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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

Why Indian Railways needs to evolve new business plan and revisit pricing

The Railways' profitable freight business is losing ground to the competition, while meeting pent-up passenger demand will mean more losses, notes T N Ninan

IRCTC website down: E-ticket booking services resume after 2-hour outage

At around noon on Thursday, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website was down, causing inconvenience to lakhs of passengers

Track changes: Accidents on rise as Railways grapples mounting pressure

In recent years, the railways has been able to curtail consequential accidents, defined as the ones that cause loss of life, several injuries, and loss of rail property and stoppage of rail traffic

Why the passenger matters

Difficulties over Diwali weekend remind us of the role the Railways plays in our development

Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train: Indian railways starts train from Mumbai today

The motive behind the theme-based circuit Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train by Indian Railways is to offer smooth and inexpensive services to people willing to visit various parts of the country

Indian Railways cancels train operations on Nilgiri Mountain Rail route

In NMR, services between Mettupalayam and Coonoor have been suspended till November 16, 2023, services among Udhagamandalam and Coonoor will stay suspended till November 13

RRCB provided 150,000 recruitments to youth last year, says NF Railway

He further said that, on average, for the construction of a 1-kilometre track, around 33,000 man-days of employment are generated annually

Indian Railways to add new 'anti-injury' feature to passenger coaches

Indian Railways is looking to replace its ICF-design with German LHB that comes with a feature to prevent trains from piling up on each other in case of accidents

Chhath Puja Special Trains: Indian Railways to run 283 special trains

The Ministry of Railway announced that the Indian Railway will run trips of 283 special trains during the Chhath Puja festival. The special trains aim to manage the movement of all the passengers

Western Railway cancels 2525 train services for a week, here's why

Western Railway (WR) has cancelled 2525 train services between October 26 to November 6, 2023, as an 8.8 km addition line between Khar and Goregaon station is under construction