Man falls off Chennai-Howrah Express, dies
Vizianagaram: Sitting on the footboard of a train proved costly for a passenger...
View ArticleMeagre quota for Nagpur in Mumbai, Pune Duronto
NAGPUR: Even as commercial bookings for almost all the six non-stop Durontos passing through Nagpur have started after upgradation of system, quota of berths for Mumbai and Pune seems to be peanuts,...
View ArticleMeagre quota for Ngp in Mumbai, Pune Duronto
Nagpur: Even as commercial bookings for almost all the six non-stop Durontos passing through Nagpur have started after upgradation of system, quota of berths for Mumbai and Pune seems to be peanuts,...
View ArticleRailways to run special trains between Howrah and Ernakulam
CHENNAI: Railways will operate airconditioned special trains between Howrah and Ernakulam via Katpadi and Coimbatore to...
View ArticleBoy run over by MTC bus near Madhavaram
A 14-year-old boy of Villangadupakkam near Red Hills was killed after he fell from a moving Metropolitan...
View ArticlePatient dies in road accident as ambulance falls off Yamuna e-way
Agra: A patient being taken to Madhya Pradesh for medical treatment died in a road accident when his ambulance toppled from an elevated stretch of Yamuna Expressway in the intervening night of Tuesday...
View ArticleMumbai bound Secundarabad Duronto derails, two die
Hyderabad: The superfast Duronto Express travelling from Hyderabad to Mumbai derailed at about 2.15 am on Saturday, claiming...
View ArticleGirl jumps before train in fit of rage, dies
BAREILLY: In an incident of suicide by jumping in front of a train, a 21-year-old girl who was walking along the railway track and was angrily talking with someone over the phone suddenly jumped before...
View ArticleChennai groups drum home point to stop train hits
CHENNAI: Should you happen to come upon a band playing music at a railway station, don't look around for cameras. A film crew hasn't turned the station into a set: it's a live show that the Government...
View ArticleRain, landslides hit rail, road traffic in Odisha
Torrential rain due to low pressure snapped rail and road communications in different parts of south Odisha on Wednesday. A landslide disrupted railway traffic in Koraput-Rayagada section, informed...
View ArticleChennai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Biweekly Express to stop at...
CHENNAI: Southern Railway has announced commercial stops for Chennai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin...
View ArticleAnother train, another robbery, same place
Three unidentified assailants threatened passengers and robbed them of their gold jewellery on the Bangalore-bound Seshadri Express when it stopped near the Manubolu railway...
View Article29,278 die on Mumbai railway tracks in 10 years, eight every day
MUMBAI: Mumbai's suburban train network, often described as the city's lifeline, proved to be a death trap with at least eight people dying on an average every day between 2005 and 2014 after falling...
View ArticleChennai-Madurai Duronto Biweekly Expresses trains to stop at Salem Junction
MADURAI: The non-stop Chennai Central - Madurai - Chennai Central Duronto Biweekly Express trains will stop at Salem Junction starting January next year. Inaugurated in the year 2012, the...
View ArticleClass 10 boy falls off footboard, dies in Chennai
CHENNAI: A Class 10 student died after he slipped and fell while trying to jump on the footboard of an MTC bus in Red Hills on Tuesday. Mohammad Saddam Hussain, 15, a resident of Singilimedu in Red...
View ArticleTwo killed as Duronto Express derails in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi: Two women passengers were killed and eight others injured when a speeding Duronto Express from Secunderabad proceeding towards Lok Manya Tilak terminus in Mumbai (Train No 12220) derailed...
View ArticleBTech student dies after falling off bus footboard in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD: A 21-year-old BTech student died after falling off the footboard of a bus while trying to board it in Ghaziabad on Saturday. The accident, in which one of his classmates was also injured,...
View ArticleRobbers come up with new tactics
The Ongole-Tirupati-Chennai railway sector has always been vulnerable to robbers, who employ a number of modus operandi. The railway line runs parallel to the Old Chennai road and has witnessed...
View ArticleJapanese tourist 'falls' near Taj gate, dies
Agra: A 66-year-old Japanese tourist died after allegedly falling near Taj Mahal's royal gate on Thursday evening. A senior CISF official said it appears that the elderly man was suffering from...
View ArticleTrain sinks under excess cargo, Delhi-based firm fined Rs 1.2 lakh
AGRA: Thousands of passengers' lives were put at risk by a Delhi-based cargo firm, which was fined more than Rs 1.20 lakh for loading the train so far beyond the permissible limit that the Udyan Abha...
View ArticleDrunk man falls into Namma Metro pit, dies
An unidentified man in an inebriated state fell to his death in a pit dug for the Metro Rail project on BVK Iyengar Road in...
View ArticleHowrah station set to be one of the first stations to get free wi-fi
KOLKATA: Howrah station, one of the busiest stations in the country, will be among the first group of 100 railway stations including New Delhi, Mumbai Central and Chennai Central and others to get free...
View ArticleYouths snatch railway staffer's chain
CHENNAI: Two youths robbed a 50year-old railway employee of her two-sovereign gold chain at knifepoint on a Velachery MRTS station platform after midnight on Wednesday , the government railway police...
View ArticleStray animal halts Karnavati Express
SURAT: It was a close shave for passengers of Ahmedabad-bound Karnavati Express when the train rammed into a stray animal near Sachin railway station,...
View ArticleSealed containers on train create a flutter
Detection of sealed iron containers and wires in an empty compartment of Down Falaknuma Express at the Howrah station on Tuesday night sent the security establishment into a tizzy. The Railway...
View ArticleSouthern Railway to run special trains during holiday season
CHENNAI: Southern Railway will operate Suvidha special trains and superfast weekly special trains to different destinations to clear extra rush of passengers during the holiday season in October. No...
View ArticleIrate commuters stop train in Kedgaon
PUNE: Irate commuters forcibly stopped the Swarna Jayanthi Express train at Kedgaon railway station as they had no train to reach Pune on Tuesday morning. An assistant engine driver was injured after...
View ArticleFemale elephant, man die in road mishap
A female wild elephant was killed in a road accident near Dimiria square on NH 16 under Khallikote police station limits in Ganjam district of Odisha at late night on Saturday. According to police...
View ArticleUnidentified body found in train
Departure of Mangaluru Central-Coimbatore Intercity Express got delayed by about an hour on Friday after the body of an unidentified male was found in one of the coaches of the train. According to the...
View ArticleBomb recovered from Falaknuma Express in Howrah Railway Station
HOWRAH (West Bengal): A bomb has been recovered from the Falaknuma Express at the Howrah Railway Station in West...
View ArticleUnclaimed packet triggers panic at Howrah railway station
Five unclaimed pipe-like objects, wrapped in a polythene sheet, were found from a vacant compartment of...
View ArticleOverloaded train puts lives of passengers at risk
AGRA: The lives of passengers on the Howrah-bound Udyan Abha Toofan Express had been put at risk by a cargo firm which had overloaded the luggage coach causing the engine buffer to sink dangerously...
View ArticleBody on train delays departure from Mangaluru
MANGALURU: The discovery of an unidentified body of a person in a train at Central railway station here on...
View Article‘Increase speed of train’
At a time when the Railways have introduced non-stop Duronto trains across the country, the slow running of Erode – Salem – Mettur Dam daily passenger train on both the directions is a matter of...
View ArticleVisakhapatnam: ‘Eunuchs’ push man to death
Visakhapatnam: A 45-year-old man fell to his death from the Vivek Express, while the train was speeding along near Nuapada in Tekkali of...
View ArticleWoman dies after being‘pushed’ off moving train
A 55-year-old woman was killed after being allegedly pushed out by a Ticket Checker (TC) from the sleeper coach of Malwa Express at the Bercha station. The woman identified as Om Kumari Temre. The...
View ArticleWill city get a halt for Yesvantpur Duronto?
With the railways deciding to convert all the existing ‘technical halts’ of Duronto trains into ‘commercial halts’ from early next year, the re-routing of the Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronoto through...
View ArticleChennai Egmore train timings to be changed
CHENNAI: The departure and arrival timings of several trains at Chennai Egmore railway station will be either advanced or postponed starting October 1, in accordance with the...
View ArticleBumpy ride all the way
The passengers, who travelled by train No. 12839 Howrah – Chennai Mail on September 16 had a bumpy ride. “There were sudden and violent jerks all through the journey from Visakhapatnam to Chennai but...
View ArticleDelay upsets commuters in passenger train
Passengers travelling in the Karaikal-Tiruchi passenger train besieged top divisional railway officials at Saliyamangalam station near Thanjavur...
View ArticleDuranto Express to stop at Kanpur station from today
ALLAHABAD: The new railway time table will come into effect from October 1. As per the new time table the timing of many trains passing in North Central Railway region has been changed. Several trains...
View ArticleHorror on wheels: Robbers push man off Pune-Lonavla local train
PUNE: A businessman was left severely injured after a gang of four robbers thrashed him and threw him out of a moving Pune-Lonavla local train between Vadgaon Maval and Kanhe Phata around 11pm on...
View ArticleYesvantpur Duronto express to halt at Vizianagaram
Ignoring the letter of MP Kambhampati Haribabu to Railway Minister reflecting people’s aspirations and people’s demand to re-route the 12245 Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto express through Visakhapatnam, the...
View ArticleTotal decline of train safety
If there is one governmental institution which has no regard for human life, it is the Indian Railways. In recent years, boarding a train has become one of the most hazardous ways to travel in this...
View ArticleObjects in Falaknuma express found to be low-intensity landmines
Howrah: The unclaimed pipe-like objects recovered from a vacant compartment of Howrah- Secunderabad Falaknama Express at Howrah Station last night were found to be low-intensity...
View ArticleTrack doubling: Railway block near Lakhtar to affect 12 trains
RAJKOT: Movement of nearly 12 trains will be affected due to track doubling work between Surendranagar and Viramgam sections. A full block of five hours will be undertaken by the engineering department...
View ArticleSecurity off rails as police play truant at MRTS stations
Thursday night's attack on 50-year old Chinthama ni, a pointwoman at Ve l a ch e r y MRTS station, has once again laid bare the lack of security at the 19 stations between Beach and Velachery . After...
View ArticleHeavy downpour hits rail services day after, 4 trains cancelled in Pune
PUNE: Passengers of Deccan Queen and Pragati Express spent the entire Friday night in coaches, while four trains, including two locals, in the Pune-Mumbai section were cancelled on Saturday — fallout...
View ArticleBomb hoax delays Chennai-bound train
New Delhi, Oct. 3 (ANI): A bomb hoax on a train headed for Chennai from New Delhi railway station yesterday left passengers hassled, as the...
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