IRCTC to run Bharat Gaurav train to Puri, Kasi, and Ayodhya

IRCTC to run Bharat Gaurav train to Puri, Kasi, and Ayodhya

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will operate ‘Bharat Gaurav’ tourist train as part of the ‘Punya Kshetra Yatra’ package to Puri, Kasi and Ayodhya from April 6 to 15. The 10-day pilgrimage tour will cover Puri, Konark, Gaya, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj. The tourist train will start from Secunderabad station and have … Read more

What is Bengaluru metro’s driverless train bought from a Chinese company

What is Bengaluru metro’s driverless train bought from a Chinese company

The Story so far On February 14, the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) received the first set of six train coaches, which arrived at the Hebbagodi metro depot from China and are now undergoing multiple tests. The inaugural driverless prototype train for Bengaluru Metro’s upcoming Yellow Line, a 19 km route linking R.V. Road … Read more

Telangana State Aviation Academy enters into MoU with ISRO’s NSRC to train drone pilots

Telangana State Aviation Academy enters into MoU with ISRO’s NSRC to train drone pilots

Telangana State Aviation Academy entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO to provide advanced training drone pilots. The NRSC is one of the primary centres of  ISRO ( Indian Spaces Research Organisation).  The agreement was signed by the Aviation Academy’s CEO S.N. Reddy and NRSC director Prakash Chauhan, in … Read more

Commuters rue lack of daily train service in evenings between Mangaluru and Karwar

Commuters rue lack of daily train service in evenings between Mangaluru and Karwar

A regular traveller from Bhatkal said hundreds of daily commuters between Mangaluru and Karwar do not have daily train service in the evening.  | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY With no daily train service from Mangaluru towards Karwar/ Madgaon between 3.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., patrons have urged the Railway Ministry to provide at least … Read more

Bihar train accident | High-level inquiry ordered, many trains diverted as restoration works continue

Bihar train accident | High-level inquiry ordered, many trains diverted as restoration works continue

A crane removes a derailed coach of North East Express from the track a day after its derailment near Raghunathpur railway station in Buxar district, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The railways on October 12 ordered a high-level inquiry into the derailment of the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express in Bihar’s Buxar district, … Read more

Train cancellations emerge as electoral issue in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

Train cancellations emerge as electoral issue in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

Image of Chhattisgarh Congress workers protesting against train cancellations. | Photo Credit: File With over 60,000 trains cancellations in the last three years, the Congress has decided to take the matter up as an electoral issue Unlike most election cycles which see divisive social issues at the fore, railways, or specifically, repeated passenger train cancellations, … Read more

Odisha train tragedy: All 28 unclaimed bodies cremated by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Odisha train tragedy: All 28 unclaimed bodies cremated by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Derailed coaches of the Coromandal express are seen on its accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha. File photo. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT The process for the cremation of 28 unclaimed bodies of people who were killed in thetriple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district four months ago was completed … Read more

Freight train trial conducted in Agartala-Akhaura rail route

Freight train trial conducted in Agartala-Akhaura rail route

A image of a freight train. For representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The countdown for inauguration of the ambitious Agartala-Akhaura rail project began with completion of trial of a freight train on the 10.5 km track on Thursday. The train with an engine and three cargo containers started from the Bangladesh side and rolled … Read more