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Railways board orders double-locking arrangement for all signalling assets

The Railway Board Saturday ordered a double-locking arrangement for all relay rooms with train controlling mechanisms, relay huts housing signalling and telecommunications equipment of level-crossings, and point and track circuit signals, officials said. The missive to the railway zones is the latest in a series of directions issued since the June 2 accident involving three trains in Odisha's Balasore which killed more than 280 people. The order indicates that the "access to the relay room" was key to the "signalling interference" that caused the Coromandel Express to take the loop line at Balasore and crash into a stationary goods train. With enough evidence to show that some kind of tampering was done with the interlocking system, the job now is to make it "tamper-proof", senior officials said. "This double locking will ensure that no one can access these locations in isolation," said an officer. The order said that level crossing gate (goomty/cabin), housing signalling and ...

Railway ministry releases helpline number to locate affected passengers

Apart from the helpline number shared by the Indian Railways, the Ministry of Railways on its Twitter profile has also shared some other helpline numbers, including Howrah, Kharagpur, Balasore

IRCTC's 0.35 paise travel insurance for accidents: All you need to know

While booking train tickets on the IRCTC website or app, travellers have the option to avail themselves of travel insurance for a premium of just 35 paise

'Electronic interlocking' behind Balasore train accident: Railway Minister

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore occurred due to a "change in electronic interlocking"

Odisha train tragedy: List of injured, deceased passengers put on websites

To facilitate smooth identification of victims of the Balasore train mishap, the Odisha government has uploaded the details of passengers on three websites

Root cause of accident identified: Railway minister on Odisha train tragedy

Vaishnaw, who reviewed the restoration work at the Balasore triple train collision site, said accident that claimed the lives of 288 passengers happened due to a change in electronic interlocking

Odisha train accident: Railways Minister Vaishnaw inspects restoration work

Railways Minister inspected the restoration work at Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a major accident, leaving 288 passengers dead, injuring over 1,000 people

Before Balasore disaster, 11 incidents of train collisions in five years

Has paid Rs 14 crores in compensation after 50 train accident deaths, nearly 400 injuries

Odisha train accident: 100 bodies to be kept at AIIMS Bhubaneshwar

Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Geeta Singh informed that 100 out of the 160 unidentified bodies of passengers of the Odisha triple train accident will be kept in AIIMS Bhubaneshwar

Odisha train accident: Cong leader Surjewala poses set of 9 questions to PM

Randeep Singh Surjewala took a swipe at PM Modi over his remarks on a visit to the site of the horrific triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, on Saturday, posing a set of nine questions to him

Odisha train derailment: Vaishnaw oversees ongoing restoration works

Union Railway Minister oversaw restoration works that were underway overnight in Odisha's Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a horrific accident

NDRF says it pulled out 44 passengers alive, retrieved 112 bodies

As the nation mourned the loss of lives in the horrific triple train accident in Balasore, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Saturday that their personnel pulled out 44 passengers alive from the mangled coaches of the passenger trains and retrieved 112 bodies.The NDRF added that its personnel were conducting a last round of search with the help of other agencies."After rescuing 44 live victims & retrieving 112 bodies till now, NDRF teams conducting Final Search with other agencies," tweeted NDRF.Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Railways, Amitabh Sharma, on Saturday informed that a total of 58 trains had been cancelled, 81 diverted and 10 terminated in light of the accident.Sharing details about the ongoing restoration work, he said it was underway in full swing and they will working to ensure restoration of services on the downline first.The three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train ..

Restoration work ongoing at war footing at Odisha accident site: Railways

Railways Ministry informed restoration work is ongoing at war footing in Odisha's Balasore where passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in accident, leaving 288 passengers dead

Anti-collision device Kavach to be installed in trains next year: Railways

The Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) or Kavach, which was rolled out for trials last year, is likely to be installed in trains next year, Ministry of Railways spokesperson informed

Will increase passenger capacity on railways by 3 billion: Vaishnaw

The railway board has been directed to formulate an action plan on all the policy initiatives discussed by June 15

Railway approves procurement of 238 Vande Bharat Metro rakes for Mumbai

The Railway Board on Friday approved the procurement of 238 Vande Bharat Metro trains for Mumbai, senior Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) officials said. These rakes will be procured under the ambitious Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III (MUTP-III) and 3A (MUTP-3A), which are being helmed by the Railway ministry and the Maharashtra government to augment the capacity of the metropolis' suburban train network, they added. "These trains will be manufactured by the technology partner ensuring Make in India guidelines of the Centre's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. The procurement will be undertaken by MRVC and it will be with maintenance requirements spanning 35 years," said an MRVC spokesperson. Two depots for maintenance of the rakes already approved under MUTP-III and 3A will be set up by the technology partner, the official added. MUTP-III and MUTP-3A projects are worth Rs 10,947 crore and Rs 33,690 crore respectively. As per the railways, Vande Bha

To avoid 2022 crisis, Indian Railways ferries more coal for electricity

Imported thermal coal freight also sees higher volumes amid railways plan to avert 2022 crisis

Contracts to revamp New Delhi, Ahmedabad stations 'axed' over pricey bids

Union Cabinet sanctioned much lower amounts than bids received for mega redevelopment projects

In Rail Vikas Nigam, India gets its 13th Navratna in nine years

Earlier, RVNL was in the Miniratna category - I and a schedule 'A' CPSE under Ministry of Railways which recorded an annual turnover of Rs 19,381 crores and net profit of Rs 1087 crores

Vande Bharat Metro to hit tracks by December 2023; check features

The highly anticipated Vande Metro is expected to provide an affordable mode of transportation and will connect major cities, while also reducing the pressure on the suburban train network