MMTS users seek better train timings, extended services

MMTS users seek better train timings, extended services

The Long Distance and MMTS Travellers Association has appealed to the South Central Railway authorities to consider introducing more MMTS between Medchal and Secunderabad. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Long Distance and MMTS Travellers Association has appealed to the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities to consider introducing more MMTS between Medchal and Secunderabad between … Read more

Woman pushed off moving train suffers miscarriage

Woman pushed off moving train suffers miscarriage

A 36-year-old woman, who was pushed off a moving train by a man during an attempt to sexually assault her near Katpadi, lost her unborn child on Saturday. She was four months pregnant. She was pushed off the train on Thursday by history-sheeter Hemanthraj, 31. He was arrested by the Government Railway Police, Jolarpet, on … Read more

Gujarat’s Godhra train carnage: Absconding life convict nabbed in Pune

Gujarat’s Godhra train carnage: Absconding life convict nabbed in Pune

On February 27, 2002, 59 people were killed when the S6 coach of the Sabarmati Express was burnt at Gujarat’s Godhra, triggering riots in the State. File | Photo Credit: AP “A 55-year-old life convict in Godhra train carnage case of 2002, who had jumped parole and absconded, has been arrested in Maharashtra’s Pune district in … Read more

First concrete slab of Mumbai bullet train station cast

First concrete slab of Mumbai bullet train station cast

Calling the first base slab a major milestone, NHSRCL MD Vivek Kumar Gupta, said, “Building this 32-metre-deep station in the heart of Bandra Kurla Complex involved excavating about 18.7 lakh cubic meters of earth, out of which 52% excavation is already completed.” | Photo Credit: nhsrcl.in “The first base slab of the Mumbai Bullet Train … Read more

One-way special train from Hubballi to Bengaluru

One-way special train from Hubballi to Bengaluru

The one-way special train will consist of 11 coaches. | Photo Credit: File photo In the wake of increased passenger traffic during post Deepavali festival and weekend, South Western Railway will run a one-way special train from SSS Hubballi to Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru on November 3 (Sunday). According to a release issued by … Read more

Multiple landslips in Darjeeling hills; toy train services affected

Multiple landslips in Darjeeling hills; toy train services affected

Landslip on Lebong Cart Road, in Darjeeling, on September 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Due to incessant rains in northern West Bengal, multiple landslips occurred in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts and damaged many houses. The toy train services from Siliguri to Darjeeling were also disrupted due to these landslides that were triggered by heavy … Read more

17-year-old Issa, who participated in anti-garbage protest as a child, dies in Kerala train accident

17-year-old Issa, who participated in anti-garbage protest as a child, dies in Kerala train accident

Issa, a notable participant in the Punnol Pettipalam anti-garbage protest in Kannur, Kerala, was tragically killed by a train on Thursday (September 19, 2024) morning. She was 17. Issa, a student at Wadihuda Higher Secondary School and Ibn Al Haytham Academy in Vilayancode, was found dead after being struck by a passing train. Daughter of … Read more

Coupling of Magadh Express breaks, train splits into two in Bihar’s Buxar

Coupling of Magadh Express breaks, train splits into two in Bihar’s Buxar

Police personnel near the Magadh Express train after its coaches decoupled in an accident near Tudiganj station, in Buxar, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The coupling of Magadh Express from New Delhi to Islampur broke, splitting the train into two in Bihar’s Buxar district on Sunday (September 8, 2024), an official said. … Read more