Fire-fighting equipments

Indian Railways to equip trains with latest fire-fighting equipment

PTI : New Delhi, Sun Feb 03 2013, 12:06 hrs

 In an effort to check the number of fire accidents on trains, Railways will soon equip pantry and power cars with latest fire suppression system including sprinklers.

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Bullet trains

Bansal: Bullet trains an aspirational project

The steep project cost of bullet trains in India, given its current state of finances, led Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to call it an aspirational project on Friday.

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AC current saves railways

Alternating Current saves Railways Rs18.75 crore Published: Sunday, Feb 3, 2013, 8:55 IST  By Binoo Nair | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Even as diesel prices make a dent in the accounts books of the railways, for Western Railways (WR) one year of running its suburban locals on Alternating Current (AC) has brought about some relief.

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Assam bomb blast

Assam: Powerful bomb blast on railway tracks in Kokrajhar , Sunday, February 3, 2013, 

 Passengers of the Howrah-Guwahati down Garibrath Express had a providential escape on Sunday when a powerful bomb exploded on the railway tracks minutes after it passed Goabari in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district. There was no casualty or injury.

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Mamata in metro land issue

Mamata constant in Metro land jinx

By SANJAY MANDAL | www.telegraphindia.com – 6 hours ago

A small plot near Writers' that the railways needs but the state government won't help acquire is the latest in a long line of land hurdles for the East-West Metro with Mamata Banerjee in the muddle.

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Bullet Train.

Bullet train projects may not gain speed soon

New Delhi, Feb 1, 2013, DHNS:

Bansal stresses upon the challenges in mobilising resources for the project

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday hinted that the bullet train projects here may not materialise soon. He also denied setting any timeline for the high-speed rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

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South Africa Train Accident

Passenger trains collide in South Africa, 20 injured: railway

AFP
Johannesburg, January 31, 2013

Two passenger trains collided in South Africa today near Pretoria during the peak morning commute, injuring around 20 people, the rail authority said.

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SPAD representation to GM

           

To

            Sri. RAKESH MISHRA
            General Manager
            Southern Railway

Respected Sir,

SUB     :     SAFETY IN TRAIN OPERATIONS – PREVENTION OF SPAD – DIRECTIVES OF RAILWAY BOARD TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH TOP PRIORITY – REGD

REF     :     RB LETTER NO. 200/M (L) /466/7101 DATED 14/6/12

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Unmanned LC's to be phased out

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU

MADURAI, January 27, 2013

Unmanned level crossings to be phased out in Maduai division

STAFF REPORTER 

Divisional Railway Manager unfurls the national flag

In accordance with the Madurai Railway Division’s stress on safety, 365 unmanned level crossings in the division would be eliminated in a phased manner, said A. K. Rastogi, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Southern Railway, Madurai Division.

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Women Metro Driver

Rapid Metro has a 21-year-old woman in the driver’s seat

Express news service : Gurgaon, Sun Jan 27 2013, 01:00 hrs

 A Documentary on Delhi Metro changed the life of 21-year-old Priya Sachan, a woman from Akbarpur in Uttar Pradesh.

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Locomotive market competition

Bombardier, Siemens, GE, Alstom, EMD at war over Rs 40,000-cr locomotive market

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Bullet train

Railways' policy uncertainties slow down bullet train project; many challenges ahead

How Railways' policy uncertainties slowed down bullet train project

After policy flip-flops over decades, here is a concrete sign of India getting its first bullet train. The Indian Railways quietly formed a company called HSRC Ltd in July last to run its dream project, high-speed rail.

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Shatabdi Derailment -News

Shatabdi derailment at railway station triggers chaos

TNN | Jan 27, 2013, 05.35 AM IST

BANGALORE: Chaos prevailed at the City railway station early on Saturday morning after the electric locomotive and two coaches of the Chennai-bound Shatabdi express (Train number 12028) derailed at 5.20am en route to platform No.5 from the dockyard. The train that was to depart at 6am did not have any passengers in it. 

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World's oldest steam locomotive

World’s oldest steam locomotive chugs again

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NIT

National Industrial Tribunal (NIT) on 21.01.13

NIT sitting at Mumbai attended by Com. MN Prasad, Com. MM Roly, Com DS Koparker, Adv TC Govindaswamy etc attended.

NIT imposed a penalty on Railway for Rs.4000/-. Ex-Party proceedings will drop if the Railway submit reply on 11.03.13.

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Bomb -proof trains

British scientists develop bomb-proof trains to prevent repeat of London attack

Train carriages could be bomb-proofed to prevent a repeat of the carnage carried out by the London Underground terrorist attacks.British engineers have developed blast-resilient rolling stock after learning lessons from the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings.

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Safety Top Priority

Pending Projects, Safety Top Priority: Railway Minister

Wednesday, 23 January 2013, 

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German Railways

Does Europe want Germany to run all its railways?

Monday, 21 January 2013

Lord Berkeley issues an impassioned plea to member states after the latest move to deliver a single market and liberalisation is delayed for 'further discussion'

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Parliamentary committee on Railways

Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Railways Meets Railway Minister for Balanced Development of Railway Related Facilities in the Country

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CBI Raid in sidings

Iron ore scam: CBI raids railway sidings

B Sridhar, TNN Jan 12, 2013, 05.06AM IST

JAMSHEDPUR: A 15-member CBI team from Kolkata visited the mineral-rich West Singhbhum district on Thursday to conduct raids at railway sidings in connection with the Rs 5000 crore iron ore scam.

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Interview with CRB

Railway regulator is coming for sure, says Board head

MAMUNI DAS

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Protest of AILRSA on Booklet by Safety Dept

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

BANGALORE, January 19, 2013

Loco pilots unhappy with Railway booklet on safety awareness

ANIL KUMAR SASTRY

 

‘It is only educative and there was no intention to show them in bad light’

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CWC Decisions -5&6 Jan 2012

Decisions / resolutions are taken in CWC meeting of AILRSA and later in joint meeting of

 AILRSA & AIGC.

            The central working committee meeting of the All India Loco Running Staff Association was held at Kalyan, Mumbai division of Central Railway on 5^th and 6^th of January 2013 presided by Com. N. Sarkar and the following resolutions were passed unanimously.

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Poriborthan.. ?

Where have all the Big Chiefs gone?

By Sambit Saha | www.telegraphindia.com – 

Haldia, Jan. 15: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today sought to address questions on big projects by calling out the names of public sector companies' chiefs at Bengal Leads but drew a blank.

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AIRF -boasting

Rail staff threaten to go on strike

By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times – 21 hours ago

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