A potentially major accident involving a local train was prevented early morning today in Mumbai. A railway keyman noticed a crack on the train tracks and immediately alerted the train driver who stopped the train, according to news agency ANI. The local train was coming from Panvel area and was heading towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Read More
With an aim to ensure safety in railways, the central railway has come out with an innovative idea of installing visual indicators in local trains to Mumbaikars. Central Railway has installed a blue light visual indicator just above the entrance of one EMU coach for guiding the commuters not to board the running train, at Read More
The body of a 30-year-old woman was found hanging from a pillar of the foot bridge connecting two platforms at Jharkhand’s Dhanbad railway station, in early hours of Saturday, Government Railway Police said. The woman was hanging by a sari from the pillar of the footbridge which connects the fourth and the fifth platforms of Read More
Indian Railways has enhanced the combined reservation quota of lower berths for senior citizens, female passengers of 45 years and above and pregnant women in mail, express trains and Rajdhani, Duronto trains, Ministry of Railways said in a statement on Thursday. The ministry said that it has revised the quota to 13 seats for normal mail or Read More
To make trains more safe by eliminating human errors, Central Railway has developed an AI-powered robot which would click pictures and record videos of the under-gears of trains and send them to engineers for repairs and maintenance. The mechanical branch of Central Railway’s Nagpur division has developed the robot named USTAAD (Undergear Surveillance Through Artificial Read More
A 21-year-old woman gave birth to a baby on the platform of a busy railway station in Mumbai on Christmas Eve. On the evening on Decemebr 24, Geeta Deepak Wagare and her husband were at the Dadar station, waiting for a train to Pune. As they waited, she went into labour. CCTV visuals from the Read More
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday remembered former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 94th birth anniversary and hailed him as a statesman who rose above partisan politics. Ms Banerjee had served as the railway minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led cabinet. “Tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji on his birth anniversary. He was Read More
In the first stage exam for selection to Group C (Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician) posts in Indian Railways, about 13 lakh candidates have been declared qualified. 36% of the total candidates who appeared for the ‘world’s largest computer based test’ are now eligible for the second stage of the exam which is scheduled to be Read More
Candidates can view their individual scores and their qualifying status for 2nd Stage CBT by logging in through the link provided on the official website of RRBs duly entering their Registration Number and Date of Birth,’ said the railway recruitment boards after releasing the results of the first computer based test for the posts of Assistant Read More
Three Asiatic lions were killed in the Gir forest division in Gujarat’s Amreli district when a train ran over them on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The lion carcasses were found on the railway tracks in the Borala village early on Tuesday morning, forest officials said. “A pride of six lions was passing by Read More
Applications have been invited by the Railway recruitment cell, East Central Railway, from candidates interested, for apprenticeship training. The railways proposes to fill 2234 slots through this recruitment process in designated trades like fitter, carpenter, painter, wireman, welder, mechanic diesel, etc. Candidates will be posted at Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, and Harnaut divisions under the Read More
‘Due to incorrect bank account details, refund transaction has failed,’ said an official statement from the railways on exam fee refund. Candidates who have appeared for the railway exam for assistant loco pilot and technician recruitment, will receive a refund on the exam fees deposited by them during registration process. While candidates belonging to reserved categories Read More
Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) are in the process of preparingrevised shortlist for the first stage Computer-based Test (CBT) conducted for the recruitment on Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician posts. RRBs had earlier released the result for the first stage CBT on November 2 and had received representation from candidates on the language translation of the Read More
As per a notification released by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Allahabad few more candidates have been selected for the Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician posts through the recruitment notified in 2014. ‘Candidates whose results were earlier kept withheld for want of certain clarification, have been now cleared for inclusion in the provisional panel Read More
A 20-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front a suburban train near Kalyan railway station in Thane district of Maharashtra, the police said. The incident came to light on Thursday after the decapitated body of the victim was found lying on the tracks. The motive behind his extreme step is not yet known, Read More
Indian Railways enables passengers to book a series of journeys through its circular journey facility. Train tickets under this option – available on select routes – are issued for journeys that begin and complete at the same station, according to India Railways’ official website – indianrailways.gov.in. Circular journey tickets give the benefit of “telescopic rates”, which Read More
RRB ALP 2018: RRB ALP, Technician candidates will have to wait a while longer to know their qualifying status for RRB ALP 2nd stage CBT. As per a latest update, the revised result for RRB ALP Technician 1st CBT is likely to be announced on December 20, 2018. Along with the result update, RRBs have also announced revised Read More
Railways has got its first engine with aerodynamic and ergonomic design. “With a speed potential of 200 kilometers per hours, this WAP-5 loco is energy efficient and stable for high speed operation,” the Ministry of Railways tweeted. The engine has been produced by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works and will be used to haul trains like Rajdhani Read More
GUWAHATI :Protesters tried to put up blockades on railway tracks this morning in order to disrupt train services across Assam, as part of the 12-hour state-wide ‘bandh’ or shutdown called by 46 organisations protesting against the Citizenship Bill. Police officials said that the demonstrators, who were trying to prevent train movement by sitting on tracks, Read More
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to the Railways and the Punjab government over the Amritsar accident in which nearly 60 Dussehra revellers were killed when they were run over by a train while watching the festivities. Issuing the notices, the Commission observed that it cannot be said to be a “sane Read More
