Sunday, June 30, 2013

New rail ticket refund rules from tomorrow

Special Correspondent

The Railways will not refund your ticket if it is surrendered for cancellation two hours after the actual departure of the train, as per the new refund rules effective from July 1.

Safer coach for Rajdhani
- COMFORT ON WHEELS debuts today

Abducted train driver freed, two held

Parth Shastri, TNN | Jun 28, 2013,

AHMEDABAD: Two men were arrested by Government Railway Police officials posted at the Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur. The men had allegedly abducted a train driver from the railway station on June 24.

Restrict goods train along Shirady Ghat section, MP urges South Western Railway

Jaideep Shenoy, TNN | Jun 27, 2013,

MANGALORE: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has requested the general manager of Hubli based South Western Railway (SWR) to restrict movement of goods train movement during night - from 6pm up to next morning 6am - between Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road. In a letter to the official, the MP said such a step is prudent in view of monsoon season which is severe in coastal Karnataka and where landslips along the Shirady Ghat are common.

Bangalore photo exhibition depicts the 'journey' of Indian Railways

Bangalore , Thu, 27 Jun 2013 ANI

Bangalore, June 27 (ANI): On the occasion of completing 160 glorious years of the Indian Railways, South-Western Railway organized a weeklong photo exhibition here showcasing rare moments of the railway journey and putting it on display.

Railway bribery: CBI probing role of Pawan Kumar Bansal's secretary

Manoj Gupta, Marya Shakil, , CNN-IBN | Jun 27, 2013

Kashmir rail tunnel-

Kashmir rail tunnel: A marvel of human endeavour and engineering

New Train to Kashmir valley inaugurated

PM, Sonia flag off first train to Kashmir Valley
Majid Jahangir/TNS

Banihal, June 26
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday inaugurated a rail line to connect the mountain-locked Kashmir Valley with the rest of the state and in future link the region with the country.

Chakki Railway bridge pillars damaged

Chakki railway bridge pillars damaged in flash flood
Our Correspondent

Nurpur, June 26
The flash flood in the Chakki rivulet following rain washed away protection steps of six pillars of the Chakki railway bridge on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge railway line, near here, this morning. These cemented steps had been built by the Railway Department by spending lakhs of rupees a few months ago to render protection cover to all 22 supporting pillars of the Chakki bridge.

Alert gangman spots rail fracture, prevents accident

TNN | Jun 27, 2013,

Preliminary trials of anti-collision system successful:Mittal

Indian Railways, Anti-collision systemJammu: Preliminary field trials of TrainCollision Avoidance System (TCAS) inSouth Central Railways have beensuccessful, Chairman Railway BoardVinnay Mittal said on Monday.

Pathetic condition of Railway Qts

Railway quarters in a shambles
Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 26
Decades-old railway quarters occupied by its drivers, guards and Class IV employees in Ludhiana are in a pathetic condition as the Railways has failed to renovate the same.
Most of the quarters have old-fashioned roofs. Kitchens and washrooms in these quarters have no permanent roofs but are simply covered with ordinary cement sheets that have broken many a times.

Manmohan opens India’s longest railway tunnel in Kashmir

Refund rules changed

Now cancel railway ticket at least 48 hrs before to get refund

Jun 25, 2013

India's longest rail tunnel

Ruchika Chitravanshi in Banihal/Uri (J&K)

Nine years ago, when Sharanappa Yalal relocated to Kashmir as project manager of the 11-km Pir Panjal rail tunnel, the longest proposed in India, most locals told him it was never going to happen.

Yet after a three-year delay, technical snags and several complications, the Rs 800-crore (project is to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.

AISMA Dharna at TPJ

THE HINDU TIRUCHI, June 26, 2013

Station masters demand filling up of vacancies

Staff Reporter

Railways and Disability rights

Railways ropes in National Institute of Design to give coaches facelift

Piyush Mishra, TNN | Jun 24, 2013,

Selling of Railway bridge as scrap

THE HINDU Today's Paper » NATIONAL RAJAHMUNDRY, June 23, 2013

Public pressure puts the brakes on railway plan to sell bridge as scrap

The Healing Touch

Kalpana Verma : Mumbai, Sun Jun 23 2013,

James Nelson, 54, had lost all hope. Employed with the mechanical department of the South Western Railway, Nelson had had multiple hip replacement surgeries in the past. Now, the joint was infected and the implants were coming loose. To make matters worse, he was suffering from diabetes, hypertension and renal problems. When doctors in Bangalore gave up, he came to Mumbai. That last straw gave Nelson a new lease of life.

Hope on Kharage

Mangalore's hope rekindled as Kharge takes charge of railways

Govind D. Belgaumkar

Mangalore MP writes to the Minister listing out demands

Trivandrum Mail stalls

Chennai train’s engine stalls, services hit

Staff Reporter

Mallikarjun Kharage took Charge as MR

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways Shri Mallikarjun Kharge assumed charge as the Union Minister of Railways here today i.e. 19th June, 2013. Prior to this, Shri Kharge was Union Minister of Labour and Employment. He is a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Gulbarga constituency in Karnataka. Immediately after assuming the office, the Shri Kharge was briefed by Shri Vinay Mittal, Chairman Railway Board, Board Members and senior officials on various important issues concerning the Railway Ministry including the priority areas.

Railway bridges to remain closed as Yamuna flows way above danger level

Kharge takes charge as new Railway Minister

Mamuni Das

After Bengal govt, now railways too reluctant to execute Kolkata Metro project

Indian Railways holds 74% stake in the project while Union Urban Development Ministry holds the remaining 26%

Train Journey through Europe

What’s so great about train travel in Europe?

Would you believe everything?

Train travel in Europe is nothing like it is in the U.S. In Europe, trains aren’t considered a secondary form of transportation; it’s how most Europeans travel. So they’re modern, dependable and in some cases state-of-the-art. At the heart of European rail is an extensive network of high speed trains, with travel times that can occasionally rival the airlines. But unlike flying, there’s no hours-long security check, no baggage limitation, no hidden fees, and dare we say no stress?

Rail services to resume through Hatfield and Stainforth

13 June 2013The passenger timetable will be fully re-introduced by 29 July 2013 with some services starting from 8 July 2013.

Decade-old posting order derailed

Now, computerised reservations of rail tickets all day on Sundays
- ST Correspondent Monday, 17 June 2013 -

Station masters on warpath

Railway Board member Kul Bhushan faces CBI probe over cash-for-posts allegations

By Abhishek Bhalla
PUBLISHED: 21:21 GMT, 14 June 2013

The CBI probe into the cash-for-posts scandal in the railways involving former Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla is not limited to former Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar, now in Tihar jail.

28 unmanned railway crossings in Pune railway division to be closed by 2015

Saturday, Jun 15, 2013, 1:11 IST | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA

DNA

Twenty-eight unmanned-level crossings which fall under Pune railway division will be closed down by 2015, the railway ministry has instructed.
The ministry has decided to close all unmanned-level railway crossing permanently so that the number of accidents can be controlled.

Railgate report.

CBI DIG Mahesh Aggarwal repatriated
Had courted controversy by leaking info of CBI raid on Singla’s house
Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
CBI DIG Mahesh Aggarwal, who courted controversy for his alleged involvement in leaking information of the CBI raid on former union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla’s residence in Sector 28, has been repatriated to his parent cadre Tamil Nadu.

Special train carrying top officials mows down truck at level-crossing, one killed

A. V. Ragunathan

Of the three injured in accident, truck driver died on Friday

Railgate

Fresh probe involves Rail Board member, Bansal’s PS

New Delhi, June 12
The CBI today registered two new preliminary inquiries involving the private secretary of former Railway Minister Pawan Bansal and a Railway Board Member which are off-shoots of its probe in the Railway bribery scandal.

Battle against Rats and cockroaches..

Rock fort express engine fails

Engine failure delays Rock Fort

Railway union leaders 'using official properties to house their own families'

By Maneesh Pandey
PUBLISHED: 23:51 GMT, 10 June 2013

Railway unions and staff associations, which have the mandate to fight for the cause of employees of the country's largest transporter, have emerged as one of the biggest 'property grabbers' in the Capital.

Banihal- Quazigund section opening for traffic soon.

BANIHAL-QAZIGUND SECTION: TO BE OPENED VERY SOON

Banihal-Qazigund section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramullah Rail link Project has been completed by Northern Railway and is likely to be opened for public very soon after statutory inspection by Commissioner of Railway Safety for running passenger trains. Trial run on this section was successfully done on 28.12.12 and since then ballast trains are running on regular basis.

3 railway employees died on duty at CR

Three railway employees die on duty over past 2 days

MUMBAI: Three railway employees died in separate incidents in the past two days after being hit by trains in Central Railway's Mumbai division.

New Rake for Rajdhani Express by Month-end

Rounding Up Europe's Rail Disasters

24 March 2010

Indian Railways makes history, runs train through Asia's second longest tunnel

Heavy rain in Mumbai -Train delayed

Mumbai, June 11, 2013

Heavy rains flood Mumbai

Staff Reporter

Trains run late, flights delayed, bus routes changed

Rail projects in Bihar worth Rs 10,000cr delayed

1473 Vacancies at Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC)

RECRUITMENT AGAINST EX-SERVICEMAN (Ex.SM) QUOTA

Railway bribery scam: CBI may book Bansal’s secretary Rahul Bhandari

Jun 10, 2013

Motorman rewarded for Bravery

MOTORMAN REWARDED FOR BRAVERY

The Railway Board has decided to posthumously reward the bravery, the sense of responsibility and duty consciousness exhibited by S. Manohar, the motorman who was instrumental in averting a potential mishap on May 23, an incident that claimed his own life. His commitment to the safety of his passengers even in his dying moments demands the highest honor. The award comes over the compensation that has been worked out for his next kin.

Labour law violation: 15 firms face criminal cases

Special Correspondent

Notice matter for PROTEST Day on 10.06.13

ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION

REGD NO.17903 HQ:ADRA

SOUTHERN, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH WESTERN ZONES

Dear Loco Running men,

Even without a demand from any section of the workers/trade unions, Railway Board has formed an empowered committee to device a new formula for the rate of running allowance. This is an usual practice of the Railways which often tries to manipulate the parameters of the formula of rate of running allowance or the formula itself.

Standard Gauge

Railways opts for standard gauge first time in 160 yrs

Monday, Jun 3, 2013, Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Binoo Nair

More than 160 years after the first train ran on the Indian Railways, the ministry, for the first time, is ready to give up its biggest technical insistence — the need to run all trains on the broad gauge.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

New rail ticket refund rules from tomorrow

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Layoff of 40 station masters put off

Safer coach for Rajdhani - COMFORT ON WHEELS debuts today

Friday, June 28, 2013

Abducted train driver freed, two held

Restrict goods train along Shirady Ghat section, MP urges South Western Railway

Bangalore photo exhibition depicts the 'journey' of Indian Railways

Railway bribery: CBI probing role of Pawan Kumar Bansal's secretary

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Kashmir rail tunnel: A marvel of human endeavour and engineering

Alert gangman spots rail fracture, prevents accident

Preliminary trials of anti-collision system successful:Mittal Indian Railways, Anti-collision systemJammu: Preliminary field trials of TrainCollision Avoidance System (TCAS) inSouth Central Railways have beensuccessful, Chairman Railway BoardVinnay Mittal said on Monday.

Manmohan opens India’s longest railway tunnel in Kashmir

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Now cancel railway ticket at least 48 hrs before to get refund

India's longest rail tunnel

Station masters demand filling up of vacancies

Monday, June 24, 2013

Railways and Disability Rights

Railways ropes in National Institute of Design to give coaches facelift

Sunday, June 23, 2013

THE HINDU Today's Paper » NATIONAL RAJAHMUNDRY, June 23, 2013

Public pressure puts the brakes on railway plan to sell bridge as scrap

The Healing Touch

Friday, June 21, 2013

Mangalore's hope rekindled as Kharge takes charge of railways

Mangalore MP writes to the Minister listing out demands

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Chennai train’s engine stalls, services hit

Railway bridges to remain closed as Yamuna flows way above danger level

Kharge takes charge as new Railway Minister

After Bengal govt, now railways too reluctant to execute Kolkata Metro project

Monday, June 17, 2013

What’s so great about train travel in Europe?

Rail services to resume through Hatfield and Stainforth

Decade-old posting order derailed

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Row over move to axe 40 station masters' posts

Railway Board member Kul Bhushan faces CBI probe over cash-for-posts allegations

28 unmanned railway crossings in Pune railway division to be closed by 2015

Special train carrying top officials mows down truck at level-crossing, one killed

Of the three injured in accident, truck driver died on Friday

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

SCR waging a battle with rodents

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Engine failure delays Rock Fort

Railway union leaders 'using official properties to house their own families'

New Rake for Rajdhani Express by Month-end

Rounding Up Europe's Rail Disasters

Indian Railways makes history, runs train through Asia's second longest tunnel

Heavy rains flood Mumbai

Trains run late, flights delayed, bus routes changed

Rail projects in Bihar worth Rs 10,000cr delayed

1473 Vacancies at Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC)

Railway bribery scam: CBI may book Bansal’s secretary Rahul Bhandari

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Labour law violation: 15 firms face criminal cases

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Monday, June 3, 2013

Railways opts for standard gauge first time in 160 yrs

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Safer coach for Rajdhani
- COMFORT ON WHEELS debuts today

Preliminary trials of anti-collision system successful:Mittal

Indian Railways, Anti-collision systemJammu: Preliminary field trials of TrainCollision Avoidance System (TCAS) inSouth Central Railways have beensuccessful, Chairman Railway BoardVinnay Mittal said on Monday.