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Train services affected as protestors block railway tracks in Jalpaiguri

Train services were affected as members of the All Kamtapur Students' Union (AKSU) blocked the railway tracks in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning to press for their demand for a separate state. The blockade at the Betgara station in the New Jalpaiguri-New Bongaigaon section of the Northeast Frontier Railway began at 7 am, officials said. The blockade has disrupted train services on the all-important route. Among the trains affected were the New Jalpaiguri-Guwahati Vande Bharat Express, they said. Officers of the RPF and the state police were talking to the protestors, and trying to persuade them to remove the blockade, they added. The protesters said the blockade would continue till 7 pm, but railway officials said they were hopeful of an earlier resumption of services. The protesters raised slogans against both the TMC and BJP for not fulfilling their demand. The AKSU is the students' wing of the Kamtapur People's Party United, which is agitating for a separat

Viral video shows car avoiding collision with train, watch video here

A car can be seen missing collision with a train by a narrow margin, driving inches away from an incoming Indian railway train. Watch the video here

L&T wins Rs 10,000 crore electrification order for high-speed rail project

The company said this would be the first of its kind railway project in India involving the implementation of Japanese Shinkansen High Speed Electrification Techno­logy

Jupiter Wagons bags contract to make double-decker automobile carriers

Mobility solutions provider Jupiter Wagons on Friday said it has secured a "significant" contract from a leading automobile maker for manufacturing four rakes of double-decker automobile carrier worth around Rs 100 crore. These automobile carrier Wagons will be able to carry SUVs on the bottom and top deck and come with a number of advanced technologies like articulated bogies and reduced idling time on account of sick wagon substitution, the company said in a statement. Such wagons are being introduced to the Indian Railways for the first time, considering the maximum moving dimensions, which not only suit the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) but will also comply with a large section of the available national railway network, it added. "We are ready to leverage our expertise and resources to deliver these wagons, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality and performance," said Vivek Lohia, Managing Director at Jupiter Wagons. Jupiter Wagons provides comprehensive mobilit

Housekeeping staff found dumping waste out of moving train in viral video

A video being shared widely online shows an individual from the Railroads housekeeping group dumping a bag full with garbage from a moving train onto the tracks

Super App for Indian Railways ticketing, train tracking to be launched soon

The app development may run over three years and is likely to cost the exchequer Rs 90 crore

TMS Ep595: Alcohol in GIFT City, FMCG stocks, Amrit Bharat Express & more

Can alcohol lift GIFT City's spirits? Who were the top business personalities of 2023? Will rural distress continue to dent FMCG stocks in 2024? What is the Amrit Bharat Express? All answers here

Investments worth Rs 14 trillion in the works for rail overhaul: Vaishnaw

We are increasing the passenger capacity to 10 billion. By 2030, waiting lists will not exist, said Ashwini Vaishnaw

Trains, flights delayed in Delhi as dense fog prevails across North India

The National Capital is facing transportation problems due to heavy fog. Around 25 trains arrived late in Delhi on Wednesday and flights were also hampered

List of cancelled trains, 27 December: Heavy fog causes train cancellations

Due to heavy fog in the North Indian region, several trains were cancelled on December 27, 2023. Check the full details about the cancelled trains

Odisha 2023: Triple train accident, Pandian's meteoric rise hog limelight

A pile of wrecked coaches near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha's Balasore district serves as a grim reminder of the world's deadliest triple train tragedy which claimed nearly 300 lives and left over 1,200 people injured. Despite six months having passed since the incident on June 2, it remains vivid in the minds of people travelling along the Kolkata-Chennai route. The accident involved three trains - Coromandel Express, Yeshwantpur-Howrah SuperFast Express and a stationary goods train. The administration's biggest challenge was identification of bodies as they were mutilated and beyond recognition. In a first for train accidents, the government conducted DNA sampling of bodies, comparing them with DNA samples of claimants' relatives. The year also saw the murder of cabinet minister Naba Kishore Das by a policeman on January 29. ASI Gopal Das was arrested and trial is underway. Odisha politics revolved around VK Pandian, a 2000-batch IAS officer, who became one of the m

Railways deploy around 20,000 FogPASS devices for smooth train run: Report

Around 19,700 GPS-based navigation devices, known as Fog PASS, are helping loco pilots operate trains with minimal disruptions and delay while ensuring safety of passengers, railways sources said. Officials say that as fog has begun to affect the visibility in the morning hours, these devices are coming in handy in the smooth running of trains. "Every year we increase our procurement so that we have enough stock of the device to use in times of need. In March 2021, we had around 12,742 Fog PASS devices," a senior railway official said. "As the number of trains are increasing with the introduction of new trains, we have increased our procurement of Fog PASS devices as well," he added. Introduced in 2018, Fog PASS is a hand-held portable device given to the loco-pilots for assistance in navigating dense fog conditions. The device gives them on-board real-time information (display as well as voice-guidance) regarding location of fixed landmarks such as signal, level crossing gate (ma

South Western Railway, JSW enter into agreement for iron ore transportation

South Western Railway (SWR) and JSW Minerals Rail Logistics Private Limited entered into an agreement on Friday for operation of five special type of wagons with 'side discharge' arrangement for unloading, officials said. It will be put to use for transportation of iron ore from the mines at Mineral Enterprises Ltd Siding, Sasalu and Swamihalli to the steel plant of JSW at Tornagallu. This is in addition to seven rakes for which agreement was signed on October 17, they said. In a statement, SWR officials said, "Total 12 BOBSNS (Bogie open hopper wagons with bottom discharge arrangement to carry ballast ores) rakes shall be procured by JSW Minerals Rail Logistics Private Limited. The rake is manufactured by Titagarh Rail System Limited, Kolkata and the first rake is expected to operate from April, 2024." JSW Minerals Rail Logistics Private Limited is investing Rs. 29.57 crore per rake. A rebate of 10 per cent is granted to the customer on base freight for every booking, it ...

Northern Railways set to revamp Ghaziabad railway station: Details here

The Northern Railway will build a two-storey station building and a basement as part of the project costing Rs 337 crore; August 2025 has been set as the deadline

Railways give thumbs up to Rs 1 trn plan to do away with waiting lists

The Indian Railways plans to procure 7,000-8,000 new train sets over the next 15 years to make train travel more efficient and eliminate waiting lists

Over 12,000 train coaches have digital display boards, says Vaishnaw

More than 12,000 newly-manufactured train coaches have digital display boards containing information such as forthcoming station, destination and running status, among others, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. "Digital display boards containing information like forthcoming station, destination, train running status and other safety information/announcement are provided in coaches of trains like Vande Bharat, Push-Pull, TEJAS, Humsafar etc & Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) and Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) trains," Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply on December 8. He added, "AC economy coaches and VISTADOME coaches are also provided with a digital display board. At present, more than 12,000 coaches over Indian Railways are equipped with digital display boards." Vaishnaw's response came after BJP MP Sumer Singh Solanki wanted to know if the government envisaged to instal digital display boards in railway coaches and the trains in which these would ..

Subros up 18%, hits new high on order wins of Rs 25 cr from Indian Railways

Average trading volumes jumped over four-fold with a combined around 1.9 million equity shares - representing 2.9 per cent of total equity of Subros - changing hands on the NSE and BSE

Western Railway collects Rs 115.71 crore during ticket checking drives

In November 2023, the highest ever monthly ticket checking revenue of Rs 21.20 cr in the financial year 2023-24, was recovered through the detection of 2.94 Lakh ticketless and irregular passengers

After Balasore, Silkyara, disaster response gears up for new challenges

Climate-change also a major discussion point, says NDMA

India's first bullet train section to be complete by Aug 2026: Vaishnaw

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor has been making steady progress since its construction began in November 2021