Train stranded at Pollachi as ‘overworked’ loco pilot dozes off

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | ANANTH MATHIVANAN  PublishedSep 26, 2017, 

Passengers then alighted from the train and besieged the station master's room to know the delay for the train's departure.

At least 22 dead and 35 injured in stampede at Mumbai train station

By Nikhil Kumar, Huizhong Wu and Omar Khan, CNN   September 29, 2017

Railways to engage with Isro for rail safety, says Piyush Goyal

Union minister Piyush Goyal says the Indian Railways is working with Isro to explore the use of space technology to make travel by trains more safer

PTI

I need to speak up now-Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha writes: The economy is on a downward spiral, is poised for a hard landing. Many in the BJP know it but do not say it out of fear

Written by Yashwant Sinha | The Indian Express Updated: September 27, 2017

My romance with the train

THE HINDU SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Mahamana Express: A Train Connecting Varanasi and Vadodara,

Mahamana Express: A Train Connecting Varanasi and Vadodara, Two Constituencies That Elevated Narendra Modi from CM to PM

Train ploughs into a flooded station at 60mph

Train ploughs into a flooded station at 60mph sending a wall of water over terrified passengers waiting on the platform

China restores 350 kmph commercial bullet train

PTI  BEIJING:,SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 

WRMS holds conference of running staff

TNN | Sep 17, 2017, 

Narendra Modi Cabinet meeting Live Updates

Narendra Modi Cabinet meeting Live Updates: 12.3 lakh Railway staff to get Productivity Linked Bonus this festival season

Good news! Railways Ministry to give jobs to 1 lakh people

The Indian Railways has decided to recruit one lakh people in safety category (popularly known as sanraksha shreynee). Here are all the details.

Eye on electrification, Railways looks at winding up Bihar diesel project

The Railway Board is also working on a plan to immediately halt the rehabilitation of diesel locomotives, and ensure that no new investments are made on infrastructure to maintain stocks.

QUANTIFICATION OF NEED-BASED MINIMUM WAGE

The concept of the Need-Based Minimum Wage has evolved in India over sixty years of Independence and owes its origin to the Directive Principles of the Indian Constitution and the welfare policy of the Government.

Trade Unions Reject the Wage Code Bill 2017

Newsclick looks at some of the main anti-worker components in the Wage Code Bill.

Newsclick Report

15 Sep 2017

As India Prepares For Bullet Train, 9 Derailments in 27 Days Reveal Railway Safety Crisis

In the first six months of 2017, 29 train accidents were reported of which 20 were due to derailments, according to a Parliamentary question in Lok Sabha on July 19, 2017.

News18.comUpdated:September 15, 2017,

Indian Railways struggles to remain on track, staff shortage, low funds, poor safety plague behemoth

IndiaDebobrat GhoseSep, 08 2017 

New Delhi: Three back-to-back train derailments in less than 12 hours paint a grim picture of the track safety of Indian Railways.

Court attaches Mohali railway station, 2 engines

TNN | Updated: Sep 15, 2017, 

Bullet Train Not A Common Man's Dream: Shiv Sena

Out of the estimated Rs. 1,08,000 crore cost of the project, at least Rs. 30,000 crore would have to be shelled out by the Maharashtra government.

For 95% Commuters, Bullet Train Means Nothing: Bibek Debroy To NDTV

India's first bullet train project, work on which was launched by PM Narendra Modi and Japan's Shinzo Abe, will connect Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

Derailed by overwork

BABU BEAT  Derailed by overwork

RICHA MISHRA The Hindu Business line 

Loco pilot helps find rail fracture

tnn | Sep 9, 2017, 

Ahmedabad: The Ajmer division has on Friday announced a reward for Suryanagari loco pilot, K M Yadav, whose alertness prevented a major tragedy from taking place on Wednesday night. Yadav the loco pilot of the Bandra-Jodhpur Suryanagari express had experienced an unusual jerk between Chitrasan and Jethi station between Palanpur and Abu Road Junctions, and immediately informed authorities.

Indian Railway expedites safety plan as derailments rise

The retrofitting of the current ICF coaches will be an interim safety measure, before converting the entire fleet to the LHB coaches.

Mumbai to Ahmedabad on the bullet train

AASHISH CHANDORKAR, THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE

What set Indian Railways on path towards derailment? Find out here

Past acts of commision and ommission are now fast catching up with the Railways, and it will be a long and slow struggle before the health of its assets is regained

Built 132 yrs ago, railway quarters in a shambles

Crumbling structures, shortage of basic amenities compound woes of occupants

Western Railway may induct shoeshine boys as staff

THE ASIAN AGE. | ARPIKA BHOSALE

Published : Sep 11, 2017, 

Railway officer threatens fast as union thwarts factory cleaning bid

Siddharth Prabhakar| TNN | Sep 11, 2017

8 Suggestions That the World Bank Has for Indian Railways

Titled ‘Strengthening Safety on Indian Railways’, the report was submitted by the international organisation last week.

by Lekshmi Priya Sabout

Another jolt to Railways, four wagons of goods train derail in UP

Another jolt to Railways, four wagons of goods train derail near Hardattpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh

Piyush Goyal is new railway minister

Piyush Goyal, who has a background in accounts and law, has been made railway minister in the third cabinet reshuffle following his performance as power minister

Nirmala Sitharaman replaces Jaitley as Defence Min, Piyush Goyal gets Railways

Cabinet reshuffle, Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, Bureaucrats, IAS, IPS Officer, Swearing in ceremony, NEW DELHI

Loco pilot of derailed Duronto Express turns hero for Indian Railways

The newly-appointed Chairman Railway Board has decided to personally felicitate both the loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of the train.

Railway panel mulling flexible fares for suburban railways

The committee, set up by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu under the Minimum Government and Maximum Governance campaign, is considering changes in the present practice of a pan-India tariff even for suburban and other short distance services.

China reveals plans for a ‘flying train’ that could reach speeds of 2,500mph

The state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) are researching trains that can 'fly on the ground'

UK -South Western Railway workers to be balloted over strike action

South Western Railway workers to be balloted over strike action

RMT says new franchise owner First MTR must give cast-iron assurances over the future of train guards on the network

UK rail workers to continue strikes against plans for Driver Only Operated trains

By Tony Robson   31 August 2017

Train drivers and guards in the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are to strike from September 1 in a long running dispute against the introduction of Driver Only Operated (DOO) trains by the three transport operating companies (TOCS) – Southern GTR, Northern Rail and Merseyrail.