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 morni...

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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 tr...

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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...

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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 ...

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Death in track

Killer Mumbai locals claimed 40k lives in 10 ...

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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 memorand...

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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 11.08.20...

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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 RAILWA...

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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.      19th BGM will be held on 16th & 17th 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 ...

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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 toda...

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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...

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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....

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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 actio...

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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...

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