The vehicles would eliminate the need for manual inspection of tracks in a gradual manner, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told the Lok Sabh...

Earlier, Prabhu had written a letter to FM Jaitley seeking Rs 1,19,183 cr to create the special Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh for undertaki...

However, the separate safety fund proposal did not find much favour with Finance Ministry and it was sent back to railways with some sugges...

Prabhu said efforts are on to ensure that most of such crossings are converted into rail overbridges or underbridges following a push by PM...

Of the total unmanned level crossings, around 6,388 are on broad gauge network and need priority attention for elimination.

Gate Mitras are imparted training on how to handle unmanned level crossings. They are also suitably counselled before being deployed.

Gate Mitras are imparted training on how to handle unmanned level crossings as maximum accidents occur at these spots.

An action plan was announced which included elimination of unmanned level crossings and installation of Train Collision Avoidance System in...

Out of total 118 unmanned level crossings falling on West-Central Railway region as on April 1, 2014, 80 were eliminated in the financial y...

The 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...

P K Srivastava directed the Divisional Railway Managers to closely monitor the progress of work on elimination of the unmanned railway leve...

Kumar said construction of 52 road over-bridges and road under-bridges were completed last year and this year seven more ROB/RUB were compl...

"We must make rail and road safety a priority to ensure that such accidents do not take place and precious lives are not lost."

Railway Ministry is likely to propose installation of X-ray systems along the tracks to detect faulty parts in trains in the Rail Budget.

In a bid to prevent accidents, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge today announced elimination of all unmanned level crossings in a time-bo...

Railways is mulling levying safety surcharge on train tickets to generate funds for construction of road over or under bridges at level cro...

Indian Railways today proposed to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to eliminate all level crossings in the country in the next five y...