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UNMANNED RAIL CROSSINGS
How railways put men at 11 level crossings a dayPiyush Goyal confirmed in his budget speech that unmanned crossings were a thing of the past.- All unmanned level crossings can be removed in a year: Piyush Goyal"Initially, the Railways had a target of removing all unmanned crossings in three years. But, I told them, why not do it within a year," he...
- Remove all unmanned rail crossings within a year, orders Piyush GoyalThe review came on the day when three minor train derailments took place across the country. However, no one was injured.
- Indian Railways to procure coaches that will detect fractures using ultrasonic technologyThe vehicles would eliminate the need for manual inspection of tracks in a gradual manner, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told the Lok Sabh...
- Hike in fares likely as Indian Railways mulls ways to raise resourcesEarlier, Prabhu had written a letter to FM Jaitley seeking Rs 1,19,183 cr to create the special Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh for undertaki...
- Railways asks Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to reconsider safety fund proposalHowever, the separate safety fund proposal did not find much favour with Finance Ministry and it was sent back to railways with some sugges...
- Removal of unmanned rail crossings a priority: Railway Minister Suresh PrabhuPrabhu said efforts are on to ensure that most of such crossings are converted into rail overbridges or underbridges following a push by PM...
- Overbridges, underbridges, personnel to convert 9,340 unmanned Railways level crossings to safety zonesOf the total unmanned level crossings, around 6,388 are on broad gauge network and need priority attention for elimination.
- Northeast Frontier Railway to deploy Gate Mitra at unmanned railway crossingsGate Mitras are imparted training on how to handle unmanned level crossings. They are also suitably counselled before being deployed.
- Now 4,188 wardens 'Gate Mitras' to be stationed at unmanned level crossings for counsellingGate Mitras are imparted training on how to handle unmanned level crossings as maximum accidents occur at these spots.
- Mission 'zero accident' to prevent train mishapsAn action plan was announced which included elimination of unmanned level crossings and installation of Train Collision Avoidance System in...
- West-Central Railway Zone free of unmanned level crossingsOut of total 118 unmanned level crossings falling on West-Central Railway region as on April 1, 2014, 80 were eliminated in the financial y...
- Government fast-tracks Rs 5,100-crore project to build 225 overbridges on major railway crossingsThe ministry will construct 100 over-bridges in a year from now and another 125 in the year to March 2017, a senior government official sai...
- 581 unmanned level crossings in South Central Railway to be eliminated by 2017P K Srivastava directed the Divisional Railway Managers to closely monitor the progress of work on elimination of the unmanned railway leve...
- "Gate Mitra" at vulnerable 85 rail crossings in Delhi DivisionKumar said construction of 52 road over-bridges and road under-bridges were completed last year and this year seven more ROB/RUB were compl...
- Make road, rail safety a priority, Congress tells government"We must make rail and road safety a priority to ensure that such accidents do not take place and precious lives are not lost."
- Rail Budget 2014 to propose X-ray system to detect faults in trainsRailway Ministry is likely to propose installation of X-ray systems along the tracks to detect faulty parts in trains in the Rail Budget.
- Railways Vote on Account 2014: Government to remove all unmanned level crossings in time-bound manner, says Mallikarjun KhargeIn a bid to prevent accidents, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge today announced elimination of all unmanned level crossings in a time-bo...
- Railways explores option to levy safety surcharge on ticketsRailways is mulling levying safety surcharge on train tickets to generate funds for construction of road over or under bridges at level cro...
- Rail budget 2012: Railways propose SPV to eliminate all unmanned level crossingsIndian Railways today proposed to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to eliminate all level crossings in the country in the next five y...
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