Indian Railways announces 13,000 new assistant loco pilot vacanciesThe Railway Board has approved 18,799 vacancies for assistant loco pilots (ALP), as per instructions sent to general managers of all Zonal ...
19 Jun, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
Railway Board sets up committee, holds meeting to ascertain why drivers violate speed restrictionsThe Railway Board has formed a committee to investigate train drivers' violations of speed restrictions between stations, prompted by recen...
16 Jun, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
Sirhind train collision: Loco pilot, assistant fell asleep at wheelFour days after a goods train collision in Punjab, the investigation revealed that the loco pilot and his assistant fell asleep at the whee...
06 Jun, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
Railways suspends drivers, assistants for operating trains at 120 kmph against 20 kmph limitDrivers of Gatiman Express and Malwa Express suspended for speeding at 120 kmph in a 20 kmph cautionary speed limit section near Agra Cantt...
24 May, 2024, 08.51 PM IST
Driverless train incident fallout: Railways launches special counselling drive for loco pilotsA written instruction, addressed to chief loco inspectors (CLIs) and lobby in-charge of various stations, detailed the recent incident of d...
28 Feb, 2024, 07.16 PM IST
Railways starts recruitment for nearly 6,000 train drivers or loco pilots. Here are detailsIndian Railways has started the process of hiring 5,696 assistant loco pilots (ALPs) despite having only 3,190 vacancies across the country...
29 Jan, 2024, 12.20 PM IST
Employment process for 1.5 lakh posts complete: Railway Minister Ashwini VaishnawThe Indian Railways plans to create more employment opportunities by conducting an annual recruitment process. Union Railway Minister Ashwi...
28 Jan, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
Railway Board examining demand for giving one-time option to women drivers, track maintainers to change job categoryThe Railway Board is considering a request from the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) to allow women track maintainers and ru...
07 Oct, 2023, 09.13 AM IST
Engine drivers, guards of 2 trains injured in Odisha accident"The loco pilot, assistant loco pilot and the guard of Coromandel Express and the guard of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express are being treated i...
03 Jun, 2023, 06.57 PM IST
Railway zones ordered to follow prescribed speed limit in trains fitted with controversial German brakesAfter a series of complaints and accidents involving goods trains fitted with the German-made Bogie Mounted Brake System (BMBS), railway zo...
19 Feb, 2023, 08.37 PM IST
Loco pilots' timely action saves lives of 12 elephants in JharkhandThe Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipunj Express was bound for West Bengal through a dense forest in PTR at a speed of around 70 kmph around 6 PM on ...
27 Aug, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
Railways seeks feedback from staff on urinals in locomotivesThe Railways has sought feedback from its running staff on urinals to be installed in locomotives, after complaints were raised over the un...
25 Aug, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
Train driver in Mumbai halts train in time, saves life of elderly man crossing tracksAfter the incident, the Central Railway issued an advisory asking people not to cross rail tracks, and warned that it could prove fatal.
18 Jul, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Railways more than doubles assistant loco pilots and technician vacancies to 60,000The minimum salary that's being offered is Rs 18,000 per month whereas the maximum salary is Rs 60,000. Applicants will now have to take a ...
03 Aug, 2018, 09.59 AM IST
Eastern Railway engages two women as Loco Driver and Assistant Loco DriverThis is perhaps the first time that women are being appointed in the field of Electric locomotive operations.
08 Feb, 2018, 04.10 PM IST
Railways seek call details of loco pilots as safety exerciseRailways have sought details of call records of phones all its loco pilots and assistant loco pilots given to them by the public transporte...
18 Nov, 2015, 08.20 PM IST
16,252 vacancies of locomotive drivers in RailwaysVacancies over 16,000 locomotive driver post is reported in the RS;minister adds need of train drivers worked out periodically.
08 Aug, 2014, 05.10 PM IST