Page 6 - Trains

Trial on newly-electrified rail route in Maharashtra to begin on Dec 30

Train trials on the newly electrified Ankai to Aurangabad railway route in Maharashtra will start on Friday, an official said here. The first train will run with electric traction by next month after the trials are complete, the South Central Railway official said. The journey time between Mumbai and Aurangabad will reduce by 25-30 minutes as the need to replace the diesel engine with an electric one will be done away with, he said. "The route that has been electrified between Ankai in Nashik and Aurangabad is 100 kilometres long. This is part of the longer Ankai-Mukhed (Nanded) electrification project. The trial of a train with an electric engine (locomotive) will begin on December 30," he said. "After successful completion of trials on various parameters, we expect the first train pulled by a locomotive to use the stretch for regular service by next month," the official informed.

32 trains cancelled due to poor visibility in Moradabad, many delayed

On Tuesday, several trains were reported to be running late by a few hours due to poor visibility induced by fog.According to CPRO Northern Railway, Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar VikramShalla and Barauni-New Delhi special are running late by five hours.While Rajendranagar-New Delhi Rajdhani and Rajendranagar-New Delhi Sampoorna Kranti are running late by 3 hours.Officials added that Banaras-New Delhi Superfast, Islampur-New Delhi Magadh Express and Dibrugarh- New Delhi Rajdhani Express were late by two hours each.While Saharsa-New Delhi Vaishali Express and Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani and Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Express are late by 3:30, 1:30 and 2:34 hours respectively.According to officials, on Tuesday more than 32 trains were cancelled in Moradabad due to dense fog leaving passengers upset.Hetram Singh CRS Moradabad Railway Station said, "More than 32 trains have been cancelled by railways due to poor visibility induced by fog in Moradabad. The fog was very dense till 10:30 am on Tuesday.

On Udaan network, local mobile accessory brands take wings in 'Bharat'

Udaan said its in-house expert team works closely with small manufacturers and trains them to run an e-commerce business

Commuter trains in Sweden continue to experience extensive disruption

Commuter trains in the Swedish capital of Stockholm are still experiencing extensive disruptions after the entire train system came to a complete halt earlier this week, local media reported

Railways does not earn profit through passenger trains: Raosaheb Danve

Union minister Raosaheb Danve has said that running passenger trains does not benefit the railways in terms of revenue, and added that the central government runs these services for the convenience of people. The Minister of State for Railways also said that the national transporter tries to make up for the losses incurred due to passenger trains from freight services. He was speaking after flagging off a weekly special train from Jalna to Chhapra Junction (in Bihar) on Wednesday night. "The railways does not earn any profit by running daily (passenger) trains. For every rupee spent, it suffers a loss of 55 paise. There is no profit in running passenger trains...there is a loss. But the Modi government does not work for profit. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji says we have to operate these services for the convenience of people," he said. "And we try to make up for the losses (suffered due to passenger trains) by operating freight services and through other sources of revenue," th

1st indigenously manufactured aluminium freight train rake inducted in Rlys

Lighter than its predecessors, but with more freight carrying capacity, the railways first indigenously manufactured aluminium goods train rake was flagged off from Bhubaneswar in Odisha on Sunday. Manufactured in collaboration with Besco Limited Wagon Division and aluminium major Hindalco, it also has a lower carbon footprint for every 100 kg of weight reduction in wagons, the railways said. The lifetime carbon saving is eight to 10 tonnes and this means, savings of more than 14,500 tonnes of carbon for a single rake, it said. Flagged off by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the rake is 180 tonnes lighter than existing steel rakes, resulting in increased speed and lower power consumption for the same distance, the national transporter said. It can carry 180 tonnes extra payload per trip over conventional rakes and being corrosion resistant, will reduce maintenance costs, it said, adding that fully lock bolted construction was used to built these wagons with no welding on the ...

Railways set out special trains to manage extra rush till Chhath Puja

Major destinations throughout the country would be connected by 179 pairs of special trains on rail routes including Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Bhagalpur, Delhi-Muzaffarpur, and Delhi-Saharsa

Railways explores direct leap to 5G to revive outdated train safety systems

Kavach tender expected in two months after the proposal is fine-tuned by the Indian Railways

IRCTC cancels 205 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 12 here

Indian Railways cancelled 205 trains on Monday, September 12. Read this report to learn how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling and the list of affected trains today

IRCTC cancels 202 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 9 here

Indian Railways cancelled over 200 trains on Friday, September 9. Read this report to know how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling, and the list of affected trains

IRCTC cancels 194 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 7 here

Indian Railways cancelled 194 trains today September 7, Wednesday. Over 300 trains have been affected. Read this article to know more

IRCTC cancels 126 trains today, 26 Aug: Check your train status here

Indian railways cancelled more than 120 trains, rescheduled 14 trains and partially cancelled 18 trains on Friday, August 26. Read this article to know which trains are affected

IRCTC cancels 116 trains today, 25 Aug: Check your train status here

Indian Railways cancelled 116 trains, diverted 16 trains and rescheduled 20 trains on Thursday, August 24. Read this detailed article to know your train's status and how you can check it

Trains that emit steam: Hydrogen-powered locos start chugging in Germany

Manufactured by French company, Alstom, these Coradia iLint trains only emit steam and condensed water and have a range of up to 1,000 km with a maximum speed of 140 kmph

Railway aims to make vistadome coaches more popular on Mumbai-Goa route

The Central Railway is planning to increase the popularity of the wider view vistadome train coaches in the picturesque Mumbai-Goa Konkan belt

Trains Cancelled Today, 11 Aug: Indian Railways cancels 149 trains

Indian Railways deems to cancel up to 170 trains on August 11. Currently, 149 trains have been cancelled, 15 rescheduled and 8 diverted. Read this article to know if your train is running late or not

Trains Cancelled Today, 10 Aug: IRCTC cancels 152 trains due to rainfall

Indian Railways cancels 152, rescheduled 14, diverts 11 and changed the source of 11 trains on August 10. Check out this article to know if your train is running on time.

Several trains services cancelled in Vadodara division after water-logging

Due to the washout of tracks between the Dabhoi and Ekta Nagar stations of Gujarat's Vadodara division, several western railways trains scheduled for Tuesday have been cancelled

Agnipath protests: Passengers stranded as trains cancelled; airfares soar

The Railways on Monday said it has cancelled 587 trains due to the agitations.

Bharat Bandh over Agnipath: Trains cancelled, traffic jams across Delhi-NCR

Over 80 trains have been cancelled and massive traffic jams are being witnessed across Delhi-NCR as some organisations have called for a "Bharat Bandh" to mark their protest against Agnipath scheme