AILRSA Dharna at Bangalore on 30.01.14

                  AILRSA Bangalore Division DHARNA   Loco Running Staff of Bangalore division is organized a Mass DHARNA in front of Divisional Railway Manager’s office , Bangalore  on 30.01.14, Thursday from 10 hrs to 14 hrs. The Dharna was welcomed by Sri. D Rajkumar and presided by Sri P. Anil Srinivasa Rao. Inaugurated by Sri VJK Nair, CITU...

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Kolar Coach factory- MoU

Railway Min, Karnataka govt ink MoU for rail coach factory Press Trust of India  |  Bangalore  January 30, 2...

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Next gen e ticketing

KOCHI, January 31, 2014 Railways to roll out next gen e-ticketing in Ap...

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Railway Officers protested

Today's Paper » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU TIRUCHI, January 31, 2014 Railway officers protest Staff Repor...

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AILRSA Dharna Report in THE HINDU

BANGALORE, January 31, 2014 Loco pilots demand better work conditions Staff Reporter   Loco running staff from the Bangalore division of the South Western Railways protested in large numbers outside the office of the divisional railway manager demanding attention to a number of issues ranging from poor working conditions to the lack of implementation of strict working hours resulting in loco pilots often doing over tim...

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Nandeed train Fire Accident-CRS report

BANGALORE, January 30, 2014 ‘Advertent act or negligence’ cause of train fire: report Special Correspondent Blaze in the Bangalore–Nanded Express killed 26 peo...

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Loco Derailed at Gwalior

Train engine derails; disrupts traffic Press Trust of India  |  Gwalior  January 30, 2...

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Railways earn less, spent more

Railways earn less, spend more than budgeted Written by Raghvendra Rao | New Delhi | January 29, 2014 With just over a couple of months to go this fiscal, not many in Rail Bhavan are hopeful of stemming the tide....

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MR reviews safety measures

Kharge reviews Safety Measures on Trains New Delhi: After two fire incidents in trains killed 35 passengers, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has directed audit of each passenger rake and ensuring of best quality fire retardant material to check such mishap...

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Railway Employees suspended

CHENNAI, January 23, 2014 Nine railway staff suspended M. Dinesh Varma Nine railwaymen have been suspended in connection with the assault of a divisional electrical engineer at the electrical loco shed in Royapuram on Tuesday. This is the second incident within a month of a supervisory officer being roughed up by subordinates owing allegiance to the Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU), a senior railway official sai...

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AILRSA Dharna at Chennai

CHENNAI, January 23, 2014 Loco pilots demand filling of vacancies Special Correspond...

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Cabinet approves RTA

Cabinet approves setting up of authority to advise on rail fares PTI | Jan 20, 2014, NEW DELHI: In a major reform step for the cash-trapped railways, the Union Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to constitute a Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) which will advise the railway ministry on fares....

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Railway Minister about the target

BANGALORE, January 21, 2014 Updated: January 21, 2014 11:21 IST ‘My aim is to double railway network’ Special Correspondent The target can be achieved if funds are provided, says Minister Kha...

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Railway plans infrastructure boost

Railways plans infrastructure boost to reduce accidents Manthan K Mehta,TNN | Jan 21, 2014, MUMBAI: The Railways plans to initiate several measures to reduce trespassing-related deaths on the Mumbai suburban network. It has decided to spruce up infrastructure at 12 stations, like installing escalators and elevators, besides new foot-over-bridg...

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FIRE in trains,railway prepare blueprint to avoid recurrence

NEW DELHI, January 21, 2014 Railways decide to play it safe K. Balchand 30-point programme thrashed out to improve safety of trains, peo...

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Railway Time Table Committee

ALL-INDIA CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TIME TABLE HELD AT MALIGAON ALL-INDIA CONFERENCE o­n RAILWAY TIME TABLE HELD AT MALIGA...

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Rail Tariff Authority pending

Cabinet puts off Rail Tariff Authority proposal PTI | Jan 15, 2014,...

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Arunachal in Railway map

Arunachal Pradesh witnesses first trial run of Rail Eng...

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Fog at NDLS

Thick fog wraps Delhi, rains lik...

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CR Converts 1500 Volt DC to 25000 volt AC system

Historic Milestone: CR converts 1500 Volt DC into 25000 Volt AC Traction System Mumbai:  The historic milestone has been achieved by Central Railway with the conversion from 1500 Volt d.c. to 25000 Volt a.c. traction system over Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) to Thane (exclusive) via 5th & 6th line & Thane (exclusive) to Kalyam. This smooth and major transition has been achieved without traffic block and without...

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Some press report

In Pics: Poor infrastructure and inefficient management plague Indian Railways Bhaskar News   |  Jan 11, 2014,...

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Fog safety device

Northern Railway installs fog safety devices in 350 trains New Delhi: To prevent any mishap due to low visibility during the winter season, Northern Railway has installed fog safety devices in about 350 trains. 11 Jan 201...

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RB called railway TU for discussion regarding Strike.

All India Railway Strike – Railway Board meets Union to avoid Strike – Effect of Strike Ballot planned by AIRF and NFIR Railway Board is scheduled to meet the representatives of the two leading Railway Union on January 15 and 16. This is after one of the two leading Unions-All India Railwaymen Federation conducted a strike ballot on December 20 and 21across seventeen zones of the Indian Railwa...

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Strike by Bank Employeesd

Militant strike of bank work...

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Financial crisis in US

Wall Street swindles, not pensions, behind financial crisis in Detroit and other US cities By Thomas Gaist   8 January 2014 The political establishment and the media have relentlessly promoted the myth that the crisis in Detroit and in cities across the US is a product of overgenerous spending on social services and benefits, with public employee pension liabilities cited as the main culpri...

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FIRE in train at Thane

5 killed as Mumbai-Dehradun Express catches fire IANS  Thane (Maharashtra), January 08, 2014 At least five passengers, including a woman, were killed when a fire engulfed the speeding Mumbai-Dehradun Express near Dahanu town in Maharashtra's Thane district early on Wednesday, officials sai...

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Shortage of LP-The Hindu Report

Today's Paper » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA BANGALORE, January 7, 2014 Shortage of loco pilots is hitting operations: association Anil Kumar Sas...

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New GM NCR

New GM/NCR Pradeep Kumar lays emphasis on rail secur...

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Railway Safety

January 3, 2014 Get serious on saf...

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GM ER & SER

New General Manager for Eastern, South Eastern Railway and Metro Railways PTI Jan 1, 2014,...

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DLW Golden Jubilee

DLW's Golden Jubilee year celebrations end TNN | Jan 4, 2014,  VARANASI: The Railway Board member (mechanical) Alok Johari flagged off two diesel locomotives at Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) here on the concluding day of its Golden Jubilee year celebration on Friday....

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NIT

Justice S.P. Mehrotra, Judge,  High Court, Allahabad posted as Presiding Officer for National Industrial Tribunal(NIT), at Mumbai. Next sitting is on 10.02.20...

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OHE failure

OHE line failure disrupts train traffic TNN | Jan 3, 2014...

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Nanded Accident reports

Fire in train in AP still a Mystery Anantapur (ATP):  Vijaya Ramamurthy, a passenger travelling in the ill-fated coach of the Bangalore-Nanded Express, is learnt to have jumped from the train much earlier than the place the train eventually stopped at, giving rise to questions as to when the coach caught fire and when was it notice...

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Bribe.

Two railway employees of Madurai Division get to 2 years in jail for demanding br...

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