Railway tracks kept vacant for few hours every day for maintenance: Ashwini VaishnawRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed that railway tracks are kept vacant for a few hours daily for essential maintenance. This practi...
19 Mar, 2025, 01.52 PM IST
Railway probe finds rail fracture caused 2017 Andhra train derailment; NIA had suspected sabotageIn his final report on the accident, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (South Central Circle) Ram Kripal said the accident occurred due to...
21 Dec, 2020, 08.19 PM IST
In a first, Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train to have automatic rail track fracture detection systemThe bullet trains will be laced with advanced fire detection system and anti-derailment measures while protecting the structures from earth...
31 Aug, 2018, 03.26 PM IST
No dearth of funds for safety works: Piyush GoyalThe minister in a recent meeting with general managers of all 17 rail zones had instructed field units to spend money on safety works witho...
06 Oct, 2017, 12.29 PM IST
Railways to explore latest tech to prevent derailmentAiming at augmenting the pace of latest technological adaptations, RDSO, the research wing of the railways, will hold a two-day global tech...
01 May, 2017, 09.02 PM IST
Failure of railway staff biggest cause of accidents: ReportRailway has constituted a task force on safety on December 6 last year after the derailment near Kanpur, killing 151 people.
29 Jan, 2017, 09.27 PM IST
Railways to procure ultra sonic testing system for track safetyRailways has expedited the procurement of six self propelled automatic machines based on ultra sonic detection system to cover longer track...
23 Jan, 2017, 09.39 PM IST
Railways to procure latest technology to ensure passenger safetyRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu today described the two incidents of derailments, which have raised serious question about railway's safety ...
02 Jan, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
Rail fracture suspected in Ajmer-Sealdah Express derailmentThough the real reasons behind the derailment would be ascertained after the completion of the inquiry, prime facie it seems a possible fra...
28 Dec, 2016, 04.29 PM IST
Railways vows to replace older coaches after tragedyThe toll could have been much lesser had the Railways completely switched over to the manufacture of LHB coaches -which do not pile up unli...
22 Nov, 2016, 11.23 AM IST
Train tragedy: Rotting infrastructure comes back to haunt railwaysThe Indore-Patna express mishap was waiting to happen as accidents due to derailment have shot up by 67% in the current fiscal year.
21 Nov, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
Rail fracture suspected to be cause of derailmentThe accident comes at a time when railways are undertaking a massive brainstorming exercise to generate new innovative ideas to improve rai...
20 Nov, 2016, 03.00 PM IST
Track maintenance module to detect rail fractureRailways is coming out with a modern track maintenance module with a state-of-the-art technology to detect rail fracture in advance.
12 Oct, 2015, 08.28 PM IST
Government earmarks Rs 19,000 crore for renewal of railway tracks"Safety is one of the priority sectors of Railways. Track renewal will continue and it will not stop," Sadananda Gowda said during Question...
24 Jul, 2014, 03.32 PM IST
Railway Ministry draws up action plan to prevent mishaps caused by fractured railAccidents due to fractured rails that occur at regular intervals have caused a serious concern to the national transporter.
01 Jun, 2014, 10.11 AM IST
Rail fractures suspected cause for Mangla Express derailment: SourcesMultiple fractures on the rail track are suspected to be the cause of today's derailment of Mangla Express near Nashik.
15 Nov, 2013, 02.39 PM IST
- Coaches do not match safety parameters: Rail panel
Exposing a big hole in railway safety, a high-level committee has said tracks do not match safety parameters while coaches and rail bridges...
20 Feb, 2012, 09.58 PM IST