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An artist’s impression of architectural plans of various railway stations set for redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An artist’s impression of architectural plans of various railway stations set for redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Indian Railways has identified 61 railway…
The Tiruchi Railway Division has announced that the Mayiladuthurai-Sengottai-Mayiladuthurai Express (16847/16848) will stop for one minute at Alakkudi station on an experimental basis for three months from February 10. The Alakkudi station falls in the Thanjavur-Tiruchi broadgauge section. The train will arrive Alakkudi station at 1.26 p.m. and leave at 1.27 p.m. The Sengottai –…
A view of the new Platform 8 near Kallukuzhi at Tiruchi Railway Junction, which will get facility to water the railway coaches. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY The Tiruchi Railway Division is putting in place a system on Platform 8 at the Tiruchi Railway Junction to enable watering of coaches of trains. The platform, which is…
Patna: A man from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district has sent a notice to the Indian Railways, seeking Rs 50 lakh compensation after he and his in-laws could not board a train to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to alleged negligence of its officials. The complainant, Janak Kishore Jha alias Rajan, alleged that despite having AC-3 tickets…
Mahakumbh Nagar: The grand Mahakumbh festival at Prayagraj’s Sangam has drawn over 13 crore devotees so far. Now, preparations are in full swing for the Amrit Snan on Mauni Amavasya, January 29, 2025, when an expected 10 crore pilgrims are expected to take a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on the auspicious occasion. Anticipating a…
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras will organise the first Asian international hyperloop competition in February. The competition will be held from February 21 to 25, bringing together key hyperloop stakeholders from the US, Europe and other parts of the world. The competition is conducted jointly by IIT M Pravartak and SAEIndia and supported by…
NEW DELHI: The issue of four toilets instead of three in each coach of Vande Bharat sleeper trains and a pantry car in every trainset, which had held up the Rs 55,000 crore project, has been resolved, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. He said they will go with the original design of coaches…
The efficacy of Kavach through trial runs for automatic signalling, made it contender for important routes like Kolkata-Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai and upcoming Dedicated Freight Corridor routes; (right) senior railway officials during Kavach trials. Indian Railways that has recently tendered for providing Kavach – the indigenously designed Automatic Train Protection System — for 10,000 locomotives across the country…
NEW DELHI: Indicating the start of train operations between Jammu and Srinagar in the next couple of weeks, the railways has notified the timetable of one Vande Bharat and another two mail/express trains for the route. The single-trip Vande Bharat train on the route will take three hours and 10 minutes, while the other two…
Jyothi Yarraji. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Indian Railway, as a single organisation, has the highest number of sportspersons who have been bestowed with prestigious sports awards in the country, the Railway Ministry said in a press statement on Thursday, January 2, 2025. According to the Ministry, in 2024, out of 32 players shortlisted…
