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‘Furnace’, ‘human oven’: Why people are worried about non-AC local trains with closed doors in hot and humid MumbaiMumbai is introducing India's first non-AC suburban train with automatic sliding doors, a safety upgrade following a fatal accident. The ne...
RVNL, IRFC and other railway-linked stocks surge up to 12% as new railway fares kick inRVNL, IRFC Share Price: Railway stocks including RVNL, IRFC, IRCTC, and Jupiter Wagons surged up to 10% on Friday as new passenger fares ca...
2,282 fatalities reported on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024: Railway ministerRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Lok Sabha about the alarming 2,282 fatalities on Mumbai's suburban railway in 2024, caused by tr...
Thane Train Accident: At least four dead, several injured as passengers fall from crowded local trainThane Train Accident Today: Tragedy struck on Monday as at least five passengers died and several others were injured after falling from an...
Railway Board decides on having automatic door closure facility for Mumbai local trains following Thane accidentFollowing a tragic accident in Thane, the Railway Board has mandated automatic door closers for all new and existing Mumbai suburban train ...
Going to work or college is like going to war in Mumbai local: Bombay HC expresses shame over 'cattle-class' situationThe Bombay High Court criticized Mumbai's railway conditions, emphasizing the Railways' responsibility for passenger safety amid high fatal...
Railways reviews safety after Bengal train accidentOn June 17, a container train collided with a passenger carrying Kanchanjunga Express. Four coaches of the passenger train derailed, leadin...
15 hours after Puducherry Express derailment, Mumbai's suburban train lines fully restored; services still hitTraffic on the Down Fast line, which takes trains out of the city, was restored at 1.10 pm on Saturday and the first train that passed on t...
After Mumbai bridge collapse, NCP says scrap bullet train plan"We will also include this point in our manifesto. Within one month of coming to power, we will scrap the bullet train project and use the ...
3,014 commuters killed on Mumbai railway tracks in 2017: RTIAccording to data provided by the GRP, as many as 3,014 commuters died on the tracks on the western, central and harbour suburban services ...
Mumbai rail situation ‘grim’, said panel in 2012The panel said an estimated 15,000 people die on tracks every year because of trespassing. "Of this, 6,000 deaths or 40 per cent of the cas...
Approach MII investors for elevated corridor: HC to RailwaysThe HC also asked the Maha Government to step in and help the Railways in augmenting its capacity which would help in providing safe travel...
Railways to form panel to study feasibility of CCTVs in trainsThe Railways told the Bombay High Court that it would soon form a committee to study the feasibility of installing CCTV cameras in ladies' ...
Need for zero failure in signalling systems in Railways: AK MitalExpressing concern over the number of accidents involving trains, Chairman, Railway Board, AK Mital today called for zero failure in signal...
Rail accidents killed 25,000 people in 2014: NCRBThe majority of railway accidents (61.6 per cent) was due to fall from trains or collision with people on the tracks, the report said.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu orders probe into Churchgate Station train accidentThe speeding train, coming from Bhayander, rammed into the dead end on platform number 3 of Churchgate station at about 11.20 AM.
Bombay High Court raps railways over lack of facilities for commutersJudges gave two weeks time to railways to inform when it would provide basic facilities for disabled commuters, including increase in heigh...
6850 people killed in suburban train accidents in 2013While 1214 people were killed in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai witnessed 1773 and 926 deaths respectively in suburban rail accidents in 2013.
Two firms get nod to install train collision prevention systemRailways has finally selected two firms for installing the much awaited Train Collision Avoidance System, the safety mechanism to prevent a...
- Vidharbha Express collision: 12 trains cancelled, many diverted
Rail traffic was tody disrupted on the Kalyan-Kasara section after the Vidharbha Express collided with derailed bogies of a local train.