswaram-Madurai, Tiruchirapalli-Rameswaram, Rameswaram-Kanniyakumari were cancelled due to the damage of a pier of Pamban bridge, Southern railway said in a statement. Yesterday, the bridge was damaged.

Indias Pride Forever Indian Railways

January 15, 2013

Back in the nineteenth century, India had not many means of transportation. People used to travel long distances by other tedious means. Thanks to the British, the first rail line was set up in 1867, making it possible for people to travel directly from Bombay to Calcutta. From then on, the rail industry in the country has been expanding without an end.

Fog hits flights, rail traffic in Delhi

NEW DELHI, Jan 14, 2013, DHNS:

After a brief spell of sunshine, a thick blanket of fog enveloped the national capital on Monday morning affecting flight and train operations even as temperature continued to rise slightly much to the delight of Delhiites.

According to Met officials, the minimum temperature in the city was three degree above normal at 10.6 degree Celsius, while the maximum was recorded at 21 degree Celsius.

Long-distance, local trains stranded at level crossing due to traffic snarls

14 January 2013

statesman news service

KOLKATA, 14 JAN: In a not so common incident, a long distance passenger train and 14 EMU local trains got stranded en-route for about 25 minutes on an average after the on-duty railway personnel posted at the Rishra level crossing gate on Howrah-Bandel Main line section could not close the gate for over half an hour due to traffic snarls caused by road vehicles.

Derailment at Egypt

15 January 2013 Last updated at 08:20 GMT

Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead

A military train carrying army recruits has derailed south of Egypt's capital, Cairo, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100, officials say.

The train was heading to an army camp in Cairo when a carriage became detached and crashed into a goods train in the Badrashin area of Giza.

Cartoon Booklet by Safety dept

A cartoon booklet printed and circulated by Safety Department, Bnagalore division of South Western Railway, which describes that the accidents are caused due to Running Staff not availing proper rest since wife ask to go shopping and child ask to play cricket with father, is incorrect. The booklet does not tell about extended crew link, continuous night duties, not sanctioning of legitimate rest, periodic rest leave etc. They are silent about the SPAD Minutes circulated by Railway board.

Report on CWC at Kalyan

AILRSA Central Working Committee Meeting held at Kalyan on 05.01.13 and 06.01.13. Report prepared by Com GN Shaw and published in his blog is reproduced here, with photos.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Railways' policy uncertainties slow down bullet train project; many challenges ahead

Shatabdi derailment at railway station triggers chaos

World’s oldest steam locomotive chugs again

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

British scientists develop bomb-proof trains to prevent repeat of London attack

Pending Projects, Safety Top Priority: Railway Minister

Does Europe want Germany to run all its railways?

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Iron ore scam: CBI raids railway sidings

Railway regulator is coming for sure, says Board head

Saturday, January 19, 2013

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

Loco pilots unhappy with Railway booklet on safety awareness

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Where have all the Big Chiefs gone?

Rail staff threaten to go on strike

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Dislodged bogey incident points at the apathy of railways: HC

China to invest heavily on railway infrastructure

(People's Daily Online) January 15, 2013

Indias Pride Forever Indian Railways

Fog hits flights, rail traffic in Delhi

Long-distance, local trains stranded at level crossing due to traffic snarls

Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead

Sunday, January 13, 2013

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