One dead as car collides with train at level crossing in AucklandA car attempting to cross a railway crossing in Auckland's Penrose suburb while the barriers were down was hit by a train, leading to the d...
04 Apr, 2025, 11.04 AM IST
Kanchanjunga Express accident: ECR suspends issuing of T/A 912, directs drivers to maintain cautionThe East Central Railway (ECR) has suspended the T/A 912 written authority letter for train drivers to cross signals in case of automatic s...
22 Jun, 2024, 01.41 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
Just days after Odisha's killer crash, rail mishap narrowly averted in BengalIt was the alertness of the driver of the train that helped avert a mishap, officials said. If it was not for his alertness, another major ...
07 Jun, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
First time in 167 years, railways not ferrying passengers on its birthdayOn this day 167 years ago, the wheels of the first passenger train in the country from Mumbai to Thane started rolling. In 1974, Indians ex...
16 Apr, 2020, 07.32 PM IST
Captive plants ask railways to halt coal rakes during lockdownIndia’s captive generation capacity is about 50 GW, mainly in industries such base metals, chemicals, textiles, cement and paper. Shutdowns...
04 Apr, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
Train crash kills 16 people in central BangladeshA railway spokesman said the the pre-dawn accident appeared to have occurred when Chittagong-bound Udayan Express was changing tracks at Mo...
12 Nov, 2019, 01.35 PM IST
Calcutta HC penalises itself Rs 1 lakh for retiring a judge who tried to improve train delaysA railway magistrate at the Sealdah court was given the punishment of compulsory retirement in 2013 for hauling up train workers for habitu...
08 Jul, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
37 trains cancelled, 16 diverted day after Amritsar tragedyWhile 16 trains were diverted and reached their destination through a different route, 18 trains were short terminated, Northern Railways s...
20 Oct, 2018, 12.04 PM IST
Driverless loco rolls down track at Anand Vihar stationThe incident happened at 14:33pm, when the diesel loco suddenly started rolling down the tracks at Anand Vihar station.
14 Apr, 2018, 07.50 PM IST
7 railway men suspended as coaches roll down track without engineThe runaway carriages in the eastern state of Odisha rolled for 12 kilometres (seven miles) before being brought to a shuddering halt by ro...
08 Apr, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
4 Railways employees charge-sheeted in Kalka-Shimla mishapFour Railway employees, including a driver, have been charge-sheeted in connection with the Kalka-Shimla toy train mishap at Parwanoo in Se...
12 Dec, 2015, 08.11 PM IST
Goods train derails at MorabadadA Punjab-bound goods train was derailed at Harthala railway station here, dispiriting train services between Lucknow and Delhi.
05 Nov, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
Gorakhpur train accident: Driver fatigue to blameThe accident has once again highlighted the shortage of loco pilots in railways and the heavy workload being shared by the ones on duty.
02 Oct, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
- Railways suspend six staff for Brahmaputra Mail accident
The driver, assistant driver and guard of the goods train that was involved in a mishap with the Brahmaputra Mail were among six staff memb...
11 Jan, 2012, 04.00 PM IST
- Drivers of Gorakhdham and Licchavi Express suspended
Railway authorities have suspended the drivers and assistant drivers of Gorakhdham Express and Licchavi Express that rammed into stationary...
04 Jan, 2010, 12.51 PM IST
- Railway employees and labourers evacuated from N C Hills
Railway employees and contract labourers engaged in railway and highway construction have been evacuated from the trouble-torn North Cachar...
17 May, 2008, 10.12 PM IST