Southern Railway revises EMU schedule following full lockdown on SundaysThe Southern Railway has appealed passengers taking suburban trains to adhere to COVID-19 behaviour and extend their cooperation, a press r...
07 Jan, 2022, 10.21 PM IST
Several trains cancelled as protestors block tracks for over 24 hours in NadiaThe agitators, who have been squatting on the tracks since Tuesday morning, claimed that residents of around 15 villages in the area depend...
03 Nov, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
Eastern Railway to recommence suburban EMU & local train services from MondayIt will run more than 920 services in Sealdah division and more than 480 in Howrah division in up and down directions, an ER official said....
31 Oct, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
Local train services resume in West Bengal after over 7 monthsThe local train services under the jurisdiction of the Eastern and the South Eastern Railways resumed early in the morning. They were suspe...
11 Nov, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
Titagarh Wagons enters into strategic alliance with ABB IndiaAs per the agreement, Titagarh and ABB will jointly design, develop and manufacture state of the art IGBT based propulsion systems for EMU/...
17 Jun, 2020, 02.40 PM IST
Blue-light indicators to warn people against boarding running trainsThe blue-light indicator is currently being provided to one EMU coach gate. Connected to the guard's starting circuit, it will glow when th...
14 Jan, 2019, 02.59 PM IST
Express train engine, coach derail at Howrah station; services hitNo one was injured in the accident as the empty train was coming to the station from car-shed for commencing its journey to Titlagarh, the ...
02 Aug, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
Eastern Railway recreates first journey of electric trainJawaharlal Nehru had flagged off the ER's first EMU train which ran between Howrah and Seoraphuli stations on December 12, 1957.
12 Dec, 2017, 07.36 PM IST
China begins operating bullet trains at 350 kmph speedThe China Railway Corporation announced that Train No G8041 departed from Dalian for Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning.
15 Aug, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
Railways order inquiry into Palwal train mishapRailways has ordered an inquiry into the train accident near Palwal in Haryana in which the driver of the local EMU train was killed and tw...
08 Dec, 2015, 09.04 PM IST
Lokmanya Tilak Haridwar Express collides with local train near Palwal, driver deadNearly 100 people were injured when two trains collided in Haryana's Palwal district on Tuesday morning due to foggy conditions.
08 Dec, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
Eastern Railway withdraws decision allowing male passengers on Matribhoomi trainsFour pairs of Matribhoomi ladies special trains in Sealdah North section and one pair in Howrah division would carry only women passengers.
21 Aug, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Eastern Railway put on hold decision to allow male passengers in Ladies' special trainEastern Railway put on hold its decision to allow male passengers in a few compartments of Sealdah-Ranaghat-Sealdah Matribhoomi Ladies' spe...
18 Aug, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
DC to AC conversion on Mumbai's Central Railways rail route completedMumbai suburban section (CST-Kalyan) was electrified in 1925 with a 1500 DC traction system, the only modern traction system available at t...
08 Jun, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
- High-speed train sets for Rajdhani and Shatabdi Expresses
Railways is acquiring EMU trains for services like Rajdhani and Shatabdi Expresses for operating at a higher speed of 130-150 km per hour.
08 Oct, 2012, 06.02 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu train accident due to 'human error', 9 killed
Nine persons were killed and 100 others injured when a speeding passenger train rammed into a stationary train here, leading to derailment ...
14 Sep, 2011, 11.01 AM IST
- Railways wants private players for new-gen suburban rail coaches
Indian Railways has decided to step up its share of procurements from private sector players for new-gen suburban rail (EMU) coaches.
06 Mar, 2009, 07.22 PM IST