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Amritsar tragedy not 'railway accident', no statutory inquiry: Railway Board chairman"The Commission conducts statutory investigation into railway accidents. This was an incident where people were trespassing on the tracks a...- Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings by March 2020: Ashwani LohaniRailway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani also said no step the national carrier takes could be completely foolproof against negligence of peop...
- December 2018 deadline to link locomotives via satellite: RailwaysBy year-end, all 10,800 locos of the railways will have antennas fixed on them and they will be monitored inside the driver's cabin, senior...
- December 2018 deadline to link locomotives via satellite: RailwaysThe railways is also working with the ISRO to use its satellite-based system to check accidents at unmanned railway crossings and track tra...
- 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...
- ISRO-made system to alert users at unmanned level crossingsRoad users will be warned by hooters once a train approaches an unmanned level crossing as railways are installing ISRO-developed integrate...
- 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...
- 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.
- ISRO's GAGAN to provide navigational support to RailwaysISRO has said it will provide navigational support to the country's Railways through 'GAGAN' (GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation) system.
- Railways seeks Rs 20,000 crore to remove all level crossingsRailways have demanded Rs 20,000 crore for elimination of all level crossings across the country, which have emerged as "death traps".
- Civil society, NGOs to be asked to help guard rail crossings18,735 people have lost their lives in railway accidents this year till October of which 5,000 alone in areas falling under the Northern Ra...
- Death on rail tracks on rise;18,735 lives lost in 2014 till OctoberThe number of deaths on railway tracks has been on the rise in the past few years despite several measures taken by the authorities to cont...
- East Central Railway to tap solar energy to light up crossingsAccording to sources, the number of railway crossing gates in ECR is about 2,113 of which 1,127 are manned and 986 are unmanned.
- "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...
- 20 kids dead as train hits bus in TelanganaThe crossing is one of the 11,563 unmanned crossings on the Indian railway network. It was one of the 600 identified in 2011 for eliminatio...
- Short cut by bus driver proved fatal for kids; toll rises to 18"11 students and the bus driver were killed while 16 children were grievously injured in the accident at the unmanned railway crossing," DI...
- 'More than 8,000 killed on rail track till June 2012'Despite concerted efforts by Indian Railways to prevent accident on rail track, the number of persons killed due to trespassing is on the r...
- Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal hints at increase in freightPawan Kumar Bansal today did not rule out the possibilities of an increase in freight charges in near future.
- PMO seeks railway safety plan amid increasing train accidentsAmid concerns over increasing number of train accidents, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought a detailed safety plan from the Railways.
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