2013 ~ Railways Loco Pilots

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Nanded Exp accident more reports

Accident Spot Cleared, Train Movement Restored By Express News Service - ANANTAPUR Published: 29th December 2013 Railway officials and the district administration here undertook rescue operations and shifted the accident-hit coach of the Bengaluru-Nanded express at Kothacheruvu to a nearby station to resume the uninterrupted movement of trains over the single track where the tragedy took place on Saturda...

Hi Speed Trains

KOLKATA, December 29, 2013 Trials on hi-speed trains under way Special Correspond...

Nanded Accident-more reports

Bangalore, December 29, 2013 30 passengers survive train fire tragedy Bangalore Bureau...

New Year Greetings

WiSH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014....

Press Report about the ill fated Nanded Express FIRE accident

Government not taking steps to avoid rail mishaps: Jaganmohan Reddy By PTI | 28 Dec, 2013, ANANTHPUR (AP): YSR Congress President Jaganmohan Reddy today blamed the Central government for not taking appropriate measures to avoid railway mishaps such as the Bangalore-Nanded train fire tragedy that claimed 26 lives....

Strike Ballott- The Hindu Report

BANGALORE, December 26, 2013 98.3 p.c. South Western Railway workers favour general strike Deepa Ku...

Stone throw to trains-Two persons held

Bangalore, December 18, 2013 Two men held for throwing stones at moving trains Special Correspondent They used to rob passengers sitting near the do...

Financial crunch cripples railways

Financial crunch cripples rlys: GM DC | 15th Dec 2...

Strike Ballot by AIRF

Railwaymen's Union announces strike ballot to go for indefinite str...

Tindharia-Siliguri toy train service

Tindharia-Siliguri toy train service to resume by month-end Press Trust of India | Darjeeling December 16, 2...

Fog at NDLS

Heavy fog leads to rescheduling of 16 trains Press Trust of India | New Delhi December 16, 201...

NIT report

NIT sitting in 16.12.13, Case postponed and next hearing on 10.02.201...

SPAD at ER

Kolkata, December 12, 2013 Updated: December 12, 2013 16:08 IST Trains collision averted near Sealdah Station PTI Two passenger trains came face to face on Thursday at the outer signal of the Sealdah Railway Station in Kolkata, but a collision was averted as both were able to stop, Eastern railway sources said. The driver of the Sealdah-Lalgola passenger train — which left platform 7 at the station at 8:10 a.m. — overshot the ...

Death of on duty TTE

Clarification on the death of an on - duty Ticket Examiner of Train No. 22601 at Manthralayam Road Station; And an appeal to PassengersIt has been reported in a section of Media that Shri B.Sanjeeva Rao, on-duty Ticket Examiner in Train No.22601 Chennai – Shirdi Express, was beaten to death by some of the passengers as there was no water in the coach....

GOC workshop to overhaul EMD power pack

TIRUCHI, December 9, 2013 Workshop to overhaul power packs of EMD-type engines...

Indonesia Train Accident

9 December 2013 Last updated at 11:53 GMT Indonesia commuter train in deadly collis...

Gooty Diesel Shed celebrates Golden Jubilee

ANANTAPUR, December 6, 2013 Gooty diesel loco shed celebrates golden jubilee Staff Repor...

Indo Bangla railway link project

Political Crisis in Bangladesh to hit Indo-Bangla Railway Link project Dhaka: The current political turmoil in Bangladesh is likely to delay the execution of a new rail link between India and its neighbour, officials said Wednesday. “At a meeting in Dhaka Tuesday, the Bangladesh railway ministry officials indicated that it was difficult for them to complete the necessary survey and to start the actual work before...

SPAD at Mumbai

TRAIN DRIVER TAKEN OFF DUTY August Kranti jumps signal at Borivli stn Somit Sen TNN Mumbai: The engine driver of August Kranti Rajdhani Express was taken off duty after the train jumped a signal at Borivli station on Thursday evening....

Detroit bankrupty

Detroit bankruptcy ruling triggers calls for pension cuts across the US By Jerry White 6 December 2013 Within days of a federal judge’s ruling in support of the Detroit bankruptcy, the devastating implications for the working class across the US are becoming apparent. States and cities throughout the country are citing the legal precedent of the Detroit ruling to attack public employee pensions, initiating...

Flyover collapse

Flyover collapse: Train services resume through Muzaffarpur Friday, November 29, 2013, Muzaffarpur, Nov 29: After disruption of train traffic for nearly 36 hours due to collapse of a flyover over a goods train in Muzaffarpur, tracks have been reopene...

Karnataka urge RB to take up new works

Karnataka urge Railway Board to take up New Works Bangalore: To improve rail connectivity and create more job opportunities, the State government has requested the Railway Board to take up 10 new projects, including the proposed Coach Factory at Kolar at an estimated cost of Rs.10950 crore. The State government has also expressed its willingness to give the land required for these projects free of cost besides bearing...

Indo- Nepal Rail link

Plan for Indo-Nepal Rail link: Kha...

Derailment at New Delhi

Train derailment kills three people at Delhi railway stat...

Use of Detonators in foggy weather

Railways to use detonators in fog-prone areas Santanu Sanyal Kolkata, Nov 26: It was introduced by the British rulers many years ago but comes handy even today. As winter sets in, the Indian Railways mulls use of detonators, among other measures, to ensure smooth and safe movement of trains, particularly passenger trains, in fog-prone areas....

Madras Railway society comes under state control-HC

Railway society comes under state control: Madras HC TNN | Nov 24, 2013, CHENNAI: The Madras high court has brought a railway society, with several thousand railway employees as members, under the control of the state government, saying state bylaws alone would apply to it....

CBI raid ar areamanager office Ernakulam

Misuse of funds: CBI raids Railway area manager's office By Express News Service - KOCHI Published: 21st November 2013 ...

New GM's

Railways appoint four General Managers By PTI | 20 Nov, 2013, NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of filling up vacancies in Railway Board, government today appointed four heads of zonal railways which were lying vacant for months....

GM ECorailway

Vishnoi new GM of ECoR Bhubaneswar: Rajiv Vishnoi has taken over as the new General Manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR). Prior to this new posting, Vishnoi was working as the Senior Executive Director at Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, ECoR sources said toda...

COM SR

SOUTHERN RAILWAY GETS A NEW CHIEF OPERATIONS MANAGER Shri S. Anantharaman, IRTS of 1982 batch took over charge as Chief Operations Manager, Southern Railway on 20.11.2013. He had earlier held the posts of Chief Safety Officer, Southern Railway; Divisional Railway Manager / Chennai Division of Southern Railway and Chief Safety Officer / Hajipur, East Central Railwa...

unfortunate coincidences

VIJAYAWADA, November 20, 2013 Updated: November 20, 2013 14:11 IST Unfortunate coincidences led to Gotlam train accident, says GRP SP Sumit Bhattachar...

Railway Standing committee at Chennai

Railway panel discusses women safety By Express News Service - CHENNAI 19th November 2013 Representatives of various rail commuter associations and NGOs petitioned for increased security for women passengers in suburban trains on Saturday. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, under the chairmanship of T R Baalu, held informal discussions with the Southern Railway and the general public to hear their views and ...

How to calculate NDA

NIGHT DUTY ALLOWANCE: Night Duty may be defined as duty performed between 22.00 hours and 6.00 hours. A uniform weightage of 10 minutes may be given for every hour of night duty performe...

IRTSA meeting at TPJ

TIRUCHI, November 18, 2013 Association demands training centre for technical supervisors Special Correspond...

MOSR interim bail extended

Junior railway minister's interim bail extended to November 28 Kabita Chowdhury, TNN | Nov 17, 201...

Standing committee on Railways at Chennai

CHENNAI, November 17, 2013 Will speak for speeding up pending projects: Baalu Special Correspondent Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways led team of MPs who met commuters in Tambaram on Satur...

Low cost High Speed trains

Low-cost high-speed trains on track The cost of upgrading the track, rolling stock, locomotives and signalling on existing alignments would be much lower than the price tag of Rs 150 crore per km for the viaducts alone for the 250 kmph plus variety. RC Acharya ...

GM SWR

Rajeev Bhargava takes charge as GM-SWR Our Bur...

Coupling and Uncoupling issue -TVC division of SR

REDUNDANCY OF SR 4.32(1) AILRSA has been relentlessly waging struggles against the unfair practice of forcing the engine crew to do coupling/uncoupling. It is more the intention of the railway administration to marginalize the Loco Running Staff, reflected by the inequitable and forceful implementation of the SR 4.32(1) beyond its rational objective, than the existence...

Sabari Rail line

Kerala to terminate Sabari rail line at Erumeli The government has decided to terminate the Angamaly-Sabari railway line at Erumeli instead of Azhutha to avoid the buffer zone of the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) and to reduce the cost of putting Sabarimala on the railway ma...

Pamban Bridge

Big bash planned for Pamban bridge's 100th anniversary J Arockiaraj, TNN | Nov 13, 201...

Sravanabellagola line

Bangalore-Hassan railway line project to be delayed further By Express News Service - BANGALORE Published: 13th November 2013 10:46 AM Though the State government has finally decided to allow the Bangalore-Hassan railway line to pass through the stud farm near Kunigal, the project, sanctioned over 17 years ago, will be delayed further. The government is yet to hand over 62 acres required for the project and at least `600 crore...

Notice Matter for Signature Campaign

Dear Loco Running Men, Our struggle against antediluvian Hours of work (HOER) continues from the birth of this organisation. AILRSA continued agitations to review the HOER. The relentless struggle and AILRSA’s decision to join the strike organised by the Central Government Employees organisation influenced them and added ‘Review of HOER’ as a demand of JCM during 2006....

Japanese honour to Sreedharan

NEW DELHI, November 8, 2013 Japanese honour for Sreedhar...

Japan;s Train

Japan’s sleeper trains to be put to bed soon Nov 08, 20...

Old railway gates replacing by lifting barrier

Old iron railway gates to be history soon DC | Krishna Kumar K.E....

Fog effect: train service to be hit

Fog effect: Train services to be hit from Dec 28 PTI...

Kalka-Katra trail run

Kalka-Katra train engine trial by November-end: Railways TNN | Nov 5, 2013, CHANDIGARH: Northern Railway was in the final stages to wind up the construction work to kick-off engine trial of Kalka-Katra Express by November-end, said V K Gupta, general manager, northern railway, promising the train would be equipped with all kind of facilities as far as safety and security was concerned....

Need to regulate railway tarriff

Need to regulate Railway tariff By SN Mathur Published: 04th November 2013 There is a serious mismatch between the rail freight charges and the passenger fares. The ratio of the average freight tariff to average passenger fare in India is one of the highest among major railways in the world. Because of low passenger fares the traffic volume for this segment of rail operations is very high but the revenues are disproportionately...

Pakistan Railways

Railways to buy old locomotives from S Korea Saeed AhmedMonday, November 04, 2...

Darjeeling Himalayan Railways

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway revamping all stati...

Turkey underpass rail tunnel

Turkey’s Undersea Rail Tunnel gives China new route to West Europe The opening of an underwater railway tunnel in Turkey can shorten travel times between Europe and Asia and boost rail freight between the two continents, Chinese rail experts sa...

Pak railway report

Pakistan Railways DGM, IG and DSP defy High Court LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday expressed extreme dismay over non-appearance of Pakistan Railways Deputy General Manager, Inspector General Railway Police and a Deputy Superintendent of Police in spite of issuance contempt notice...

Unmanned Engine runs 6 KM

Driverless Railway Engine runs 6 Km on Industrial Track in Maharashtra CHANDRAPUR: A major tragedy was averted when a railway engine travelled at breakneck speed without its driver for 6km on an industrial track in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Saturda...

Boarder Railway lines

Railway Lines along International Borders to strengthen India’s Sovereignty & Security New Delhi: With China all set to pump on another $1.2 billion in its Tibetan Rail Project which will bring rail connectivity right up to the Indian border, India too is getting ready to beef up its border security. On the agenda are 14 strategic rail lines along its borders with China and Pakistan. However, while these rail...

Kozhikode Railway Station

Kozhikode, November 1, 2013 Tracking the change P. Anima...

Railway privitisation ?

Coming, privatisation of railway passenger segment K. Balchand Kharge launches High Speed Rail Corporation stressing need for safe, reliable and affordable transp...

To Boost railway's frieght volume.

Anusha Soni | New Delhi October 29, 2013 Last Updated at 15:20 IST Innovative measures boost Railways' freight volume Coal, iron ore have seen dip in their traffic; cement and steel have helped Indian Railways to keep pace with its budget targets ...

High Speed Rail corporation

Press Trust of India New Delhi, 29 October: Going ahead with the ambitious high speed rail project, railways today announced formation of High Speed Rail Corporation even as railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge said care should be exercised in adopting new technology....

Common School system is important founding stone for equal society- UR Ananthamurthy

Bangalore, October 29, 2013 Excellence can be achieved only through equality: URA Special Correspondent ‘Common school system is an important founding stone for equal socie...

7th CPC terms of Reference- COC

7TH CPC - TERMS OF REFERENCE - LATEST POSITION by Confederati...

Draft terms of Reference by Staff side.

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE 7th CPC Finalized by the Staff Side at the meeting of 25.10.2013 A. To examine the existing structure of pay, allowances and other benefits/facilities, retirement benefits like Pension, Gratuity, other terminal benefits etc. to the following categories of employee...

Matter for Signature campaign- Modified.

To Sri. Mallikarjun Kharage, The Hon'ble Minister for Railways, Government of India, Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi. Respected Sir, We the loco running staff of ----------------------- division, ----------- Railway, whole heartedly welcome your honour on assuming charge as Minister for Railways, and extend sincere cooperation in leading the Railways efficiently. We would like to submit the following few...

Bullet Train discussion again.

Bullet train plan picks up speed, rail authority coming soon Srinand Jha , Hindustan Times New Delhi, October 27, 2013 Plans to run bullet trains at speeds of 300-350 kilometres per hour have been re-activated in the run-up to the 2014 general elections, with railways minister Mallikarjun Kharge set to formally launch a High Speed Rail Corporation at an international conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. ...

Advanced Signalling system-East Coast railway

East Coast Railway – surging to the TOP Innovations, Investment through PPP mode & Extensive use of Advanced Signalling Sys...

Anti Privitisation march in Turky

Turkish energy workers in anti-privatization march Turkish workers marched last week from the Aegean region to the capital Ankara in a demonstration against the privatization of lignite mines and thermic power station...

Greek workers protest

Greek municipal workers protest comments of finance minister in Athens On October 17, Greek municipal employees protested in Athens against the New Democracy/PASOK government’s austerity measures. Workers protested outside the Finance ministry of Finance Minister Yannis Stournara...

Protest at Portugal

Thousands of workers protest Portugal austerity Thousands of Portuguese workers protested in the country’s two largest cities on October 19 against the government’s proposed 2014 budget. The conservative ruling party aims to slash the budget deficit to 4 percent of GDP next year from 5.9 percent in 20...

Protest march at Rome

Anti-austerity march through Rome An estimated 25,000 marched through Rome on Saturday against austerity measures, including cuts to welfare programs and a shortage in low-income housin...

Wealth and Poverty in America

Wealth and poverty in America 25 October 2013 Five years after the financial crash of 2008, in the midst of growing poverty and social misery, the US ruling class is amassing unparalleled levels of wealt...

Express train service from Poland to China

Express rail service to boost China-Europe trade Xinhua | October 24, 2013 By Agencies A regular express train from Poland to Southwest China's Sichuan Province is expected to be inaugurated by the end of this month, authorities with Sichuan's Chengdu City said on Thursd...

Heavy rain at AP, trains diverted

Several trains cancelled, diverted due to rains in Andh...

Flood : ECoR

Floods: ECoR takes steps for safe train operations Friday, 25 October 2013 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR The East Coast Railway has taken steps to ensure safety of passengers and safety of train operations during times of heavy floods and waterlogging in many area...

Semi high speed trains between delhi-Mimbai

Thursday, October 24, 2013, Railways planning semi-high-speed trains to cut journey time between Delhi & Mumbai...

Speeding up of Trains

Press Trust of India | New Delhi October 23, 2013 Rly plans speed boost for premier trains, to make them "semi Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto services to between 160km to 200km per h...

French Railway reports.

French call in drones to fight rail thieves 23 Oct 2013 14:01 French rail operators are banking on drones to help save them €30 million a year in stolen cables. SNCF is currently testing the use of the unmanned aircraft as their latest tactic to fight the chronic problem of cable thef...

No Fare hike- CRB

Press Trust of India | New Delhi October 23, 2013 No further fare hike till next rail budget: CRB Chair...

Manna Dey

Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey (born 1 May 1919), better known by his nickname Manna Dey, is a playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Assamese films....

No hike in fare -CRB

No change likely in train fares till next Budget: Rail Board Chairman Our Bureau New Delhi, Oct 23: There is unlikely to be any further change in rail fares till the next Budget, which will be due around July, the Railway Board Chairman, Arunendra Kumar, told reporters here today....

Train speed 10.6 KMPH ?

Express train that travels at a speed of 10.6 kmph in Karnataka Gulam Jeelani, Hindustan Times Lucknow, October 23, 2013 At a time when the railways is mulling high-speed trains across the country, an express train takes six hours and 35 minutes to cover a distance of 69 kilometers between two stations of Karnataka, travelling at a speed of 10.6 km per hour....

Special food for diabetic passengers

Special food on Rajdhani, Shatabdi for diabetic, ill travellers Agencies October 23, 2013 at 11:16 am The Indian Railways will provide special meals on demand for diabetic and ailing passengers travelling on Rajdhani and Shatabdi train...

Railway successfully handled train operation during Phalin cyclone

Indian Railways Successfully Tackled Train Operations During Phalin Cyclone Crisis The Indian Railways geared up its entire machinery in a big way in the most efficient and prompt way to ensure and manage smooth and safe railway operations in the areas affected by the recent cyclonic storm ‘‘PHAILIN” which hit the east coast of the country....

Trade Union Camp for Central Govt Employeess at Mumbai

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS ALL INDIA TRADE UNION STUDY CAMP 2013 NOVEMBER 15TH & 16TH – MUMBAI Venue: - CLI Auditorium, Central Labour Institutute, Sion – Chunabate Road Sion, Mumbai – 40002...

NIT on 21.10.13

NIT on 21.10.13: Eventhough new judge for NIT was appointed, the notification is still to be done by Ministry of Labour. Next date for hearing is fixed on 16.12.201...

Railway corruption in China

China punishes eight in railway corruption case Oct 21 (Reuters) - China's anti-graft authorities have punished eight people at a state-owned rail construction firm for spending more than $100 million on hospitality last year, a disciplinary body of the Communist Party said on Monda...

Railwire rural Broad band

Indian Railways' RailTel to launch Railwire rural broadband service Press Trust of India, October 21, 20...

Ticket windows at post Offices big HIT

Ticket windows at post offices big hit A joint effort of the department of post and the Railways to offer railway ticket windows has been beneficial to not only these two parties, but also the passengers. During the celebration of National Postal Week recently, the postal department pledged to carry on this robust growth in revenue. “We are overwhelmed by the robust response we have received, and now plans are on to popularise...

Izzat scheme misuse

Measures to combat misuse of Izzat scheme yield results By Princy Alexander - KOCHI 21st October 2013 Measures taken by the Railways to ensure issuing of Izzat concession tickets to just eligible candidates have succeeded in putting a check on rampant misuse of the scheme. According to figures available with the Thiruvananthapuram division of the railways, if the total number of users of the scheme in 2010-11 was recorded to...

Loco Pilots in TVC on Hunger fast.

KOCHI, October 20, 2013 Loco pilots’ stir Loco pilots go on hunger str...

Golden Rock workshop

Golden Rock Railway Workshop overhauls high-power Siemens mot...

Passenger safety is compromised

NEW DELHI, October 18, 2013 Railway passenger safety continues to be compromised K. Balchand The fire that broke out in the pantry car of the 12435 Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in the early hours of Tuesday once again poses a question mark on the seriousness of the railways towards safety of passenger...

IRTSA Demonstration at Chennai

CHENNAI, October 18, 2013 Railway engineers protest Special Correspondent Railway engineers led by the Indian Railways Technical Supervisors’ Association (IRTSA) staged a demonstration at Chennai Central seeking removal of anomalies in the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission before finalising the Seventh Pay Commissio...

Faluknama Express derailed

Faluknama express derails at Mangalagiri October 18,2013 Mangalagiri: The Faluknama express just missed out an accident at Mangalagiri in Guntur district on Friday morning. At 4 a.m. on Friday morning, when the train left from Vijayawada and reached Mangalagiri, the bogies got delinked from the main engine. When this happened, the train was rather at slow speed as there was a turning. The train was taken 3 kms back to...

Nilgiris Mountain Railways

106th anniversary of Nilgiris Mountain Railway celebra...

Cadre Restructuring

Railway Ministry accepts cadre restructuring propo...

CRB

Sri. Arunendra Kumar will in full charge of Railway Board Chairman NEW DELHI: After being headless for more than three months, railways is expected to get a full-time chairman on Tuesday, ending the bloody fight among senior railway officials for the coveted post. Sources said the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the elevation ofArunendra Kumar, currently 'interim' railway board chairman and member (mechanical) as full-time...

Cyclone effect- Railway signals, OHE damaged

Railway signal,high-tension towers,platforms damaged in Odisha The running of major trains between Kolkata and Chennai passing through Odisha would be affected due to these developmen...

Rail Tariff Authority

NEW DELHI, October 12, 2013 Rail Tariff Authority coming, passenger fares set to rise Special Correspondent Board hopeful of achieving ambitious revenue target for the y...

Representation to CRB on HPC report.

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Sweet Memories

Tracking down railway memories By Janani Sampath - CHENNAI 10th October 2013 ...

MR proposed GM/SWR for CRB

NEW DELHI, October 8, 2013 Rly. Board chief post: PMO’s ‘no’ to Kharge’s proposal K. Balchand The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has returned Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge’s recommendation of appointing South Western Railway general manager A.K. Mittal as chairman of the Railway Board, according to highly placed source...

Railway revenue increased

Railway Revenue Earnings up by 11.41 Percent During April - September 2013 The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April to 30th September 2013 were Rs. 65354.64 crore compared to Rs. 58661.79 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 11.41 per cent....

Parliamentary standing committee invite suggestions

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Invite Suggestions on the Subject ‘Suburban Train Services of Indian Railways, with Particular Emphasis on Security of Women Passenger...

Konkan railway derailment

Mumbai-Goa Mandovi Express derailment: Konkan Railway remains affec...

Gas fueled locomotives

Gas fuelled turbine-electric locomotive prototype 06 Oct 2013...

Bonus through Bank -Letter given to GM SWR

To Sri. Ashok Kumar Mittal General Manager, South Western Railway, Kesavpur, Hubli. Sir, Sub: Payment of PLB 2013 through Bank-Reg. Ref: 1) RB D.O.Lr. No. 2003/AC-II/21/13 dated 17.08.2004 to GM/SWR directing the South Western Railway to pay the salary through ...

History of Central Pay Commissions

History of Central Pay Commissions Government of India have set up six pay commissions to review and recommend wage structure for all civil and military divisions including Railways....

Japanese team begins spadework in Chennai

CHENNAI, October 5, 2013 Japanese team begins spadework for Chennai-Bangalore corridor project N. Anand The Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) project got a boost with a fact-finding team from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) commencing its spadework for the projec...

Increasing frieght charges ?

Rlys may hike freight tariff soon Passenger fares unlikely to be tinkered Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 3 The Railways could soon announce an increase in the freight with the proposal to hike the fares being under active examination of the Railway Minister who would take a decision soon...

How railway finances got derailed

How Railways’ finances got derailed Mamuni ...

New bogies to carry more passengers

Railways to make high axle load bogie to carry 400 passengers PTI ...

Compensation for Passenger injured

Railways to pay Rs. 1 lakh compensation to passenger for injury PTI New Delhi, September 29, 2013 Holding it guilty of poor upkeep of train coaches, a consumer forum has directed Railways to pay Rs. 1 lakh as compensation to a Supreme Court advocate, who injured his fingers due to a loosely covered fan in a train in 201...

Tatkal in Passenger trains also

Tatkal booking in passenger trains too PTI ...

Promotee officers federation allege disparity in promotion

Railway officers allege disparity in promotion TNN | Sep 28, 2013, MADURAI: The members of the India Railway Promotee Officers' Federation (IRPOF) alleged disparity in the promotion for the officers. On the sidelines of the two-day executive council meet attended by the office bearers of the federation from all the zones, the members urged the railway department to follow the existing norms in officers' promotion....

DLW produces 5500 HP locomotives

Indian Railways’ DLW produces world’s first ever 5500 HP locomotive as a pilot project MyNewsNetwork, 27-Sep-20...

No New Zones, Divisions- MR

No new railway zones, divisions: Kharge New Delhi, Sept 26, 2013, DHNS: Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday that there are proposals before the Railway Ministry to create new zones or divisions in the country....

Rail gate report

Railway bribery scam: HC grants bail to Singla, three others Friday, September 27, 2013, New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Vijay Singla, nephew of former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, and three others in the Rs 10 crore railway...

Rly frieght charge goes up

Railway freight rate goes up by 15% from Oct 1 By PTI | 27 Sep, 2013,...

Train fare likely to be increased

Today's Paper GULBARGA, September 25, 2013 Railways may hike AC, first-class fares in express, special trains Special Correspondent...

IRCTC app for Mobile phones

IRCTC App for Windows Mobile Phones, Tablets and Personal Computers IRCTC joined hands with Microsoft and introduced an IRCTC app for booking tickets online. The app can be used on phones, tablets and personal computers that run on Windows operating system. The app will open just with the touch of a hand and there is no need to type the site name in the address ba...

High speed train system in China

High-speed train system is a huge success for China By New York Times | 24 Sep, 2013, Just five years after China’s high-speed rail system opened, it is carrying nearly twice as many passengers each month as the country’s domestic airline industry....

Rail Europe launches mobile app for passengers

Rail Europe launches mobile app for passengers By Prachee Kulkarni, ET Bureau | 24 Sep, 2013,...

Toilets in Train Engines

At last, toilets in train engines to help drivers relieve stress Raghvendra Rao : Chandigarh, Tue Sep 24 2013,...

Alert Lp avert accident.

Alert loco pilot averts major train accident By Express News Service - HYDERABAD 23rd September 2013 Alertness of loco pilots averted a possible major train mishap when a coach of Kanyakumari-Howrah Express derailed near Kavali in Nellore district on Sunda...

Fire in Magadh Express

Fire in New Delhi-Patna Magadh Express PTI Patna, Sept 23: A first class AC coach of New Delhi-Patna Magadh Express caught fire near Buxar station in Bihar, about 75 km from here today, but no casualty was reporte...

Advanced Direct fuel Injection technology

Indian Railways mulls advanced diesel technologies Written by Raghav Tha...

MEMU Coach factory at Rajasthan

Sonia Gandhi lays foundation stone for MEMU coach factory in Bhilwara, Rajasthan NetIndian News Network Jaipur, September 22, 2013 Ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone...

Rationalisation of Expenditure- Finance ministry circular

No.7(2)1E.Coord/2013 Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure New Delhi, 18th Sept, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Expenditure Management - Economy Measures and Rationalization of Expenditu...

German unions curb precarious work

German unions curb precarious work 18.09.2013 As preparation for the global action to STOP Precarious Work moves full steam ahead, German unions set a new benchmark for agency worker wage...

Live train status in Google maps

Track live status of trains on Google Maps R. Dinakaran ...

FDI in Railways

FDI in Railways likely PTI ...

Wagon shortage

Rail wagon shortage hits car movement, says Ford ED Our Bureau Try coastal shipping: CII logistics institute chief Chennai, Sept. 19: &nb...

Chinese companies trying to bag locomotive factory in Bihar

2 Chinese companies in race to bag locomotive factories in Bihar By PTI | 20 Sep, 201...

Liquidified Natural Gas to fuel Locomotives

Railways plans LNG as future fuel for its locomotives YASHODHARA DASGUPTA, ET Bureau Sep 19, 20...

Central Railway Motorman and Guards on warpath

MUMBAI: Central Railway services may be affected on Friday as employee unions have threatened to resort to work to rule if their demand to increase the reporting time of motormen and guards for the first scheduled train departure to 30 minutes is not met by evening. On Wednesday evening, more than 150 CR services were delayed and over 70 cancelled after motormen and guards went on a flash strike for 25 minutes....

10 % DA for Govt Employeess

Govt approves 10 per cent DA hike, to benefit 50 lakh central employees 20 Sep, 2013, PTI The increase in DA to 90 per cent would result in additional annual expenditure of Rs 10,879 cr...

Railway officers association demands to change appointment system

Senior railway officers seek govt help to change appointment system Avishek G Dastidar | New Delhi | The race for vacant top posts in the Railway Ministry has turned ugly, forcing the senior officers’ association to write to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Cabinet and the Railway Minister. The letter, sent Thursday by the Federation of Railway Officers’ Association (FROA), which represents all Group A officers, states that the Central Vigilance...

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