Thane storm

Train services likely to be delayed due to 'Thane'

Chennai, Dec 29 : The Southern Railway today announced that train services are likely to be delayed due to cyclonic storm ''Thane'', which is expected to cross the coast near Chennai tomorrow morning.

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Financial Commisioner Railways

Smt. Vijaya Kanth takes over as New Financial Commissioner (Railways).
 Smt. Vijaya Kanth has taken over as the new Financial Commissioner (FC) (Railways) and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India. She assumed her charge on 26/12/2011. Prior to her appointment as FC in Railway Board, Smt. Kanth was General Manager, Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction) Organization, Guwahati.

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China tests 500KMPH high speed train

China tests 500 km/h super high-speed train

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AILRSA Representation to HLSRC

AILRSA REPRESENTATION ON SAFETY ISSUES TO HLSRC

Due to spate of recent accidents a High Level Safety Review Committee (HLSRC) is formed, headed by Dr. Anil Kakodkar former chairman Atomic Energy Commission, two other eminent scientists, one Director IIT/ Kanpur with Sri. Sridharan MD/ DMRC as Advisor to the Committee. Sri Amitabh CRSE as Secretary to the Committee. It is expected to submit its report in January 2012.

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Railway ministry

2011 revisited | Not a smooth ride for Railways

Press Trust of India / New Delhi December 24, 2011, 12:31 IST

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Death in track

Killer Mumbai locals claimed 40k lives in 10 yrs

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AILRSA Chennai Division represent to HLSRC

AILRSA Chennai Division met Dr. N. Vedachalam of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Thiruvanandapuram,Member High Level Safety Review Committee on Railways (HLSRC) headed by Dr. Anil Kakodkar, at Chennai on 13.12.2011. The representatives consists of Com. K Parthasarathy,R Murali, and A Jagadeesan. They submitted a detailed memorandum.

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Memorandum to HPC on HOER at Bangalore,o0n 15.12.11

To

Sri DP Tripathi,

Honorable Chairman,

High Power Committee On HOER at Bangalore.

Respected Sir,

All India Loco Running Staff Association Central Committee submitted a detailed memorandum before HOER Review committee at New Delhi on 11.08.2011.

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Memorandum to HLSRC by AILRSA

To

Dr. Anil Kakodkar

Hon’ble Chairman,

High Level Safety Review Committee

Respected Sir,

SUB: SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDUM ON SAFETY SYSTEM AND PROTOCOL IN INDIAN RAILWAYS.

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Fight against Trichy society Corruption.

Railway unions fight over corruption charges

TRICHY: Members of the Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) and Dakshin Railway Employees Union (DREU) almost came to blows as both of them traded allegations against each other in Trichy on Monday.

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CWC Decisions from Central circular by MNP

CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE meeting held at Ghaziabad  on 30.11.11 and 01.12.11 presided by L Mony

Decision.

1.      19^th BGM will be held on 16^th & 17^th May 2012 at Bangaluru.

2.      Delegate fee will be Rs. 500/- for each delegate, visitors and the family members including children above than 5Yrs.

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Railway safety-out look article

railways: safety   Railroaded!

A report finds drivers shockingly neglected

Chandrani Banerjee

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Fright charges increasing

Moving goods by Rlys get costlier by 6.6% in Oct

Mamuni Das

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No Hike in Fare- Minister

Govt rules out hike in rail passenger fares

PTI   New Delhi, Nov 24: 

Amid reports that there could be a hike in passenger fares, railways today made it clear that there is no such proposal at present.

“At present, there is no proposal for increasing passenger fares,” the Minister of State for Railways, Mr K.H. Muniyappa, informed the Lok Sabha today.

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Railways financial position sinking

Rlys stares at deferred dividend

Mamuni Das    New Delhi, Dec. 5: 

The Railways could be forced to defer their dividend payment of Rs 6,734 crore to the Government in the current fiscal – if it wants to spare money for spending on asset renewal, capacity augmentation and replacement of rail infrastructure.

With the growth in earnings not showing any signs of matching the growth rate of expenditure, Railway officials are jittery.

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Overspending

Railways admits to overspending

Our Bureau    New Delhi, Nov. 28: 

The Indian Railways, once a cash cow for the Government, is now officially in deficit. The Railways have for the first time admitted that they overspent in 2010-11, as a result of which the fund balances have become negative in 2010-11.

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Steam loco

Steam loco to fade into history

Press Trust of India   New Delhi, Dec. 5: 

Reliving the past, a 57-year-old steam loco, the last one to be phased out by the Railways over 15 years ago, will chug out from Delhi Cantonment station to Rewari in Haryana on Tuesday.

The engine will cover 82 km in two hours and 10 minutes to join a fleet of other steam engines kept there for tourism purpose. “The loco – WL 15005 – had its last run from Ferozpur to Jalandhar on December 6, 1995,” said a Northern Railway official.

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CWC decisions.

AILRSA Central working Committee meeting held at AILRSA Bhavan, Bhoor Bharat Nagar, Ghaziabad on 30.11.11 and 01.12.11. The CWC presided by Com. L Mony, Central President. Com. MN Prasad submitted the working report and Com. Jeet Singh Tank submitted accounts statement. There was a detailed discussion on report and what should be the future course of action.

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New Fuel Injuction system

On track, a locomotive designed to burn less oil

A diesel locomotive equipped for the first time in India with an electronic fuel injection system, an innovation developed by the Railways’ Lucknow-based Research Designs and Standards Organisation in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur, is expected to save between Rs 200 and Rs 450 crore annually in the fuel expenditure of Indian Railways.

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NRMU (Central Railway) Office bearers

National Railway Mazdoor Union(NRMU), Central Railway.
Biennial General Body Meeting Of NRMU held at Katyan on 04.11.11 elected the following as office bearers'
President : Com. YG Joshi
General Secretary: Com. PR Menon
Working General Secretary:Com. SK Bose.

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FOG at New Delhi

More than a dozen trains remain cancelled due to fog

Press Trust of India,  November 27, 2011 

Delhi:  More than a dozen trains remained cancelled today as dense fog over parts of North India continued to disrupt rail services, leading to delays in arrival and departure of trains from the city.

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Engine Smoking

KOLKATA, November 29, 2011

Smoke in engine delays train

Staff Reporter

 

Smoke emanating from the engine of the Malda-Howrah Intercity Express raised concerns on Monday, although none of the passengers or coaches was affected in the incident.

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Dumka-Jasidih trains

Dumka-Jasidih trains

RAJESH KUMAR PANDEY

Railway officials inspect Basukinath station on Saturday. (Rajesh Kumar Pandey) Dumka, June 11: There is good news for the lakhs of kanwarias travelling to Deoghar and Basukinath for the annual Shravani Mela.

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First prototype of WDG5 locomotive

DLW to produce first prototype of WDG5 locomotive by February 2012

Written by Vijay

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Varanasi: The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) will produce the first prototype of the WDG5 locomotive by February 2012. K.B.L. Mittal, General Manager, DLW formally initiated the production of the 5500 HP WDG5 locomotive at the Locomotive Frame Shop.

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Air India pilots on War Path

Air India pilots threaten to launch protest

THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE-Our Bureau

Mumbai, Nov. 23: 

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), which represents a section of the pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines, has threatened to launch protest from November 30 if the Union Government fails to honour its commitments made in May, an official said here on Wednesday.

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